PRACTICE AREA · 09 — SPECIALIST LITIGATION

Media, Entertainment & Advertising.

Broadcast licensing, music-rights and royalty disputes, talent and agency-client matters, and Lanham Act advertising claims for California media companies and talent.

Scope.

The firm represents broadcasters, content owners, music-rights holders, talent, and advertisers in licensing disputes, royalty audits, agency-client breakdowns, and Lanham Act false-advertising matters. The practice does not undertake celebrity criminal-defense work or transactional packaging.

Selective international broadcast and music-rights matters — particularly disputes with counterparts in Europe and the Middle East — are handled in coordination with the firm's international arbitration practice where the underlying dispute is arbitrable.

Representative Engagements.

  • Broadcast-licensing dispute between a content owner and a regional distributor.
  • Music-rights and royalty audit dispute involving an estate and a publisher.
  • Talent-agreement breach and conflicts dispute between an agency and a former client.

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How engagements proceed.

Engagements begin with a confidential intake conducted personally by the principal. A brief written matter summary follows. Where the firm proceeds, the engagement letter sets a defined initial scope — typically through pleadings or early discovery — with milestones at which fee and strategy are jointly reassessed.

The firm communicates by direct phone and email. Document exchange is conducted through encrypted channels. Inquiries receive a substantive response within one business day.

Fee arrangements.

The firm offers hourly representation with monthly caps, fixed-fee engagements for defined matter phases, and hybrid contingent structures where appropriate. The firm does not engage on contingency alone in defense matters.

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