Sentences with phrase «film finance litigation»

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His work also includes transactional and litigation matters involving film and television financing, domestic and international television and film distribution, literary options, contract interpretation, copyrights and trademarks, idea submissions, «shopping agreements,» net profit and royalty accountings, television syndication, musical rights and licensing, and rights of publicity.

Greene also warns that some tax avoidance schemes, notably film finance avoidance schemes have been «the subject of much litigation and now convictions for conspiracy to defraud the Revenue».

Some of our notable entertainment and media attorneys are: John Quinn, General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who has also represented entertainment and media clients in a number of high profile cases; Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean of Stanford Law School, First Amendment scholar, and nationally renowned appellate advocate, who heads the firm's appellate practice group; Bob Raskopf, an expert in the sports, entertainment and media bars in New York, who is perhaps best known for his work on behalf of professional sports leagues and teams, newspapers and publishers; Claude Stern, who has represented a broad array of leading software developers, videogame manufacturers, online publishers and other media clients in all forms of intellectual property litigation, including copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, and licensing disputes; Bruce Van Dalsem, who has tried and resolved disputes for studios, producers and performing artists in the film, television, music and finance businesses, securing a top five verdict in California based on the misappropriation of a film library; Gary Gans, an expert litigator in motion picture financing, production and distribution disputes, as well as copyright and idea theft cases, who has been named in 2012 by The Hollywood Reporter as one of America's «Top Entertainment Attorneys;» Jeff McFarland, who has litigated entertainment related cases for more than 20 years, including cases involving motion picture and television series profits, video game licenses, idea theft and the «seven year rule;» and Michael Williams, who represents a satellite exhibitor and other media clients in trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust and other commercial litigation.

I have conducted sensitive investigations on behalf of the Bank of England, classic High Court litigation arising out of the financial crisis, and presently am dealing with disputes which cover engineering, retail, film finance and others besides.