Lommen Abdo presents its Third Annual Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium for attorneys and industry professionals who want to know more about substantive entertainment law and business issues. Featured speakers include Lommen Abdo lawyers and representatives from the GRAMMY Foundation®, MusiCares®, Minnesota Vikings, Digital Media Wire, Chrysalis Music Group, USC Thornton School of Music and Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. Following the panel presentations, the event continues with an official South by Southwest® Mixer.
$125 fee includes CLE, lunch and mixer. 6.0 Minnesota CLE credits requested, including 1.0 bias credit; 7.0 Wisconsin CLE credits requested.
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Ken Abdo, Panels Moderator, Lommen Abdo
9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll - Prejudices in Addiction and Recovery
(1.0 bias credit in Minnesota requested)
Addiction challenges entertainment, sports, and legal professionals alike. Representatives from addiction assistance services address addiction facts, recovery, and prejudices.
Scott Goldman, Vice President, GRAMMY Foundation®, Los Angeles
Harold Owens, Senior Director, MusiCares®/MAP Fund, Los Angeles
Joan Bibelhausen, Executive Director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Minneapolis
Les Pico, Director of Player Development, Minnesota Vikings, Minneapolis
10:15 to 11:15 a.m.
It's All Over Now - Licensing Across the Digital Media Board
Entertainment commerce is now, in large part, about content licensing across multi-media platforms and products, including games, toys, and audio-visual applications. Various licenses with be explained and compared.
Paul Bezilla, Lommen Abdo
Christie Rothenberg Healey, Lommen Abdo
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire, Los Angeles
Todd Brabec, Author and Adjunct Professor at USC Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Where's My Money!? - Wealth Preservation Planning for Artists and Athletes
Business, estate, and tax lawyers address how entertainers and athletes can best use their celebrity and income opportunities to create and maintain a viable estate. Entity formations, tax planning, foundations, and intellectual property estate inventories, among other issues, will be explored.
Scott Nelson, Lommen Abdo
Tom Dougherty, Lommen Abdo
Tim Matson, Lommen Abdo
1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Court Time - Litigating to Protect the Persona and Property of Celebrities
Cases will be analyzed focusing on emerging issues affecting the rights of individual artists and athletes including the misappropriation of IP assets, combating cyber-stalking, valuing individual interest in entertainment entity equity, and reviewing recent judicial decisions.
Barry O'Neil, Lommen Abdo
Tim Matson, Lommen Abdo
Lee Hutton, Lommen Abdo
Bryan Feldhaus, Lommen Abdo
2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Getting Signed - What You Get and What You Give Up in Current Music Recording, Songwriting & Film Deals
Getting a deal isn't what it used to be. While the independent and DYI movement is idealized, assigning more rights to third party companies continues to be a reality for artists. The panel will identify new terms and conditions in the entertainment new-deal economy.
Bob Donnelly, Lommen Abdo
Paul Bezilla, Lommen Abdo
Dan Satorius, Satorius Law Firm / Of Counsel, Lommen Abdo
Jeff Brabec, Vice President, Business Affairs, Chrysalis Music Group, Los Angeles
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Future Shock - The Horizon Is Outta Sight
An open discussion about the future of entertainment law and business and the horizon where technology, commerce, and law converge; predictions, premonitions, and preparations.
Bob Donnelly, Lommen Abdo
Lee Hutton, Lommen Abdo
Dan Satorius, Satorius Law Firm / Of Counsel, Lommen Abdo
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire, Los Angeles
Jeff Brabec, Vice President, Business Affairs, Chrysalis Music Group, Los Angeles
Todd Brabec, Author and Adjunct Professor at USC Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles |
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5:00 p.m. SXSW® Mixer follows Symposium
(South by Southwest® - Music+Film+Interactive)
Co-hosted by SXSW. Mix and mingle with SXSW staff to talk about their 25th anniversary in March 2011.
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