Media & Entertainment Industry
Certain legal areas lend themselves particularly well to mediation and arbitration.
Intellectual property and entertainment matters are at the top of the list of practice areas for which mediation and arbitration is ideally suited.
As courts become more and more backlogged with cases, and as the financial stakes in litigation have grown increasingly larger, so too has the need for quality mediation and arbitration conflict resolution mechanisms.
Film and media disputes demand special legal expertise and industry and market know how.
The importance of secrecy and privacy, the need for expertise and the flexibility that mediation and arbitration offers are three reasons why intellectual property and entertainment practitioners should use mediation and arbitration as much as possible.
Every time a lawsuit is filed, it becomes public record. Reporters scour the case filings for interesting cases to report. Parties can avoid this unwanted publicity by agreeing to participate in a pre-filing mediation. If successful, the case is never filed, the facts remain confidential, and the parties reach a business-like resolution while saving a substantial amount in lawyers’ fees.
Because many parties often have ongoing relationships to preserve, an early resolution is also likely to maintain that important relationship.
Potential users of our mediation and arbitration experts include filmmakers, directors, actors, performers, guild and industry associations, producers, authors, screenwriters, creators, investors, financiers, film funds, performance bond companies, insurers, sales agents, entertainment, media and IP lawyers consultants and accountants, distributors, broadcasters, exhibitors, publishing houses, trade federations, collecting societies, users of creative material.
Areas of dispute in the film and media sectors include:
- production and co-production agreements
- joint-ventures
- collecting societies
- copyright related agreements
- financing agreements
- distribution agreements
- broadcasting agreements
- completion bond agreements
- laboratory-access agreements
- funding agreements
- development agreements
- licensing
- music synchronization agreements
- merchandising agreements
- insurance agreements
- artist and talent agreements
- new media agreements
- sponsorship agreements
- co-ownership agreement
- confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
- TV and other media formats
Regardless of your circumstances, if you are involved in a film, television, media, or entertainment law dispute, our highly qualified mediators and arbitrators are here to help.
We can assist you at any stage of the dispute process, including in circumstances where the courtroom-based litigation process has already started.
We are here to help.
Whenever and however you need it.