Entertainment Law
Respected representation for California's entertainment industry
Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, LLP, is one of the premier law firms in entertainment industry representation. Our broad expertise and extensive experience over many years have made Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, LLP, one of the most widely known and well-respected entertainment law firms in the world.
We solve legal problems in these facets of the entertainment industry:
We provide corporate counseling in:
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We have long represented well-known producers, writers, directors and other individual talent.
Individual talent
Because we represent talent as an autonomous boutique law firm within a full-service law firm, our clients receive exceptional representation. This arrangement allows us to offer personal service backed by the full range of knowledge of all our entertainment-related departments. Our entertainment attorneys act as liaisons with the firm’s other attorneys who specialize in areas such as litigation, taxation, estate planning, family law, or corporate counseling.
Many of our clients are Academy, Emmy, and Grammy award-winners well-known in the entertainment industry. We also are known for ardently representing new talent and providing counsel to this critical next generation in the performing arts. We are known throughout the industry for working closely with our clients when negotiating agreements for the acquisition of rights or the rendition of services. We go the extra mile for our clients and often give professional advice in many areas of their professional lives.
Independent production/distribution companies
For over fifty years, Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, LLP has been involved in numerous successful entertainment projects. We represent and perform all production and distribution related legal services for the independent production/distribution companies which develop and produce projects for television, theater or location-based entertainment. We provide advice regarding the acquisition of literary properties and we negotiate agreements in connection with services, financing, production, and distribution.
Clearance of literary material
Our attorneys have unique and unparalleled expertise in the review and clearance of screenplays and teleplays. We handle cases for issuers of errors and omissions insurance in the entertainment industry. We are adept at assessing the risk of potential claims such as libel, copyright infringement, or invasion of privacy, and we frequently render coverage opinions on claims under the entertainment-related errors and omissions insurance policies.
Members of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, LLP write and speak extensively to and on behalf of industry groups. Our reputation is renowned worldwide.
Music
We represent established song-writers, composers and music supervisors, including top alternative recording artists, as well as music publishers, record company and labels, and concert promoters in all matters relevant to the music industry. We have given advice concerning development of amphitheaters, acquisition of record companies and music catalogues, and have negotiated regarding live music concerts for television specials. We are known for ardently representing artists in the negotiation of recording contracts, publishing agreements, and public appearance agreements.
Merchandising and licensing
We help our clients merchandise and license some of the most visible and successful properties in the world. Our representation includes creating and implementing merchandising programs from start to finish. We can assist clients in identifying and protecting licensable elements of a property and also in identifying potential licensees. Our expertise in this area extends to drafting and negotiating license agreements, and creating and administering effective anti-piracy policing programs.
Completion guarantees
Since 1981, we have represented completion guarantors. In this capacity, we review arrangements for financing, production, and distribution of motion picture and television projects.
New media technologies
Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, LLP advises individuals and companies working in new media technologies, including interactive title development and production, digital and special effects design, and other new media. The firm represents interactive title designers, producers, publishers and distributors, as well as producers and exhibitors of location-based entertainment.
Because of our expertise, we are sought out for speaking engagements with interactive/ multi-media symposia and trade shows. The firm is a renowned leader in the creation of joint strategic alliances between the entertainment and technology industries. We are highly skilled in servicing the needs of developers, producers, and distributors of interactive products and services, including software, games, online and video-on-demand. We represent companies in entertainment related businesses that have traditionally depended on technology such as digital and special effects and location-based entertainment.
Intellectual property
Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, LLP is renowned as one of the nation's preeminent copyright and trademark litigation firms. Over the decades, we have successfully litigated intellectual property cases on behalf of studios, producers, errors and omissions insurers, individuals and software companies.
We are highly experienced in infringement cases arising out of new media technologies.
