Entertainment, Technology and Advertising

The Entertainment and Digital Media practice at Sheppard Mullin is a full-service multi-disciplinary group representing the major motion picture studios, television networks and other domestic and international entertainment, media and communications companies in all areas, including:

• motion picture and television development
• finance, production and distribution
• advertising/sweepstakes
• branded entertainment
• games
• intellectual property
• licensing and merchandising
• mergers, corporate finance, acquisitions and other strategic corporate transactions
• music
• First Amendment
• convergence, online/technology
• publishing
• sports

Our transactional attorneys have represented clients in some of the industry's largest and most complex distribution, licensing and financing transactions, as well as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic corporate activities.

Our litigators have extensive trial and appellate experience, and have litigated a wide variety of issues, including those involving distribution rights, profit or revenue participations, audit claims, talent disputes, copyright, idea submission and trademark claims, First Amendment, defamation and right of publicity claims, labor and employment claims, insurance disputes and antitrust, unfair competition and vertical integration claims.

We also have an FCC team to serve our entertainment clients' regulatory needs.

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• California Legislature Strikes at Confidentiality Clauses in Consumer Refunds and Settlement Agreements
  11.06.2024
• New California Law Targets Sellers of Digital Goods
  10.10.2024
• Regulators Ramp up Scrutiny of Games’ Business Models
  09.17.2024
• Safety First for Retailers — New York Boosts Retail Safety with Mandatory Workplace Violence Prevention Plans, Annual Training Requirements and Panic Buttons
  09.16.2024
• Farewell, Chevron: Navigating Corporate Regulation Under Loper Bright
  08.22.2024
• Closer to a Federal Right of Publicity – Senate Introduces NO FAKES Act
  08.14.2024
• Game On: SAG-AFTRA’s Video Game Performer Members Strike Over AI Concerns
  08.09.2024
• California’s New Price Transparency Law May Reshape Pricing Practices in Broad Range of Industries
  07.02.2024
• PAGA Reimagined: A New Chapter for California’s Employers and Employees
  06.21.2024
• Georgia Online Marketplace Updates Prove Controversial
  06.20.2024
• CFPB Report Targets Games and Virtual Worlds – What Blockchain Game and Metaverse Companies Need to Know
  06.03.2024
• New Bills Being Served Up That May Soon Impact Food Retailers and Manufacturers
  02.21.2024
• China Proposes New Regulations for Online Gaming
  01.22.2024
• Computer Love: Beijing Court Finds AI-Generated Image is Copyrightable in Split with United States
  12.20.2023
• Getty Image’s AI Model Training Lawsuit in UK Against Stability to Proceed 
  12.07.2023
• The Intersection of Prop 65 and Free Speech: A Recent Win for Businesses
  11.16.2023
• Titleless Tales of the Headless
  11.07.2023
• Busted: Manhattan Prosecutors Seize an Ancient Roman Bust from the Worcester Art Museum
  09.08.2023
• State Privacy Law Roundup: What Retailers Need to Know
  07.26.2023
• FTC Finalizes Revisions to the Endorsement Guides, Proposes New Rule for Consumer Reviews and Testimonials and Updates FTC Staff Guidance
  07.06.2023
• Lizama et al. v. H&M: A Lesson in Artful Crafting of Green Claims
  06.22.2023
• Supreme Court Rules “That Dog Don’t Hunt”: Bad Spaniels Toy’s Use of JACK DANIELS Marks is a Poor Parody and Dilution Act Applies
  06.16.2023
• Supreme Court Finds Warhol’s Commercial Licensing of “Orange Prince” to Vanity Fair Is Not Fair Use and Infringes Goldsmith’s Famed Rock Photo
  06.05.2023
• No More Games: Activision Settles with DOJ Over Esports Compensation
  04.05.2023
• FTC Increases Scrutiny of Negative Option Marketing
  03.23.2023
• How to Succeed in Environmental Marketing Claims
  03.23.2023
• Copyright Office Guidance on AI
  03.15.2023
• Takeaways from the Hermès Litigation over MetaBirkins NFTs
  03.09.2023
• How Generative AI Generates Legal Issues in the Games Industry
  03.09.2023
• To Be, or Not to Be? Considerations for A.I.- Generated Art
  02.21.2023
• “Not My Work”: When Artists Dispute Authorship
  02.01.2023
• For US Art Collectors Shopping in the UK, the Dollar’s Strength is Deceiving
  10.21.2022
• Blockchain Game Developers and FinCEN: When are State Money Transmission Laws Applicable?
  10.03.2022
• Court Orders Injunctive Relief Against Tech Company for Deceptive Advertising, Unfair Fee Practices
  08.31.2022
• CFPB’s New Interpretive Rule Sets Sights on Digital Marketing Vendors
  08.29.2022