Carlton Fields offers comprehensive litigation and transactional services to members of the media and entertainment industries. We 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 represent clients 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
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