Entertainment and Sports Law

  • The Recorder

    Munger Tolles & Olson to Defend Studios in MOVA Technology Lawsuit

    By Todd Cunningham | August 14, 2017

    Los Angeles-based Munger, Tolles & Olson has been hired to represent the Hollywood studios and film companies behind a handful of box office blockbusters in several copyright infringement suits brought over their use of the MOVA Contour special effects system.

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    Behind the Bid: How Lawyers Brought Olympics Back to LA

    By Todd Cunningham | August 2, 2017

    Eleven years is a long time to wait for anything, but the legal team behind Los Angeles' bid for the 2028 Summer Games, which was blessed by the International Olympic Committee this week, has given every indication that it can go the distance.

  • The Recorder

    Winners, Losers From Those Nasty Court Filings in 'The Walking Dead' Case

    By Todd Cunningham | July 17, 2017

    A trove of emails and financial records filed this week in the legal battle between fired "The Walking Dead" creator Frank Darabont, Creative Artists Agency and the AMC Network has provided a revealing glimpse behind the curtain of Hollywood TV production and financing. But like the malevolent, flesh-ripping zombies that populate the show, it ain't pretty.

  • The Recorder

    Lawsuit Over Authorship of Disney's 'Zootopia' Dealt Setback for Now

    By Todd Cunningham | July 11, 2017

    Disney has prevailed, at least for the moment, in a copyright complaint targeting its animated box-office hit "Zootopia."

  • The Recorder

    Twists and Turns of Copyright Litigation Over Jersey Boys Musical Reach Latest Stage

    By Vincent Peppe | July 7, 2017

    Since 2007, the development of the musical has been the source of protracted litigation that reached its latest stage in June 2017.

  • The Recorder

    What's in the Actors' Deal

    By therecorder | The Recorder | July 7, 2017

    Bargaining teams from SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers worked through the weekend—and several contract extensions—before reaching a deal Tuesday night. Here are some of the key points in the tentative agreement, which now goes to the membership for ratification.

  • The Recorder

    Video Game Voice Actors Strike a Singular Exception to Hollywood Labor Peace

    By Todd Cunningham | July 7, 2017

    There is labor peace in Hollywood now — with one notable and sticky exception. SAG-AFTRA negotiators reached a tentative deal for feature films and prime-time TV over the holiday with the major movie studios and networks. Pending the expected ratification, the agreement will cover the union's roughly 160,000 members and is in line with the pacts reached earlier by the directors and writers unions, each of which signed off on similar three-year deals which extend into 2020.

  • The Recorder

    O'Melveny Duo's Backup Work Key to Kesha's 'Praying' Release

    By Todd Cunningham | July 6, 2017

    Embattled singer-songwriter Kesha released her first new single in four years Thursday. It's a defiant and celebratory tune called "Praying," and is accompanied by an artsy music video and will be on an album called "Rainbow," set for an Aug. 11 release. It took some standout backup work from attorneys Dan Petrocelli and Bo Pearl, partners at O'Melveny & Myers, to clear the way for the track's release. And it may do the same for the career of Kesha, who has sold more than 60 million records worldwide, but has been largely off the radar since an ongoing legal battle with her former producer Dr. Luke exploded in 2013.

  • Corporate Counsel

    New General Counsel Up to Bat for Baseball Players' Union

    By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez | July 3, 2017

    Ian Penny has been named general counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association.

  • The Recorder

    Primer on Industry Contingent Compensation Provisions

    By BY MICHAEL I. RUDELL AND NEIL J. ROSINI, Law Journal Newsletters | June 16, 2017

    Much can be learned about the entertainment industry by comparing how those who perform services or license rights in their works are compensated under agreements to which they are a party. Some compensation in those agreements is fixed and essentially guaranteed, such as advances and flat fees. Other types, which are the subjects of this article, are contingent.

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