Entertainment & Media Disputes

We bring balance to our judgments, and we bring order to the disruptive technologies that are revolutionizing media and entertainment law.

The rapid advancement of AI-generated content and its largely unregulated use have introduced a new wave of legal complexities. One of innovation’s downsides – especially when it involves how we communicate and how we learn about the world – is instability.

If regulations fail to keep up with and defend against technology-enabled threats to intellectual property rights, the situation requires innovative legal thinking to help innovators retain the value of their work.

Our entertainment and media litigation lawyers provide that kind of thinking, resolving a wide range of disputes. They work on behalf of major film studios, production companies, broadcast and cable TV networks, publishers, advertisers, technology and telecom companies, Internet service and content providers, social media platforms, professional sports teams, musicians, composers, and clients in various other industries all over the world. 

Reed Smith lawyers have experience resolving the following kinds of disputes: 

  • Accounting-related claims  
  • Matters involving talent who provide personal services on films and TV programs  
  • Creation and exploitation of musical compositions  
  • Data privacy and protection  
  • Defamation and false light 
  • False advertising and unfair business practices  
  • Intellectual property 
  • Film and television  
  • Right of privacy and publicity  
  • Promotion of live events  
  • Sponsorship and endorsement  
  • Video game development and publishing  
  • Advertising and marketing 

“Reed Smith has a well-established practice and is highly experienced in representing clients in complex FTC proceedings and privacy-related litigation.”

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