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Corporate Counsel

Live Nation Taps Prominent Antitrust Attorney Ahead of Congressional Showdown

The entertainment giant gave its critics additional artillery last fall when it botched the presale of tickets for Taylor Swift concerts.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Hogan Lovells Miami Partner Returns From Disney Stint to Help With Intensified Scrutiny in Latin America

Rafael Ribeiro had left the firm to serve as assistant general counsel at the global media conglomerate in 2021.
3 minute read

The Recorder

'A Magnet for Innovation': Davis Wright Tremaine Opens West Los Angeles Office

The firm opted for Culver City over Century City, launching the office with seven existing transactional and health care partners.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Population Growth, Music Boom Make Florida a Hotbed for IP Litigation

"You see the same lawyers and the same law firms over and over again on these copyright infringement suits involving web content," said William Trueba, an attorney at Miami-based Trueba & Suarez. "There's definitely an industry that's arisen as a result of those types of cases."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lil Wayne's $20M Suit Against Prominent Entertainment Attorney Knocked Down by NY Appeals Court

The Appellate Division, First Department's opinion, which addressed the four different claims succinctly, saying each was devoid of any merit, appears to be a blow through the heart of the musician's 10-claim, 2019-filed suit against Sweeney.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Negotiation: Sharpening Our Skills, Personally and Professionally

Ethan Bordman, Chair of the Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section, writes: We all have a vested interest in improving our negotiation skills. For our upcoming annual meeting on Thursday Jan. 19, 2023, the EASL Section has assembled a panel of expert negotiators, representing different industries and business environments, to share their views on the best negotiation practices.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Latham Beats Back Antitrust Challenge for Swimming's International Governing Body

Latham & Watkins partners Chris Yates and Aaron Chiu won summary judgment for the organization formerly known as Fédération Internationale de Natation, or FINA, on claims it conspired with national federations to boycott an upstart professional swimming league.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Live Nation Retains GC in Last-Minute Contract Renewal

Michael Bowles, who has held the legal reins at the concert colossus since 2006, played a key role in the 2010 Ticketmaster acquisition and is helping the company deal with a barrage of recent challenges, including the Taylor Swift ticket fiasco.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Weil and Covington Collaborate for Investigation of Abuse in Women's Soccer

As part of the "unprecedented" investigation, the law firms said they spent "thousands of hours" on the case, with the firms conducting hundreds of interviews.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: A Defense Win for the NCAA in the First Concussion Suit to Go to Trial

A trial team led by Will Stute, William Molinski and David Fuad of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe won the first jury trial seeking to hold the NCAA liable for concussion-related injuries from playing college football.
8 minute read

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