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Ever wondered what it takes to represent A-list talent in Hollywood? Listen to this episode of "A Conversation With" Dannielle Thomas, Vice President at Untitled Entertainment and Management, moderated by Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, Managing Partner at 1022m Management. Together, they explore the state of talent representation in the entertainment industry and the intersection of talent mana...

Ben Tenzer is the Vice President of Basketball Operations for the NBA Team Denver Nuggets, General Manager of the Grand Rapids Gold, the NBA G League affiliate of the Denver Nuggets. In this episode, The Biederman Entertainment, Media, & Sports Law Institute hosted alum Ben Tenzer '12 for a conversation with Southwestern student Elizabeth Houston. Ben will share insights about his career w...

Listen to an engaging conversation with Southwestern Law School alum Jeff Borris, one of the country's leading sports agents. Jeff is an MBLPA-certified player agent who is currently General Counsel at Ballengee Group. Borris is also an accomplished poker player and appeared in High Stakes Hold 'Em Season 2. Come learn about Jeff's career and the world of sports representation.

Biederman Entertainment, Media, & Sports Law Institute's Orly Ravid sits down with Ksenia Maiorova and Stephanie M. Scamman. Ksenia is a Partner in Green and Spiegel, LLC in the Orlando office. Ksenia is recognized as one of the nation’s leading specialists in sports immigration and has vast experience representing sports industry professionals in connection with their applications for vis...

We speak to Chris Perez and Dale Nelson; partners at  Donaldson Callif Perez, LLP . Chris specializes in all aspects of the firm’s practice, representing independent filmmakers through development, financing, production, rights clearance, and distribution. Additionally, he serves as counsel to writers, podcast producers, radio personalities, museums, foundations, and Film Independent. Prior to joi...

Ken Basin is the Global Head of Business Operations (Film/TV) for  Riot Games , where he manages all aspects of operations, strategy, business affairs, and production for the new and growing film and television division of Riot Games, the publisher of blockbuster video games such as  League of Legends  and  Valorant , and producer of the 2021 worldwide hit series  Arcane , based on its League of L...

Southwestern Law School's head of the  Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law Institute , Orly Ravid, speaks to Henry Lydiate, a renowned London-based International Art Lawyer who has specialized in the law relating to visual art and design for over 35 years. A founding partner of  The Henry Lydiate Partnership LLP —an international art business consultancy, Henry Lydiate showcases a lifelong co...

In this episode, Southwestern Law School's head of the Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law Institute, Orly Ravid, speaks to Erika Kirkwood, executive Vice President and Head of Business Affairs at Paramount Television Studios (PTVS), about Erika’s journey from doing litigation to being a studio entertainment business affairs executive. Erika has been a pivotal figure in the entertainment indu...

Kenneth Trujillo-Jamison, a partner for Willenken LLP was named "One to Watch" in the 2021 and 2022 editions of  Best Lawyers . He efficiently handles his clients' most complex and challenging matters and knows the importance of aligning litigation strategies with his clients' business objectives. His experience encompasses matters in technology, entertainment, consumer class act...

Meet  Carolyn Forrest , the EVP and General Counsel of Tubi, Inc. and a prominent entertainment and media lawyer. She leads Tubi's legal team, comprised of twenty lawyers and six paraprofessionals. She oversees all legal matters for Tubi and advises on corporate compliance, data privacy, content acquisition, distribution and production, sales, growth, marketing, intellectual property, and empl...

Hear from two exceptional entertainment transactional lawyers operating in the theatrical space, Emily Lawson – Associate, Lazarus & Harris LLP, and Stephen Pidcock – Senior Associate, Clintons. They discuss their careers, the fundamentals of practicing law in the theatre and live performance industry and the latest trends in live stage theatre productions and related deals and contracts.

Biederman Institute director Orly Ravid talks with Dr. Epstein about the fragility of Sierra Leone’s democracy, the country’s struggle to create laws guaranteeing a free press, and its citizens’ widespread concern that election-related fake news may lead to unrest, extremism and even violence.

Meet acclaimed, Montreal-based producer Ina Fichman. Her most recently produced documentary film, The Fire of Love, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and enjoyed the biggest distribution deal for a documentary out of the festival, selling to National Geographic for a reported mid-seven-figure pricetag. Ina Fichman is president and Producer at Intuitive Pictures, a Montreal-based company...

Anita Surendran, partner at Granderson Des Rochers LLP and co-chair of the firm’s Film & TV group, represents individual and corporate clients in the film, television, and digital media industries. Anita has served as production and/or distribution counsel on over 150 productions within the independent film space and also as outside counsel for various studios and networks, including A24, Netf...

Priyanka Khimani is one of India’s leading entertainment, music, and intellectual property rights experts. Best known for her unmatched commercial and legal acumen in the Indian entertainment sector, she represents a glowing roster of Indian and international stakeholders and talent. Her clientele is studded with some of the most celebrated names in film, television, and music, including internati...

Kenneth Wu is the SVP of Business and Legal Affairs for the acclaimed management and film, TV and commercial production company Anonymous Content. A high-level transactional attorney, Wu is a versatile leader with experience handling high-profile scripted and non-scripted projects across feature film, television and new media. A savvy deal negotiator with extensive contract drafting experience, an...

*Please note that the audio was recorded over a Zoom webinar and may have some playback issues. Slideshow presentation for the podcast can be found here along with additional documents. http://videolibrary.swlaw.edu/biederman/podcast/ __ The presentation will address best practices with respect to most common financing of motion pictures and series in the entertainment industry and also the newer...

*Please note that the audio was recorded over a Zoom webinar and may have some playback issues. __ Johnson & Johnson LLP , based in Beverly Hills, California, specializes in complex litigation with a particular emphasis on entertainment, privacy, defamation, consumer issues, and class actions, as well as transactional matters. Neville L. Johnson , a graduate U.C. Berkeley (Phi Beta Kappa) and...

*Please note that the audio was recorded over a Zoom webinar and may have some playback issues. Slideshow presentation for the podcast can be found here. Whose Song is it Anyway?.pdf __ Judith Finell is a musicologist and the president of Judith Finell Music Services Inc. , a music consulting firm in New York and Los Angeles, founded 25 years ago in New York. Since then, she has served as consulta...

Nina Shaw is a founding partner in the entertainment law firm of Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano. Her practice is in the television, motion picture, and live stage area. A native New Yorker, Nina was born and raised in Harlem and The Bronx, educated in the New York City public school system and is a graduate of Barnard College and Columbia Law School. Among her clients are succes...

*Please note that the audio was recorded over a Zoom webinar and may have some playback issues. Slideshow presentation for the podcast can be found here. Deepfakes Phenomenon Presentation Slides.pdf The entertainment industry has long had technology to digitally insert people into movies or to create and replace dialogue. Artificial intelligence now puts that technology in the hands of anyone with...

Pre-retirement, Sandra Williams was the Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, West Coast, at CBS Television. She oversaw CBS Network West Coast legal group and the CBS Television Studios Legal Department. Sandy played critical legal roles in iconic shows like The Big Bang Theory, Survivor, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Star Trek: Discovery, The Good Fight, and The Twilight Zone....

“Streaming Killed the Broadcast Star: Television After Netflix, 5G Networks, and Net Neutrality.” A frank reassessment of television in the age of on-demand video streaming, fast 5G mobile networks, and post-Net Neutrality broadband service. For almost 100 years, the government has regulated broadcasting as a scarce, public resource. But is there a future for broadcast television or, for that matt...

Dina LaPolt , Esq. is the owner of LaPolt Law, P.C., a boutique transactional law firm specializing in intellectual property and entertainment law. LaPolt Law is the only music law firm of its stature founded and run by a sole female practitioner. Dina was intimately involved in legislative advocacy, cofounding the Songwriters of North America (SONA) and helping to spearhead the Music Modernizatio...

Los Angeles has long been an iconic hub for sports and only continues to grow. With that growth requires the advisement of lawyers versed in sports law, and the opportunities to participate in the L.A. sports law movement. Learn about sports law from some of the key attorneys helping shape the sports landscape in Los Angeles. Topics include immigration, eSports, legal issues surrounding the Olympi...