SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT TEAM
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ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, WE HAVE YOU COVERED. With experienced counsel located in every major U.S. market, as well as significant experience throughout Latin America and Asia, our Sports and Entertainment Team is committed to providing high-caliber legal counsel regardless of location. We represent clients, including athletes, celebrities, entertainers, media companies and professional sports teams, in a wide variety of legal matters, from our offices throughout the U.S. and in London, Mexico City, and Bogotá. CLAIMS AND LITIGATION Assert and defend against infringement, violations of publicity rights, trademarks and false advertising and Digital Millennium Copyright Act take down BUSINESS CREATION Design and implement plans to create, acquire, license, protect and exploit all forms of intellectual property in any media or format
CALL ON US TO HANDLE: IP
Certified Agents for NFL and NBA
• Defamation, infringement and DMCA actions
• Programming, network and distribution agreements (for broadcast television, major motion pictures and documentary films)
TV and Film
Outside counsel to professional sports teams and owners
We Represent Intellectual property rights defense for professional sports leagues and teams
Stadium financing, including historic rehabilitation tax credits
SPORTS & SPORTS MEDIA EXPERIENCE
All facets of estate / wealth planning for professional team owners
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Promotions / advertising for professional athletes
Internet / media counsel for the multi-channel digital media platform La Vida Baseball, in association with the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Intellectual property acquisition, licensing, vetting and distribution • Music licensing and resolution of music publishing disputes
FINANCE Create financing programs, crowdfunding campaigns and private equity investment structures for various entertainment endeavors, including projects related to film, television, music and theater ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS Advise on advertising, digital rights, celebrity endorsement and promotion, merchandizing, sweepstakes law and federal regulation
• Copyright, trademark and publicity rights
Related Practices
• Celebrity, talent, producer, development and production contracts • Financing structures for debt, equity investment and alternative funding • Rights clearance, insurance, acquisition, licensing and assignment
• More than 80 television stations nationwide • Major media companies and independent content producers • Internet and digital media production and distribution companies • Live theater, not-for-profit and arts organizations
• FCC, labor and employment, and collective bargaining issues • Spanish-language programming, production and distribution • Contests, sweepstakes, promotion and endorsement agreements • Literary and professional organization publishing agreements
Jorge Hernandez-Toraño
Robert Labate
Sports and Entertainment Team Leader 305.789.7721 jorge.hernandez-torano@hklaw.com
Sports and Entertainment Team Leader 415.743.5991 robert.labate@hklaw.com
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