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
- Why It’s So Hard to Win a “Hollywood-Stole-My-Idea” CaseIt is one of Hollywood’s most persistent lawsuits: an aspiring writer claims to have sent a screenplay, treatment, or pitch to a studio, only to see a suspiciously similar movie appear a few years later. The similarities can sometimes sound striking. Yet these cases are extraordinarily difficult to win, as a recent federal court decision in Ryder v. C...Read more
Media News
- Newsweek SLAPPs Back10/1 - A New York State Supreme Court judge, in a case of first impression, has granted Newsweek’s summary judgment motion in a lawsuit Newsweek brought under New York’s anti-SLAPP law against Olivet University. Olivet had previously sued Newsweek for defamation in the Southern District of New York, which was dismissed by the federal court and affi...Read more