Program Date:
Date: 2/20/2008
Who Gets
Overtime? Wage and Hour Issues in the Entertainment Industry
PANELISTS:
Dennis Moss, Esq., Spiro Moss
Anthony Oncidi, Esq, Proskauer
Moderator:
Joel M. Grossman, Mediator, ADR Services, Inc.
Wage and hour law is one of the hottest areas in employment
law, and wage and hour class actions are being filed daily. This
program will explain how wage and hour laws—overtime, meal and
rest breaks, and other issues—apply in the entertainment
business. Which rules are different in the industry, and which
are the same? What are the employee’s rights, and how are
employers running risks in this area? A brief overview of the
area will be presented, followed by specific, real-world advice
for all sides.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product # ENT-D-15841 DVD Price $36.50
Program Date:
Date: 12/11/2007
Employing
Minors in the Entertainment Industry: Contracts, the Law, and
Risk Management
PANELISTS:
Michael Rosenfeld, Esq., VP Counsel, The Walt Disney Company
Robert N. Pafundi, Esq., Partner, McMorriston Miller Mukai
MacKinnon LLP
Paul Petersen, Founder/President, A Minor Consideration
Anne Henry, Co-Founder, The Bizparenz Foundation
How do you make a deal with a minor enforceable? What are
the legal risks and liabilities of those who employ minors and
how can the risks be managed? Who is responsible for the
financial affairs of the minor and who can get sued if they
suffer physical, financial or psychological damage as a result
of “child labor” in the entertainment industries? This program
will explore these issues with a panel of experts with years of
experience handling minor’s contracts, court confirmation of
these contracts, and managing the risks inherent in employing
minors in the entertainment industry.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product # ENT-D-15840 DVD Price $36.50
Program Date:
Date: 11/15/2007
Labor Pains:
Preparing for the expiration of the DGA, SAG and WGA contracts
PANELISTS:
Howard Fabrick, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Steven Fayne, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Gary Gradinger, United Talent Agency
Steven Leib, Senior Vice President - Business Affairs,
International Film Guarantors, LLP
MODERATOR:
Marissa J. Román, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
What impact will the expiration of the DGA, SAG and WGA
contracts have on your clients? Learn from the experts about the
labor, production, finance, completion bond and other issues
that will affect the film and TV industries.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product # ENT-D-15839 DVD Price $36.50
Program Date:
Date: 10/17//2007
Not Worth The
Paper Its Written On: Voiding Personal Services Contracts
PANELISTS:
Martin D. Singer, Partner, Lavely & Singer, PC
F. Jay Dougherty, Professor of Law, Loyola Law School
Miles J. Feldman, Partner, Brown Woods & George LLP
From talent to professionals (like agents and managers) to
studio executives, personal services contracts are the lifeblood
of the entertainment industry. Recently, super-agent Ed Limato
prevailed in an arbitration that freed him from a long term
personal services contract with ICM. Other lawsuits have
followed in Mr. Limato’s wake. Under certain circumstances,
California law provides individuals with several powerful rights
to excuse performance under personal services contracts. This
expert panel provides a critical update and primer on the rules
governing the enforceability of personal services contracts
including, the seven year rule, unconscionability, restraints on
competition, and negative covenants. The panel will further
explain specifically how contract negotiators can avoid falling
into traps that could void the contract.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product # ENT-D-15838 DVD Price $36.50
Program Date:
Date: 9/19/2007
Why Personal
Managers Can’t Enforce Their Contracts (Or Can They?)
PANELISTS:
Michael J. Plonsker, Esq., Dreier Stein & Kahan LLP
McPherson & Associates, Edwin F. McPherson, Esq.
Max J. Sprecher, Esq., Law Offices of Max J. Sprecher
MODERATOR: Joseph D. Schleimer, Esq., Schleimer & Freundlich,
LLP
Nobody knows how the California Supreme Court will decide
Marathon Entertainment v. Blasi, but entertainment litigators
agree that the decision is likely to at least partially answer
the question: Can personal managers enforce their contracts with
artists? This CLE luncheon program will feature a panel of
attorneys with decades of experience litigating Artist vs.
Manager cases, explaining why personal managers have great
difficulty enforcing their contracts, how the Blasi case may (or
may not) alter the legal terrain, and what steps personal
managers can take to strengthen their contracts, no matter how
the Blasi case is decided.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product # ENT-D-15837 DVD Price $36.50
Program Date:
Date: 8/15/2007
When Worlds
Collide: Virtual World Issues in Real World Courts - Business,
Property and Privacy in Second Life, World of Warcraft and other
Cyber-Worlds
PANELISTS:
Roxanne Christ, Partner, Latham & Watkins
Andy Zaffron, Executive VP and General Counsel, Sony Online
Entertainment
John Schaeffer, Partner, Spillane, Shaeffer, Aronoff, Bandlow,
LLP
MODERATOR: Gordon P. Firemark, Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark
So-called "Virtual Worlds" like Second Life, Everquest, and
World of Warcraft are increasing in popularity, and disputes
between and among these worlds' inhabitants and the operators
occur more frequently. AS these virtual-world disputes arise,
real-world legal and business systems struggle to adapt. This
program will address recent litigation, new issues, and proposed
solutions.
Some examples of recent disputes include:• Class Action by
Players against World of Warcraft relating to "takings" of
virtual property, avatars, characters, etc.
• Action by winning bidder of "land" auction in 2nd Life
presenting jurisdictional and venue challenges, etc.
• Click-wrap terms of service deemed a contract of adhesion, and
not enforced by court.
• Do safe harbor provisions under recent I. P. legislation
protect users who play music, videos, etc., in their "private"
and public" property spaces in these worlds?
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product # ENT-D-15836 DVD Price $36.50
Program Date:
Date: 7/18/2007
Monetizing
the Web: “Where’s the Money?”
Speakers:
Ronald Gertz, President, Music Reports, Inc.
Christian Castle, Partner, Christian L. Castle Attorneys LLP
Michael Leventhal, Partner, Praxis LLP
Theodore Cohen, Partner, TAG Strategic
MODERATOR: Neville Johnson, Partner, Johnson & Rishwain LLP
This expert panel of new media and entertainment attorneys
provides practical advice for all entertainment law
professionals concerning the exploitation, distribution, and
sale of media content on the internet. The panel explores
cutting edge issues : where the money is being made, current
deal structures, the problem areas and how to protect your
clients. The future is now.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product # ENT-D-15835 DVD Price $36.50
Program Date:
Date: 6/20/2007
Fact-based
Stories: Navigating the Murky Waters of Life Story Rights Deals
Speakers:
David Halberstadter, Esq., Partner, National Co-Chair,
Entertainment & Media Practice, KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP
Stephen M. Kravit, Esq., Executive Vice President, THE GERSH
AGENCY
Cheryl Buysse Lynch, Esq., Vice President, Business & Legal
Affairs, FOX TELEVISION STUDIOS
MODERATOR: Pamela Forster, Esq., VALENTE LAW
 Join us for an informative discussion about buying and selling
life story rights and the tactics and nuances of this type of
deal-making. Program Highlights: How to proceed if the rights
holder is resistant to selling the rights. Do you need life
story rights in the first place? What are you actually
purchasing? The interplay between life story rights and the
public domain or life story rights coupled with literary
material purchases. Work for hire or co-authorship when the
story’s subject will be providing copyrightable contributions.
How to handle creative approvals. How you can protect your story
without killing the deal. How to proceed when the life story
derives from autobiographical material that depicts living
persons in an unfavorable light. What are the risks inherent in
portraying people for whom you don't have a release? What
fictional changes reduce or increase the risk of claims? Can a
person validly waive the right to sue for defamation? How “Son
of Sam Laws” or defamation may factor in when the rights being
sought are from a person convicted of the crime to be depicted.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product # ENT-D-15834 DVD Price $36.50
Program Date:
Date: 5/16/2007
FEARLESS
NEGOTIATING The Wish-Want-Walk Method!
Speakers:
Michael C. Donaldson, author of “Fearless Negotiating” Published
by McGraw-Hill
Sharpen your Negotiation skills at this insightful and practical
session talking about methods for reaching agreements that work
with Michael Donaldson’s unique “Wish-Want-Walk Method!
Negotiation is the crux of what transactional entertainment and
business lawyers do. With humorous insight, Mr. Donaldson, a
well-known entertainment attorney, will share the negotiation
secrets that he has successfully used in representing
independent filmmakers and actors. He will show how to set goals
(the “Wish”), push for results (the “Want”), and draw the line
(the “Walk”) and give helpful hints on how to cast aside the
stresses and difficulties of the negotiation process.
You
don’t want to miss this program.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product # ENT-D-15833 DVD Price $36.50
Program
Date:
03/21/2007
“Death By Boilerplate: Ordinary Language Could Lead to
Extraordinary Results”
Speakers:
Peter Dekom, Weissmann Wolff Bergman Coleman Grodin & Evall LLP
Steve Marenberg, Irell & Manella LLP
Moderator:
Caroline A. Raufi, Hyde Park Entertainment
Forms,
forms, everywhere forms -- the increasing reliance upon
pre-negotiated language has left many transactional attorneys
with a fuzzy memory of just what all those clauses really mean,
and an inability to deviate from "traditional" structures when
creating new deals. This fact-filled panel will quickly get you
up to speed on the importance of a variety of contract clauses,
including (without limitation) arbitration provisions (small
differences can be everything), moral rights provisions (does
anyone in the US pay attention to these? Should they?), force
majeure (now is a very good time to study up!), waiver of jury
trial provisions, and dispute resolution (for those times when
you didn't study up enough), and many more areas of common
entertainment industry contracts. You won't want to miss this
panel because you can assume that opposing counsel on your next
big deal will have attended!
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15832
DVD Price $36.50
Program
Date:
02/21/2007
This Release is Binding…..Notttt!
Speakers:
OLIVIER TAILLIEU,
partner, Zuber and Taillieu, Counsel for plaintiffs in John Doe
v. One America Productions, Inc. et al, one of the “Borat” cases
JONATHAN ANSCHELL,
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, CBS
DAVID COHEN,
Vice President, Legal, ABC
MODERATOR: JOEL GROSSMAN,
ADR Services, Inc, Mediator and Arbitrator
The
program will review recent challenges to the enforceability of
releases, such as claims in connection with the film “Borat,”
and in connection with television reality shows. The panelists
will discuss the language of releases, the circumstances
surrounding the execution of releases, and potential
consequences should a release be held unenforceable. The panel
will also discuss the drafting of effective and binding
releases.
MCLE Credits: 1.0 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15831
DVD Price $36.50
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Program
Date:
12/19/2006
Film Finance Update: Wall Street Invests in Hollywood
Speakers:
Laura Fazio, Managing Director Head of Media Global Banking,
Dresdner Kleinwort
Ryan Kavanaugh, President and CEO, Relativity Media, LLC
Roy Salter, Principal, The Salter Group
Ken Ziffren, Esq., Partner, Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca,
Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie, Stiffelman, Cook, Johnson, Lande & Wolf
LLP
MODERATOR: P. John Burke, Esq., Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer
& Feld LLP
Starting
in 2005 and with increasing volume in 2006, Wall Street is
investing significant capital in films. Learn from the experts
about the keys to tapping into this multi-billion dollar equity
film financing market..
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15830
DVD Price $36.50
Program
Date:
11/15/2006
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT CUTTING EDGE ISSUES IN THE
MUSIC INDUSTRY:
Speakers:
David Hirshland, President of Bug Music, Hollywood
David A. Helfant, Law Offices of David A. Helfant, West Los
Angeles
Ron Gertz, MRI, Woodland Hills
Bernard M. Resnick, Bernard M. Resnick, Esq., P.C.,
Philadelphia, PA
MODERATOR: Neville L. Johnson, Johnson & Rishwain, Beverly Hills
The
worldwide music industry is radically changing as digital
distribution continues to cause chaos and turmoil within
traditional business models and methodologies. This 1.5 hour
panel will review the rapidly changing deal structures and
strategies for the music industry and highlight the current hot
cases and legislative landscape.
Topics will include the latest deal structures and deal points
of music publishers, ringtones and ringbacks, film music
licensing and record company deals, including “all-in” deals
which include management and income participations in touring
and merchandising revenues. Litigation issues include the
recent, groundbreaking personal manager case now pending before
the California Supreme Court, the class actions brought against
the digital distribution companies by music publishers and
songwriters and the class actions pending against Sony-BMG for
the payment of digital royalties. Pending bills regulating
digital rights, digital broadcasts and royalty administration
will also be discussed.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15829
DVD Price $36.50
PProgram
Date:
08/09/2006
"And Now A Word From Our
Sponsors" Branded Entertainment in the 21st Century
Speakers: Jordan Yospe, Gil Goldschein, Donna Redier Linsk
The panelists will discuss emerging trends and issues in the
area of branded entertainment from the brands', producers' and
networks' perspective. The discussion will focus on the nature
and structure of the deals, what defines a successful deal, new
obstacles and challenges in this area, how producers and
networks can utilize contributions from brands to fund the
production of a program or series, and the challenges of
addressing brands' expectations as they become increasingly more
sophisticated. The panelists will also discuss the changes they
foresee in the branded entertainment marketplace.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15828
DVD Price $36.50
Program
Date:
07/19/2006
Fun and Games in Hollywood
Convergence of the Big Screen and the Game Screen
Speakers: Philippe Erwin, David Freeman, Jim Kennedy, Norman
Becker
The speakers will discuss what issues are involved in making
video games based on movies, and in making movies based on video
games. They will discuss current developments in these two
rapidly evolving areas of the entertainment industry.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15827
DVD Price $36.50
Program
Date:
06/21/2006
“YOU MAY ALREADY BE FAMOUS!”
Developments in the Right of Publicity Management of Rights
Litigation Challenges
Speakers: Lawrence E. Heller, Bela G. Lugosi, Thomas A. White,
Jeremy N. Williams
The Right of Publicity is essentially an economic right. The
struggle to reconcile the right of publicity and the First
Amendment has delivered uneven court rulings among the states
and only one U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Does the rights holder
possess a right of censorship? How far can one stretch a First
Amendment argument ? How should the line be drawn to best
balance the sometimes competing interests? This seminar promises
to enlighten the practitioner who advocates for the protection
of celebrity rights or argues the legitimacy of expressive
transformation of a celebrity’s identity.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15826
DVD Price $26.50
Program
Date:
05/17/2006
A LITTLE TOO FRIENDLY?
The “Friends” Sexual Harassment Case and What it Means for the
Entertainment Business
Speakers: Nathan Goldberg, Adam Levin
In the case of Lyle
v. Warner Brothers Television the plaintiff was a writer’s
assistant on the popular TV sitcom “Friends.” She sued, claiming
that the frequent sex-related jokes and personal anecdotes
created a hostile work environment, and therefore constituted
unlawful sexual harassment. Warner Bros. Television and the
individual writers defended the case on the grounds that the
sexual joking was job-related given the subject matter of the
show and was protected by the First Amendment.
"On April 20, 2006 the California Supreme Court found in favor
of Warner Bros. Television and the writers and affirmed the
trial court's granting of summary judgment."
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15825
DVD Price $26.50
Program
Date:
04/19/2006
Digital Destination: Nuts and
Bolts of Digital Delivery of Music
Speakers: Tuhin Roy, Gary Stiffelman, David Ring
An examination of the evolution and current types of digital
music deals in today’s marketplace – downloads, streams, mobile
phone, ringtones, etc. Our expert panelists share their
experiences and proficiency regarding agreements commonly
involved in the digital delivery of music by delving into the
details of such deals, and addressing the negotiation points
which every practitioner and music professional should know.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15821
DVD Price $26.50
Program
Date:
3/15/2006
Collaboration Agreements &
Ethical Considerations
Speakers: Vincent M. Waldman, Stephen L. Saltzman, Lisa M. Nitti
Drafting collaboration agreements across the film, television, &
music industries, with an emphasis on the issues that arise if
the collaboration is terminated. What ethical issues does an
attorney face when there are multiple collaborators to the
agreement? If the agreement is terminated voluntarily or by the
death of a party, what is the impact on the parties to the
collaboration? A panel of seasoned attorneys will address these
issues (and others) and provide insight into the kinds of
protective measures to consider when drafting these agreements.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15819
DVD Price $26.50
Program
Date:
2/15/2006
Legal Regulation of Artist
Managers
Speakers: Gerald A. Margolis, Ronald A. DiNicola
Artist management companies have become multi-million dollar
enterprises, which often include film, television and music
production units. However, when relations between manager and
client sour, the managers may find their business has been built
on legal quicksand. This Continuing Legal Education program will
present a distinguished panel of attorneys discussing the
current state of the law regulating the artist management
industry.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15820
DVD Price $26.50
Program
Date:
12/13/2005
"Is That My Song" Licensing and
Infringement of Music in the 21st Century
Speakers: Russell Frackman, Larry Kohorn, Judith Finell, Laurie
Soriano
Music is one of the driving forces in today's new media era. But
with new delivery platforms come more complex intellectual
property issues for using musical compositions and recordings.
Come hear from leading experts about the legal and business
challenges in this brave new musical world.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15818
DVD Price $26.50
Program
Date:
11/16/2005
Creatively Resolving
Entertainment Disputes: How to Keep Your Clients Out of Court
Speakers: James Lichtman, Mark Passin, Bruce Wessel
This expert panel will discuss various ways to resolve
entertainment disputes without going to court. The panelists
will discuss such issues as how to select a mediator, how to
prepare for mediation, creative resolution beyond cash
settlements, when to consider arbitration, specific issues in
mediating and arbitrating entertainment cases, and how to draft
alternative dispute resolution provisions in contracts.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15817
DVD Price $26.50
Program
Date:
10/19/2005
Draft It Now, Litigate It Later: Documenting Film and Television
Agreements
- Making Sure the Deal You Made Stands Up
Speakers: Dixon Q. Dern, Darren M. Trattner, Bruce A. Isaacs,
Gerald A. Margolis
This presentation provides a practical framework for how to
properly document film and television deals and transactions.
The panel will provide expert guidance for transactional
entertainment attorneys on how to make sure the deal you made
stands up and how to create the best record possible.
MCLE Credits: 1.5 Hr.
Product
#--ENT-D-15816
DVD Price $26.50
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