Description
Total Credits: 6.0 (Professional Practice 4.0, Skills 2.0)
Entertainment law is a broad area of practice encompassing litigative, transactional, and corporate work. This program surveys many of the basic and current issues in entertainment law and will help new attorneys and experienced attorneys alike develop their practice skills. Program topics include music law basics, film production deals, life story rights, and the intersection of sports and corporate law.
• Immigration Issues for Foreign Talent
• Overview of Music Law Basics
• Practical Skills to Succeed in Entertainment Law
• Life Story Rights - How the Deals Are Made in Film, Television, Theater and Beyond
• Anatomy of a Film Production Deal
• Trending Issues in Sports Law
Program Faculty:
Kimberly N. Grant, Esq.
Joyce Sydnee Dollinger, Esq.
Neeta Ragoowansi, Esq
Rosemarie Tully, Esq.
Stephen B. Rodner, Esq.
Innes Smolansky, Esq.
Robert Seigel, Esq.
Emma Barnett, Esq.
Eric Fisher, Esq.
Materials
| I. Hiring Talented Foreign Artists to Work in the U.S. PowerPoint - Grant (191.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| I.B. Address Index for I-129 O and P Consultation Letters (76.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| I.C. Memorandum – USCIS – Requirements for Agents and Sponsors Filing as Petitioners for the O and P Visa Classifications (889.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| II. Music Law - 5 Key Topics - Dollinger (419.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| II.B. Sample Booking Agreement (93.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| II.C. Sample Booking Agent-Musician Agreement (40.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| II.D. Sample Publishing Contract Language Provisions (100.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| II.E. Copyright and Music – A Very Basic Overview - Tully (37.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| III. Contracts Without an Express Obligation - Herbert (55.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| III.B. Artist-Manager Conflicts - Herbert & Glass (63.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| IV. Life Rights - Legal and Business Considerations PowerPoint - Smolansky (199.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| IV.B. Sample Life Story Rights Agreement (13.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| IV.C. Sample Life Story Rights Option Purchase Agreement (131.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| V. Actor - Director - Writer Deal Points - Outline of Key Concepts - Seigel (142.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| V.B. Sample Chain of Title Letter (76.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| V.C. Production Counsel Checklist - Seigel (462.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| VI. There Was Once a Ballpark – Mourning the Dodgers Meeting the Mets William Shea and the Rise and Fall of the Continental League - Krell (100.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| VI.B. NYSBA Amateur Sports Outline (342.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Electronic Coursebook (5.1 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||