Media and entertainment companies face a unique set of issues specific to their industry. These issues are increasingly complex as traditional media converges with new technology and integrated marketing efforts. Reed Smith brings industry knowledge and experience to all aspects of law affecting this client sector, and truly provides both one-stop solutions and added value. Our Media & Entertainment Team is a multidisciplinary group of lawyers located throughout our 22 global offices, dedicated to serving our media and entertainment clients. In traditional areas of media law, we span all aspects including production, finance, new media, regulatory, litigation and corporate-commercial transactions, with globally recognized leadership in film and television finance and production, advertising and marketing, technology, broadcasting, and gaming. Our attorneys advise clients on corporate, commercial, labor and employment, antitrust, litigation, intellectual property, data privacy, insurance recovery, securities, communications, and regulatory matters, all areas that require experience unique to the media and entertainment industry.
Our excellence, experience and industry knowledge is crucial to delivering client solutions at a cost that is fair and predictable. Listening to our clients, we also develop alternative fee arrangements where appropriate that address this key component of our client satisfaction, and help create the spirit of partnership we strive to attain with all of our clients.
Our Scope of Legal Services
The work of our Media & Entertainment Team includes the following areas:
- Advertising and marketing
- Broadcasting regulation
- Celebrity representation and negotiations
- Competition and antitrust
- Data privacy and protection
- Defamation and privacy
- Dispute resolution and litigation
- Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission regulation
- Film and television finance, production and distribution
- Gaming and interactive media
- Intellectual property
- Labor negotiations with SAG, AFTRA, and the AFofM
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Mobile
- New media
- Promotions
- Publishing
- Self-regulation
- Social and digital media
Our Clients
We represent:
- Advertising and marketing agencies
- Entertainers, particularly artists, musicians, composers, authors, sports figures, celebrities, producers, talent agents, and rights-holders
- Gaming developers
- Gambling and sports betting operators
- Motion picture, television, cable, and satellite studios, stations, owners, financiers, distributors and producers
- Interactive media businesses
- Media and entertainment trade associations
- Media communications companies
- Multimedia companies
- Music recording companies
- Newspapers, magazines, and other news and publishing companies
- Professional and semi-professional sports leagues
- Wireless content developers, aggregators and distributors
The quality of our clients speaks for itself. We are proud to act for many of the leading global media companies.
