Entertainment Litigation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199733430 ISBN 13: 9780199733439

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 2011

Synopsis

Entertainment Litigation, edited by Charles J. Harder, provides in-depth discussion and analysis of the substantive law regarding a range of the most important subjects pertinent to entertainment litigation and includes sample briefs, memoranda, and other practice-related materials. With contributed chapters from top lawyers in the field, Harder and his co-authors tackle the thorniest problems in entertainment litigation, including copyright infringement, right of publicity, defamation, California's Anti-SLAPP law, New York State law and procedure, invasion of privacy, Talent Agencies Act and Talent Guild litigation, accounting issues, and more. There are also chapters on issues likely to arise in Canada and the U.K. Sample forms include demand letters,briefs,complaints, motions, interrogatories, requests for production,protective orders. and other practice related materials.

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About the Author

Charles J. Harder (http: //www.hmafirm.com) is co-founder Harder Mirell & Abrams LLP in Los Angeles and practices in all areas of entertainment litigation including right of publicity, right of privacy, defamation, anti-SLAPP, trademark, copyright, profit participation, Talent Agency Act, talent guild matters, employment law and electronic discovery. He represents independent motion picture and television producers and distributors, music, media and Internet companies, as well as actors, writers, and public figures, among other clients. In the area of right of publicity, Mr. Harder has represented Sandra Bullock, Chris Cornell, Cameron Diaz, Clint Eastwood, Kate Hudson, Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Michelle Pfeiffer, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Denzel Washington, and the rights holders of Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart, among others, in state and federal right of publicity lawsuits. Mr. Harder graduated from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and clerked for Senior U.S. District Judge and Chief Judge Emeritus A. Andrew Hauk in the Central District of California, in Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199733430
• ISBN 13: 9780199733439
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1184
• Editor: Harder Charles J.