Entertainment Litigation

• Analyzes the substantive law related to the most difficult subjects that typically arise in entertainment litigation
• Offers guidelines, tips, and recommendations from leading practitioners in the field
• Covers state specific law in California and New York and international coverage in Canada and the U.K.
• Includes sample forms such as demand letters, complaints, motions, interrogatories, requests for production, and protective orders

Readership: Attorneys-law firms and in-house-practicing in entertainment litigation, entertainment law more generally, and entertainment transactional law Academics and researchers at law libraries, universities and research institutes, handling entertainment and media law matters

Edited by Charles J. Harder

Charles J. Harder (www.CharlesHarder.com) is a litigation partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin LLP in Los Angeles and practices in all areas of entertainment litigation, representing actors, writers, recording artists and other celebrities, as well as independent film and television producers, among other clients. In the area of right of publicity, Mr. Harder has represented the following famous individuals, among others, in state and federal right of publicity lawsuits: Sandra Bullock, Chris Cornell, Cameron Diaz, Clint Eastwood, Kate Hudson, Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Michelle Pfeiffer, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, and the rights holders of Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart.

1: The Litigation Process - Relevant to Entertainment Litigation
Contributor: Patricia Glaser, Esq., Larry S. Greenfield, Esq. and James S. Schreier, Esq.
Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro LLP
2: Right of Publicity Litigation
Contributor: Charles J. Harder, Esq.
Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin LLP
3: Copyright: Direct Infringement
Contributor: Robert M. Schwartz, Esq., Kristopher D. Rossfeld, Esq.
Alicia K. Hancock, Esq. and Mujon Baghai, Esq.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
4: Copyright: Indirect Infringement & Secondary Liability
Contributor: Robert M. Schwartz, Esq., Alicia K. Hancock, Esq.
and Kristopher D. Rossfeld, Esq.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
5: Disputes Over Literary Contributions Outside the Realm of Copyright (Implied-in-Fact Contracts, Express Contracts, Confidential Relationships, and Screen Credit)
Contributor: Robert M. Schwartz, Esq., Alicia K. Hancock, Esq.,
Kristopher D. Rossfeld, Esq. and Jordan P. Raphael Esq.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
6: Trademark & Unfair Competition Law
Contributor: Robert M. Schwartz, Esq. Jennifer Glad, Esq.,
Jordan Raphael Esq. and Adam L. Bloom, Esq.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
7: Profit Participation, Audit Claims & Vertical Integration
Contributor: Ronald J. Nessim, Esq.
Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg LLP
8: The Talent Agencies Act
Contributor: Michael J. Plonsker, Esq. and Jeanine Percival Wright, Esq.
Robbins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
9: Defamation (Libel and Slander), Obscenity & Regulation of Speech
Contributor: Robert S. Chapman, Esq.
Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger LLP
10: California's Anti-SLAPP Law
Contributor: Ricardo P. Cestero, Esq.
Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger LLP
11: Invasion of Privacy, Stalking and Harassment
Contributor: Miles J. Feldman, Esq.
Raines Feldman LLP
Michael E. Weinsten, Esq.
Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor LLP
12: Labor & Employment Litigation in the Entertainment Industries
Contributor: Adam Levin, Esq. and Gayle A. Goldman, Esq.
Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP
13: Insurance Coverage and Litigation in the Entertainment Industries
Contributor: Kirk A. Pasich, Esq.
Dickstein Shapiro LLP
14: New York Law & Procedure
Contributor: Stephen F. Huff, Esq. and Tom J. Ferber, Esq.
Pryor Cashman LLP (New York office)
15: Canadian Law & Procedure
Contributor: Robert W. Grant, Esq. H. David Edinger, Esq. Melanie Ash, Esq. and Christina Bulbrook, Esq.
Heenan Blaikie LLP (Vancouver, B.C. office)
16: UK Law & Procedure
Contributor: Korieh Duodu, Solicitor
Addleshaw Goddard LLP (London)
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