INDUSTRIES

MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT & TECHNOLOGY

We represent and advise executives and talent in all manner of media, entertainment and technology including music, film, television, online content creation, publishing, advertising, marketing, and social media. We represent clients in connection with the formation of ventures, agreements, and disputes, and when necessary, litigate and arbitrate claims.

We are keenly aware that representing clients in these fields can require particular sensitivity due to the uniquely high-profile and/or evolving nature of the issues and/or people involved.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS AND CLIENTS INCLUDE:

• Negotiating employment and separation agreements for employees, including C-suite and other senior executives at leading media and internet companies including:

  • The Walt Disney Company (including ESPN)

  • Condé Nast

  • Discovery

  • NBCUniversal

  • ViacomCBS

  • Spotify

  • Sony

  • Lion’s Gate

  • Google (including YouTube)

  • Pinterest

  • The New York Times

  • WPP (including Grey and Ogilvy)

  • Omnicom

  • Vice

• Negotiated on behalf of a noted musician in a dispute with a composer involving, among other things, issues of property rights.

• Represented a former editor of Men’s Journal in a discrimination litigation against Wenner Media.

• Represented John Malkovich, as U.S. counsel, in a defamation action against the French newspaper, Le Monde, and two of its journalists.

• Representation of a prominent fashion model, in obtaining a release from an exclusive talent-agent agreement and move to another agency.

• Representation of Patreon, the preeminent platform for membership content services, in an online defamation and fraud case.

• Representation of an international fashion model in a request for testimony by a foreign tribunal.