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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 ...

Recorded on: Mar. 20, 2012

KENNETH M. KAUFMAN: Thanks very much, Tamara. It's very nice to see all of you here with us this morning. And also we welcome those of you who are joining on the web. It's my pleasure to introduce our panel this morning on book publishing. It's a particularly exciting time in the book publishing industry, particularly with the transformation of business models. And a lot of interesting new legal issues from the electronic book revolution that our ...

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 ...

Recorded on: Mar. 15, 2012

OK, welcome back everybody. Hope you enjoyed the cocktail reception. And we are going to resume the program with a presentation about Building an Entertainment Law Practice, followed by an hour of Ethics. I just want to remind you one more time that you need to press Sign Out on your pads before you leave. And enter the badge number to make sure that you get your CLE credit for being here today. And also, just another reminder to please complete ...

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: Communications Law in the Digital Age 2012

Released on: Nov. 30, 2012

The world of communications and media law is robust with change, and this program, long recognized as the most comprehensive in its field, will highlight the hottest issues and case law in media, digital communications, intellectual property and privacy law. Reflecting an increased focus on the legal ramifications of an increasingly digital media environment, the program features a remarkable faculty comprising the country’s leading practitioners ...

Recorded on: Apr. 4, 2012

MARC ROTH: OK. Is that good? All right. I want to thank everyone for returning to the room for the second session of our program. I'm very excited about the next program. It's actually one of the topics that gave rise to the agenda for this year's program, 2012 Information Technology, having to do with contracting issues for technology in the modern era. There's a lot of information that needs to be considered when contacting for these types of technologies. ...

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: Apr. 4, 2012

SPEAKER 1: --a lot more knowledge. Let me now introduce our first two speakers, who will be talking about the transformational force of ebooks on the publishing industry. The first of the two speakers is Suzanne Bell, who is a partner at the Wilson Sonsini firm here in the Valley, who is involved with technology transactional matters. She does a wide variety of technology and IP transactions involving complex strategic alliances, outsourcing for ...

Recorded on: Mar. 15, 2012

SPEAKER1: Thank you very much Rosemary and Kirk. And now the hour we've all been waiting for; ethics. I'd like to welcome Professor Bruce Green. Bruce Green is the Lewis Stein professor at Fordham Law School, where he directs the Lewis Stein center for law and ethics. He teaches and writes primarily in the areas of legal ethics in criminal law, and is involved in various Bar Association activities, including many in these fields. Currently, he is ...

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: Mar. 20, 2012

TAMARA KIWI: Now it is my pleasure to introduce you to this afternoon's speakers. To my immediate right is Joe Dapello who is the founding partner of Schreck, Rose, Dapello, and Adams a boutique entertainment law firm, that is based in New York City, that is dedicated to serving the creative community throughout the world. The firm represents a variety of clients in all areas of the entertainment business including film, television, theater, and ...

Recorded on: Oct. 18, 2012

DANIEL OFFNER: Welcome to our two late afternoon sessions. Thank you all for attending, those of you who are physically attending, and those of you are attending virtually over the Web. And I'm impressed that you've made it into the afternoon session. We hope that we can provide some excitement, and fun, and diversity of prospective, and a little bit of lawyer business, reality, and clashing, as we kind of what wend our way through these two topics ...

From the program: Representing the Games Industry Client 2012

Released on: Oct. 31, 2012

The videogame industry has emerged as a leader in home entertainment, rivaling recorded music, television and motion pictures for the consumer entertainment mindshare.  Intellectual property, including videogames, has become one of America’s leading exports in the 21st Century.  The emergence of the Internet, Facebook and other social platforms and destinations, Apple iOS, Android, Windows Mobile and other digital delivery vehicles, ...

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. 19, 2012

TAMARA KIWI: Welcome back, everybody. I hope you got to enjoy some of the nice weather outside. I would like to take a moment to introduce you to the co-chair of our program, as well as one of this afternoon's presenters, Howard Siegel. Howard is a senior partner in 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 ...

Recorded on: Nov. 12, 2012

PETER BROWN: Well let's all settle in. Are we live? Yep. OK. Very good. The agenda was for me to speak with one of our successful entrepreneurs who has actually worked and lived in the digital data environment. By the way, the screen up here with the speaker's screen does not have the PowerPoint. If someone could change it. Thank you. I need that. The clicker, where's the clicker? Where'd the clicker go? LORI E. LESSER: Ah, good question. Is it ...