Maryland Entertainment Lawyers

We support music clients in drafting and negotiating the necessary agreements for releasing records, as well as entering into agreements with major labels, administrators, distributors, and publishers.

We also support clients in negotiating compensation for production and songwriting, negotiating features, signing artists, producers, and other talent, executing rollout plans, routing tours, and promoting events, among other services.

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Our practice also focuses on copyright infringement, sample clearance, audit, royalty account adjustment actions, and plaques.

We have a keen understanding of the film business and creative process. Our clients include independent filmmakers and production companies, as well as actors, writers, and other film professionals.

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Our services include ambassador, sponsorship, and other compensation agreements, minimum guarantees, holding agreements, liability waivers, work for hire agreements, confidentiality, and union support.

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We also provide concept development, shopping, consulting, strategy, and other business development services to creators and entertainment businesses.

Television deals involve complex issues, such as licensing, royalty participation, credit, ownership, future compensation, syndication rights, confidentiality, and competition.

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We support clients in negotiating casting, development, shopping, sale, acquisition, and distribution, in addition to advisement on production process. 

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We are uniquely able to understand and to fight for your needs due to our entertainment attorneys’ hands on experience in film production, writing, direction, and other creative contributions.

We understand the important implications of social media use. Most fail to realize the risks of sharing a post, repurposing a meme, or supporting a product or brand.

It’s important to consult counsel as you develop your social media presence in order to avoid the potential devastating financial impacts of advertising, branding, or even simply using social platforms.

Our law firm has negotiated major podcast deals, including Apple Music #1 ranked The Crew Has It, which is hosted by the stars of television-series, Power Book II: Ghost (Starz Network), Micheal Rainey, Jr. and Gianni Paolo.

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We are happy to support you in the development, protection, distribution, syndication, and/or acquisition of your podcast.

Popularity has always been a big business. We understand the needs of influencers. You represent an important segment of our celebrity talent representation.

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It is critical to capitalize on your success while limiting your exposure. We can support you as grow in negotiation of your engagement, endorsement, management, and casting agreements.

We provide a comprehensive suite of legal technology support services.

We understand that successful metaverse development depends on keen knowledge of the ins and outs of intellectual property ownership, in addition to the implications of the incorporation of third party platforms, consumer protection, Federal Trade Commission regulations, cyber security, data protection, and knowledge management.

Through our branding services, we offer global brand management support, including copyright and trademark 
registration, in addition to other brand protections, with attention to the short and long term needs of creators and entertainment businesses.

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We support clients in rights enforcement, including celebrity likeness protection, right of publicity, trademark infringement, brand tarnishment or dilution, and copyright infringement, including derivative musical and television/film works.