Davis & Gilbert LLP: Practice Groups: Entertainment, Media and Publishing


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	Practice Groups / Entertainment, Media and Publishing

	Entertainment, Media and Publishing Davis & Gilbert offers a global Entertainment, Media and Publishing practice which covers the full range of entertainment related law, including the development, production and distribution of television programs, motion pictures and other audiovisual content around the world. Our clients include major television and cable networks, independent producers, broadcast station groups, motion picture studios, advertising agencies and Internet companies. Our publishing clients include most of the major book and magazine publishers. We also represent advertiser and agency clients in the creation of proprietary programming for select distribution. Because our marketing communications practice positions us so well in relation to the entertainment world, we can be particularly effective in helping our clients capitalize on this rapidly expanding industry and the unique, ever-changing opportunities it presents. Our entertainment and media practice includes: • Negotiating and drafting licenses and production agreements for live-action and animated programs produced exclusively for distribution via the Internet • Structuring deals with independent production companies and studios for movie production • Handling all legal aspects for the production and global distribution of documentary motion pictures • Acquiring motion picture, television and related rights and options in literary properties and life stories • Negotiating deals with writers, performers, directors and composers and preparing necessary contracts • Providing advice on the collective bargaining agreements of the major entertainment unions: the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Directors Guild of America (DGA) and Writers Guild of America (WGA) • Advising on copyright issues, privacy and defamation issues • Handling all legal aspects of program syndication, foreign distribution, foreign and domestic co-productions, and joint ventures for program production and distribution • Advising clients and negotiating agreements for live event programming, including sponsorship and other cross-promotional agreements • Representing celebrities in music and production deals In the publishing industry, we are known for having a unique area of knowledge and expertise, and providing a level of service that is unparalleled. Our services to publishers and others in the publishing industry include: • Acting as trademark counsel • Advising on promotion, marketing and advertising issues for new titles • Consumer product safety review and representation • Charitable industry and initiative tie-ins • Author and publishing agreements • Litigation of critical First Amendment cases • Cross promotion in media issues • Libel and copyright analysis and vetting • Representation of major authors


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