Insights on Media & Entertainment

Just Women’s Sports Inc. and ‘Snacks,’ the premier women’s soccer podcast series hosted by Sam Mewis and Lynn Williams from Just Women’s Sports, have teamed up with iHeartPodcasts for the return of the highly anticipated new season of ‘Snacks.’

With the start of the new year, the ArentFox Schiff Media & Entertainment Industry team reviews 10 of the most pressing legal issues for companies in 2023.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce the addition of Partner Eric Fishman to the firm’s Sports group in New York. Eric has counseled some of the world’s most renowned athletes and sports organizations on a range of high-profile matters, from corporate deals to strategic transactions.

Four ArentFox Schiff attorneys have been named “Go-To Thought Leaders” in 2022 by National Law Review, which honors excellence in legal news and analysis.

ArentFox Schiff represented BMG, the Berlin-based international music publishing company and record label, in its acquisition of rights to the critically acclaimed songbook of Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, Harry Nilsson.

In this Fashion Counsel video, Anthony Lupo and Dan Jasnow break down what e-commerce will look like as the metaverse continues to evolve.

On October 25, 2022, the US Copyright Office proposed a new rule that would end and reverse actions of the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) that have deprived songwriters and their heirs of US copyright royalties after they have recaptured ownership of their musical works.

Media & Entertainment Industry Team Co-Leader Michelle Cooke was quoted on intellectual property issues related to an NFT owner’s McDonald’s-themed restaurant called McRTFKT’s built in the Metaverse that has no affiliation with the restaurant chain.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that 121 attorneys have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America 2023, with an additional six attorneys highlighted as “Lawyers of the Year” and 40 attorneys listed as “Ones to Watch.”

The Metaverse stands to disrupt nearly every industry – fashion, media and entertainment, real estate, sports, the list goes on – presenting immense possibilities and potential risks. We have created the ArentFox Schiff Industry Guide to the Metaverse to answer questions and anticipate concerns.

Media & Entertainment Industry Team Co-Leader Michelle Cooke was quoted on TikTok parent company ByteDance’s plan to launch a stand-alone music streaming service called “TikTok Music.”

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to welcome Partner Michelle A. Cooke to the firm’s Media & Entertainment and Trademark groups. Based in Los Angeles, Michelle will co-lead the firm’s Media & Entertainment industry team, which advises some of the world’s top movie studios.

The 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized 66 ArentFox Schiff attorneys as leaders in their field.

ArentFox Schiff is proud to announce that Partners Ross Charap and Matt Finkelstein have been named to Billboard’s Top Music Lawyers for 2022.

Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News for its coverage of Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” may proceed to discovery after a New York judge denied Fox News’s motion to dismiss, citing the “litany of outrageous claims” about Smartmatic that Fox News propagated.

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Arent Fox served as legal counsel to Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: AKIC), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in its definitive business combination agreement with DNEG.

Schiff Hardin LLP guided SportsMap Tech Acquisition Corp., a Houston-based special purpose acquisition company focused on transactions in the sports tech space, in its $115 million initial public offering.

The Second Circuit held recently that the screenwriter of the pop culture classic “Friday the 13th” did not write the Screenplay as a work made for hire, and, as the author of the work, could regain U.S. ownership rights to the work.

A federal district court judge recently dismissed infringement claims brought against Disney and Pixar over the daredevil character Duke Caboom featured in Toy Story 4.

Sixty-nine Arent Fox LLP attorneys have been rated as leaders in their profession by The Best Lawyers in America 2022.

Sacha Baron Cohen has once again demonstrated his ingenuity not just on television but also in the courtroom. Cohen prevailed in a $95 million lawsuit brought by Roy Moore, the disgraced former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, who lost a U.S. Senate race after he was accused of sexual mis

In May 2021, two photojournalists filed a class action lawsuit against Instagram, alleging that the social media giant allowed and encouraged third parties to ‘embed’ images shared to the platform in violation of copyright law.

JaQuel Knight, choreographer to musical artists such as Beyoncé and Meghan Thee Stallion, has announced plans to launch a company to copyright dance moves. This announcement comes on the heels of his recently acquired copyright registration in the “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” choreography, whi

Non-fungible tokens or NFTs are digital assets that run on blockchain. The value of NFTs largely stems from the idea of scarcity.