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Carlton Fields offers in-depth industry knowledge and comprehensive services to members of the media and entertainment industries in both litigation and transactional matters. Our attorneys provide legal services to newspapers, magazine publishers, radio broadcasters, television networks, motion picture producers and distributors, book publishers, outdoor advertising companies, individual entertainers, and recording studios. We stand ready to assist our media and entertainment clients with all of their legal needs. Our clients can also draw on the skills and expertise of our Intellectual Property and Telecommunications attorneys.
Legal Services and Experience
Carlton Fields’ attorneys provide representation in connection with:
- Defamation defense
- Invasion of privacy claims
- Reporter’s privilege and other First Amendment issues
- Trademark and trade dress disputes
- Copyright disputes
- Licensing issues
- Sponsorships and promotions
- Public records and access disputes
- Negotiation and drafting of management, talent, recording, and publishing contracts
- Production, licensing, and distribution of motion pictures and television programming
- Pre-publication legal review of newspapers, television programs and book manuscripts
- Negotiating and preparing broadcast rights agreements for cable and pay television
- Internet-related matters
- Contract and other entertainment-law disputes
- Television and radio production contracts
- Acquisition and/or disposition of media enterprises
- Advertisements
Representative Matters
- Representation of authors, publishers, and newspapers in defamation actions
- Representation of newspapers in litigation seeking access to public records
- Representation of newspaper in defending invasion of privacy claim based on publication of name of victim of alleged sexual assault
- Representation of movie studio and writers in defending copyright infringement claim
- Prosecution and defense of copyright claims on behalf of publishers
- Representation of television and radio broadcaster in breach-of-contract litigation involving rights to live recordings in the company's music archive
- Representation of telephone directory publisher in false advertising case
- Representation of broadcast network in defense of copyright claim
- Representation of financial publisher and documentary film-maker in First Amendment reporter's privilege cases
- Obtained court approval of contracts to bind entertainers who had not yet reached the age of majority
- Financed the production and global distribution of several major motion pictures
- Negotiated and drafted $16 million naming rights agreement
- Representation of music licensing organization in enforcement of licensing and copyrights.
- Representation of anonymous internet message-board posters in opposing subpoenas aimed at uncovering their identities
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