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Approved by the LA State Bar Association for 18 total hours of CLE credit,
including 1 hour of Ethics and 1 hour of Professionalism.Sessions qualify for Attorney's CLE credits, Accountant's CPU credits and Certified Festival Executive's CFE credits. The Continuing Legal Education Seminars and Professional Education Series are highly specialized sessions conducted by legal professionals, accounting professionals, and entertainment professionals for professionals seeking up-to-date training and mandatory credit hours.
A premiere Legal Education Seminar on Entertainment Law issues, the seminar covers government regulations, copyrights, publishing and recording contracts. The seminar takes attorneys through a review of the negotiating techniques needed to successfully represent the rights of entertainment clients. Credits are reciprocal to other states requiring MCLE credit.
The Cutting Edge aims to present a concise examination of the legal paperwork a practicing attorney or entertainment executive will use in protecting or enforcing the rights of their clients or understanding their professional responsibility.
Cutting Edge Entertainment Law Seminar August 14th, 15th, & 16th
The Cutting Edge aims to present a concise examination of the legal paperwork a practicing attorney or entertainment executive will use in protecting or enforcing the rights of their clients or understanding their professional responsibility.
THURSDAY, AUG. 14, 2008
8:00
Registration9:00
Current Litigation Trends● Music
● Visual Arts ● Museum Collections ● Rights to Publicity ● Trade Dress What are some of the latest cases, what brought the litigants to court and how to avoid litigation? (2 cr. hrs.) Karl M. Braun, David Dalia, Craig Weinlein 11:05
Professionalism:Representing music clients
Attorney responsibilities to clients (1 cr. hr.) Judith Defraites, Vernon P. Thomas 12:00
Lunch1:30
Copyrights - Infringement IssuesCovering sampling, parody, and
basic usage issues (1.5 cr. hrs) Wallace Collins, Scott Keniley, Mike Olsen, Jay Rosenthal 3:00
Recording Contracts and Artists AgreementsFrom 360 Deals to Producer Agreements to Visual Media A review of essential clauses and important negotiation techniques. (1.5 cr. hrs.) Kenneth J. Abdo, Charles Driebe, Lisa Kincheloe, Scott Keniley |
FRIDAY, AUG.15, 2008
8:00
Registration9:00
Getting the Most Out of a Publishing Deal for Your ClientStructuring a Publishing Deal
Negotiating important clauses
(1.5 cr. hrs.)
Kris Muñoz, Doug Colton, Mike Olsen
10:30
Hot Topics and Current Legislation From Orphan Works, the claim
filed by Royalty Logic that CRB
is unconstitutional to the
compulsory license for ringtones
to Work-for-Hire, the public
performance for sound recording
bill (the Music First Initiative) to
the proposed ISP $5 a month
business modal and Webcasting
are all front burner issues in
Congress. What’s next?
(1.5 cr. hrs.)
Karl M. Braun, Ann Chaitovitz,
Dick Gabriel, Jay Rosenthal
12:00
CLE/Film LuncheonFunding Presentation Kelly Crean
1:30
Synchronization Licensing: Song Plugging and Licensing Music to the Visual Media(Film, TV, Advertising,
Theatrical Trailers, Video Games,
etc.) (2.0 cr. hrs)
Suzette Toledano Becker, Doug
Colton, Tom Leavens, Ellis Jay Pailet
3:35
Acquisitions of Literary Rights Pitching Options – Books, Screenplays, Life Stories Discussion of legal issues,
contracts and “how-to” obtain
rights to stories, scripts, books and
life stories for a feature or
television movie – from both the
producer perspective as well as the writer, includes information on pitching, query letters to studios,
networks and production
companies. (1.5 cr. hrs.)
Kevin Mills, David Dalia, Kelly Crean
5:30
Special Presentation: A conversation with John Rudolph, CEO BUG Music(1 cr. hr.)
Interviewer, John Snyder, Esq.,
Grammy winning producer and
Conrad N. Hilton Eminent Scholar
of Music Studies, Loyola University
New Orleans |
SATURDAY, AUG. 16, 2008
8:00
Registration9:00
Ethics in Film and Television:Is there Such an Animal?Discussion of ethics as related to
film and television industry
activities. (1 cr. hr.)
Kenneth J. Abdo, Judith Defraites,
Ellis Jay Paliet
10:00
Film and TV Domestic and International Distribution ContractsLegal and entertainment issues
in locating, working and
negotiating with sales agents
and distributors of independent
films in the United States and
abroad. (1.5 cr. hrs.)
Tom Leavens, Kevin Mills
11:15
Film Financing and Production CostsComprehensive overview of
financing films, with a review of
Louisiana’s incentive program
including tax credit and
production incentive issues,
financing alternatives and
insurance options. (1 cr. hr.)
Ted Baldwin, Robert Berning, Kelly
Crean, Tom Leavens, Kevin Mills,
Ashley Scales |
Location: Renaissance Arts Hotel, 700 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans - MAP
Cutting Edge/Music
Business Institute |
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