Firm: Law Offices of Vince Ravine
Practice Areas: Entertainment
California Entertainment Attorney.
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Firm: Lisa Borodkin Entertainment and IP Law Group
Practice Areas: Entertainment
Lisa Borodkin is passionate about popularizing technology, simplifying the law and getting great results for her clients.. She has a private law practice in Los Angeles focused on technology, law and media. She has negotiated licenses and agreements involving the convergence of entertainment and new media since 1998.. Her recent matters have included representing a television streaming service in a case of first impression involving the safe harbor under Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, cases involving the exclusion from liability for user-generated content under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and the application of the new federal Defend Trade Secrets Act in the doll and toy invention industry. Previous matters have included issues related to the discoverability of IP addresses in "John Doe" music copyright infringement cases, setting up agreements to create original intellectual properties in the animation, comics, music, television and film industries, and advising on best practices in online commerce and licensing.. Lisa's practice has evolved with the Internet, from meta tag infringement, cybersquatting, and Napster, to technology IPOs, file-sharing litigation, Web 2.0, reputation rating websites and advising technology startups. She has represented AOL, Network Solutions, Dr. Dre, Metallica and negotiated with film and television studios and online web television distributors. She has also represented parties in arbitrations before the AAA, JAMS, and NASD, and in investigations by the NYSE, SEC, the United States Department of Justice and numerous State Attorney General's offices.. Lisa is a regular contributor to California Lawyer Magazine on legal ethics and social media She also co-produced and hosted "TechZulu Law," a web telvision series on law and technology. She has appeared as a guest on Denise Howell's "This Week in Law" on the TWiT network and guest lectured at USC's Annenberg School.. Lisa served as a law clerk to the Honorable Diane P. Wood, United States Court of Appeals Judge for the Seventh Circuit and to the Honorable I. Leo Glasser, United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York. Her government service also includes a summer clerkship at the United States Department of Justice.. She received her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. Her Columbia Law Review note, "The Economics of Antiquities Looting and a Proposed Legal Alternative," is frequently cited in international publications concerning art and cultural property. She received her A.B. cum laude from Harvard University in Visual and Environmental Studies. She also has an M.A. in History of Art from the University of London, Courtauld Institute of Art.
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Firm: Ford, Walker, Haggerty & Behar, LLP
Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Firm: Law Offices of Mark Litwak & Associates
Practice Areas: Entertainment
Mark Litwak is an entertainment attorney based in Beverly Hills, California. His practice includes work in the areas of copyright, trademark, contract, multimedia law, intellectual property, and book publishing. As a Producer’s Representative, he assists filmmakers in arranging financing, marketing and distribution of their films. His filmmaker clients have had award winning films in Cannes, Toronto, Telluride and other festivals.. The firm has represented filmmakers who have produced award-winning films such as Prisoner of the Mountain (Director’s Fortnight, Cannes), To End All Wars (Telluride, Toronto), Hustle & Flow (Audience Award, Sundance), and winners of top prize at the Hampton’s International Film Festival (Unconditional Love, Mugshot, and Screen Door Jesus), and DeNadie (winner World Cinema Documentary Audience Award, Sundance 2006). During Sundance 2005, three clients had films acquired for distribution: Hustle & Flow, which won the Audience Award; The Matador and Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing and Charm School. Five clients had films exhibited during Sundance 2007 (Black Snake Moan, The Ten, Padre Nuestro, Expired and Fido).. Litwak is the author of six books: Reel Power, The Struggle for Influence and Success in the New Hollywood (William Morrow, 1986), Courtroom Crusaders (William Morrow, 1989), Dealmaking in the Film & Television Industry (Silman-James Press, 3rd. Ed. 2009)(winner of the 1996 Krazna-Kranz award for best book in the world on the film business), Contracts for the Film & Television Industry (Silman-James Press, 3rd Ed. 2012), Litwak's Multimedia Producer's Handbook (Silman-James Press, 1998) and Risky Business: Financing and Distributing Independent Film (2nd Ed. 2009).He has contributed articles for The Los Angeles Times, The Business of Film, The Hollywood Reporter, Moviemaker and The Independent. He is the creator of the popular CD-ROM program Movie Magic Contracts.. Mark Litwak earned a B.A. and M.A. from Queens College of the City University of New York, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University Of San Diego School Of Law. Mr. Litwak has been a lawyer since 1977. After graduation he was admitted to the bars in New York, California and Washington D.C. His practice today is based in Beverly Hills, California. He has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer by Law & Politics magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2012.. As a law professor he has taught such subjects as entertainment law, copyright, torts and worker’s compensation at such institutions as U.S.C. Gould School of Law, Loyola Law School and the University of Puget Sound School of Law. He has taught entertainment law courses at U.C.L.A. extension for more than 20 years. Litwak has lectured for continuing legal educations programs of the American Bar Association as well as programs offered by the California and Texas state bar associations. A frequent speaker, he has presented seminars across the United States, and in England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Canada including lectures at the American Film Institute, Harvard, Columbia, N.Y.U, the University of British Columbia and the Royal College of Art in London.. Litwak has represented clients in entertainment industry arbitrations. He also serves as an arbitrator on the AAA and IFTA entertainment panels. He has completed several AAA commercial arbitrator training workshops.. His background also includes stints as a television journalist, writing and producing news segments for Telepictures, and as a television producer, with Marble Arch Productions. He is a former Vice President and General Counsel for Dorason, a merchant banking and communications company. Litwak has packaged movie projects and served as executive producer on such feature films as "The Proposal," "Out Of Line" and "Pressure." He has provided legal services or worked as a rep on more than 200 motion pictures.. Litwak has been interviewed on more than 100 television and radio shows including ABC News, "The Larry King Show," National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," and CNN. He has been the subject of articles in California Law Business, Australian Lawyer and L.A. Weekly. He is the creator of the Magellan 4 Star site, Entertainment Law Resources, at .. Litwak was featured in a 2006 article in Southern California Super Lawyersmagazine.
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Firm: Rosen Moss Snyder LLP
Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Firm: Law offices of Lesli A. Masoner
Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Firm: Law Office of Larry Zerner
Practice Areas: Entertainment
In practice since 1991, Larry Zerner has earned the reputation as one of the most passionate and committed entertainment attorneys in Los Angeles. Larry is committed to safeguarding your most valuable assets: the words, images and ideas that you have created. He passionately represents entertainment industry clients and others looking for results in the fairest, fastest way possible.
Beyond that, on a very real and human level, Larry is known to be comforting, non-intimidating, easy to work with and, despite his profession and his industry accomplishments, one of the most plain-speaking entertainment attorneys you will ever find. In other words, he speaks with his clients in real English... not in legalese!
Larry started his career as an actor and comedian in Hollywood (giving Jason Vorhees his hockey mask in Friday the 13th Part 3) which gives Larry a unique perspective on the entertainment business. In his off time, Larry is busy seeing movies, playing with his dogs, and playing guitar and golf (neither very well)
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Firm: Lindsay V. Salk, Attorney at Law
Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Firm: Google
Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Firm: Savvas Learning Company, LLC
Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Firm: NBC Universal Media, LLC
Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Firm: Buchalter
Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Firm: Sutton & Murphy
Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Firm: Law Offices Michael W. Fattorosi, P.C.
Practice Areas: Entertainment
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Firm: FROCH | a professional law corporation
Practice Areas: Entertainment
I am an experienced business attorney, general counsel and corporate secretary.. For nine years I served as general counsel and corporate secretary to a technology sector NASDAQ corporation. During my tenure with the company I helped it grow through the start-up cycle of capital infusion, research and development into a multinational company with five hundred employees and offices in the US and in Europe and Asia. I had a significant role in overseeing an intellectual property portfolio of patents, trademarks, and copyrights, worldwide. I managed the day-to-day business and legal issues, supervised the legal and administrative team, and was responsible for oversight of the organization’s risk management, contract negotiation, employment and trade secret protection, and corporate governance.. I currently run my own legal practice acting for clients on a variety of small to complex legal, business, and government challenges and opportunities, in a wide range of industries and fields, including entertainment, high technology, sales and distribution, and finance. I represent entrepreneurs, management, and boards at all stages of the business cycle from business formation, through to capitalization, development, commercialization, and growth. I enjoy acting in the role of external general counsel for my clients giving them the benefit of a legal advisor whose attention remains firmly fixed on the big picture goals of their business.
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Firm: Media Guarantors, A Cac Group Co
Practice Areas: Entertainment
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