About Us
We are a boutique media and entertainment law firm, with over one hundred years of combined experience litigating cases, negotiating deals, and advising clients. We handle defamation, privacy, copyright, and trademark matters; provide newsgathering, copyright and trademark counseling; conduct pre-publication, pre-broadcast, and title clearance; prepare fair use and E&O opinion letters; negotiate production, development, access and participant agreements; draft appearance, materials and location releases; and advise influencers and endorsers. Our clients include the country’s leading news and information providers, producers and content developers, celebrity and entertainment publications, filmmakers, artists, writers, and many other creative individuals and entities.
Media Matters Newsletter
- When Courts Punish Journalists, the Public SuffersThe First Amendment gives every member of the public the right to access court records and proceedings. As the Supreme Court has held, journalists play a critical role in exercising that right to inform the public – even if they’ve received material from someone who broke the law by doing so (remember the "Pentagon Papers” case?). So, when a fe...Read more
Media News
- Are We Dating the Same Guy?5/15 - A federal judge in Illinois has dismissed a defamation and privacy lawsuit filed by Nikko D’Ambrosio against Meta, members of the private Facebook group “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” and its moderators. D’Ambrosio alleged defamation, doxxing, and violations of the Illinois Right of Publicity Act after women in the group posted about him a...Read more