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From the program: Advanced Licensing Agreements 2013

Recorded on: Mar. 22, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Advanced Licensing Agreements 2013 recorded March, 2013 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:40] Breakouts: Rights of Publicity Licensing/Licensing Issues in the Life Sciences Industry  [01:00:40] I. Licensing Issues in the Life Sciences Industry Topics will vary by city, and may include: Research plan Due diligence Transitioning pharmaceutical products/programs Monetary considerations ...

Recorded on: Mar. 8, 2013

KENNETH M. KAUFMAN: Thanks very much, Tamara. I just wanted to get a sense of those of you in the audience, how many of you are lawyers this morning? OK. And how many of you devote a significant amount of your practice to entertainment law? And how about book publishing? OK, so there are a number of you. It's good to see so many of you here this morning. This morning, initially, we'll be talking about book publishing, which is an area of major current ...

From the program: Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2013 - Book Publishing; Current Developments in Entertainment and Sports Litigation; Film

Released on: Mar. 20, 2013

This session will provide an overview of book publishing agreements and current developments in the publishing industry (including e-books), followed by trends and hot topics in entertainment, sports and Internet litigation. The session will also provide a basic understanding of motion picture terms and concepts, plus advanced film issues involving financing, production and distribution. Lecture Topics [Total time 06:11:40] Segments ...

Recorded on: Mar. 6, 2013

HOWARD SIEGEL: Good evening and welcome back. I want to introduce to you, two good friends of mine, and good friends of PLI. Rosemary Carroll, on my immediate right, graduated from Duke University, received her law degree from Stanford. She's worked in the field of entertainment since her graduation from law school. And first, she was an associate of Phillips Nizer, a firm familiar to most of you, I assume. And then she was counsel to TriStar Pictures ...

From the program: Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2013 - Overview of Entertainment Law Issues; Television, Video & User-Generated Content; Videogames & Computer Entertainment; Building an Entertainment Law Practice; Ethics

Released on: Mar. 18, 2013

This session will address high-level issues in entertainment industry transactions and will cover legal and business issues and emerging trends in the television and video industries, including recent developments involving online video and user-generated content. It will sort out the parties to game development deals and their respective interests, take a look at key negotiating issues from both sides of the table, and conclude with a mock ...

From the program: Counseling Clients in the Entertainment Industry 2013 - Sound Recordings; Music Publishing

Released on: Mar. 19, 2013

This session is geared toward a basic understanding of an artist-record company agreement with a mock negotiation as the format, and will address current issues and trends in the record industry, including digital distribution of sound recordings. The session will also provide a basic understanding of music publishing terms and concepts and will include a mock negotiation of an exclusive songwriter agreement. Lecture Topics [Total time ...

Recorded on: Mar. 8, 2013

SPEAKER 1: In the next hour and a half we have two very exciting presentations. The first is on current developments in entertainment and sports litigation. And the second is on current developments-- first focusing on the sports side, and the second will focus on the entertainment and internet side. And for our presentation on sports law, which will focus on the use of athletes' images and the right of publicity, we have two very distinguished speakers. ...

Recorded on: Feb. 8, 2013

JOHN DELANEY: I think we're back. Next topic up is drafting and updating social media policies and guidelines. And one thing I will say. So much has happened in this area of the law since we last met a year ago that I can say with quite some confidence that, if your company hasn't updated its social media policy or guidelines in the past year, they're probably out of date, just because so much has happened in this area. And we're very fortunate to ...

Recorded on: Feb. 11, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Social Media 2013: Addressing Corporate Risks Recorded February, 2013 in San Francisco Drafting and Updating Social Media Policies and Guidelines [01:05:04] Is your company’s social media policy compliant with employment laws? Limits on regulating employees’ social networking activities Key legislative and case law developments Recent NRLB guidance Drafting tips in preparing ...

Recorded on: Mar. 6, 2013

HOWARD SIEGEL: OK, so we segue right into the next and final segment of our program, on this first of the three-day PLI seminar, and that is Jack Sahl, who will speak to us about ethics. I said about Rosemary and Kirk, and with absolute truth, that they are friends of mine personally, and friends of PLI. And certainly, that is true of Jack, who's standing here behind me on my left. He is a faculty director of the Miller-Becker Center for Professional ...

From the program: Ethics in Social Media 2013

Released on: Apr. 1, 2013

Ethics permeates all areas of today's legal practice.  With the proliferation of social media, what types of personal information are companies permitted to access without the consent of their employees or applicants?  How is privacy and security addressed?  The New York City Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers' Association have all issued ethics opinions on "pretexting" and "social engineering" ...

Recorded on: Mar. 8, 2013

TAMARA C. KIWI: Welcome back everybody. Hope you had a good lunch. We are into the final session of the day. And it's my pleasure to introduce you to the co-chair of our program, Howard Siegel, to my immediate right. Howard is a senior partner in Pryor Cashman's Entertainment Group. He has more than 40 years of experience in representing clients in all aspects of the entertainment business, with a particular emphasis on the music industry, during ...

Recorded on: Feb. 8, 2013

JOHN F. DELANEY: Every year, I kind of provide an overview of some of the topics that we're not going to cover in depth later in the conference, and also touch on some of the hot issues and new cases that have come out since we last got together. And also I want to start by just highlighting the explosive growth of social media. So on slide two is a quick roadmap of what I'll be covering over the next hour. As mentioned, I want to step back from ...

Recorded on: Mar. 7, 2013

TAMARA C. KIWI: OK. Welcome back, everybody. I hope you had a good lunch. It is my pleasure now to introduce you to the co-chair of our program, Howard Siegel. Howard is a senior partner in Pryor Cashman's Entertainment Group. He has more than 40 years of experience in representing clients in all aspects of the entertainment business, with a particular emphasis on the music industry, during which time he has served as counsel to many of the industry's ...

Recorded on: Mar. 7, 2013

KEN: Thanks very much, Tamara. This morning we're going to have a panel on the sound recordings. And I'd like to introduce our two panelists this morning. To my immediate right is Julie Swidler, who is Executive Vice President of Business Affairs and General Counsel of the Sony Music Entertainment here in New York. Julie has worked in the music industry for over 25 years, and has worked for both labels, corporate departments, and music publishing ...

Recorded on: Mar. 6, 2013

KENNETH M. KAUFMAN: Thank you, very much, Tamara. It's nice to see so many of you here. What I'd like to do initially is introduce my co-panelists this morning. We're going to be talking about to television and video production, financing, distribution, user generated content, and new developments in the industry, as well as an overview of common issues in the entertainment law area. To my immediate right is Vernon Chu, who is the General Counsel ...

Recorded on: Feb. 8, 2013

JOHN DELANEY: OK, I'm very pleased to introduce Lisa Oratz, who's an attorney at Perkins Cole, where she focuses on technology, intellectual property, entertainment, and social media law. She counsels companies on internet and new media issues, including content liability, privacy, intellectual property rights, online agreements, which we just talked about, social media policies, which we'll hear more about later today, licensing, distribution, marketing, ...

Recorded on: Mar. 6, 2013

TAMARA C. KIWI: OK. Welcome back, everybody. I hope that you had a good lunch. And before we get started with the afternoon panel, I'd like to introduce the other co-chair of today's program, Howard Siegel. Howard is a senior partner Pryor Cashman's Entertainment Group. He has more than 35 years of experience in representing clients in all aspects of the entertainment business-- with a particular emphasis on the music industry-- during which time ...