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
- AI in Hot CopyA federal judge in the Southern District of New York has allowed a coalition of major news publishers to move forward with claims that AI-generated news summaries may infringe copyright, marking a significant early ruling in litigation over generative AI outputs. In Advance Local Media LLC v. Cohere Inc., publishers including Forbes, Condé Nast, the Lo...Read more
Media News
- Morley v. Oliver6/4 - A federal judge in the Southern District of New York dismissed Brian Morley’s defamation suit against John Oliver and his production company, holding that Oliver’s Medicaid segment on Last Week Tonight was not defamatory as a matter of law, either through specific statements or by implication. The lawsuit arose from a segment criticizing priva...Read more