As a WTR 1000 ranked and Chambers USA ranked attorney in advertising, Jason is the go-to attorney for clients in the following practice areas:

Advertising and marketing counseling: Review of advertising copy, advising with regard to claim substantiation, false advertising and related intellectual property and privacy/publicity issues, sweepstakes, contests, loyalty programs, and other consumer-facing programs and promotions.

Talent, influencer marketing and social media: Review and negotiation of agreements with talent, macro- and micro-influencers, proper structuring of brand policies and campaigns, and development of social media and influencer policies.

Sports law: Review and negotiation of sports and other event sponsorship agreements between advertisers and professional and collegiate teams and leagues, negotiation of multimedia rights agreements for colleges and universities, branded entertainment and integrated marketing/product placement deals, and representation of athletes in brand monetization and development. 

Emerging technology counseling: Counseling on artificial intelligence matters involving global, enterprise-wide solutions and their novel business and regulatory issues including contract legal management, contract intake, contract risk analysis, advertising/marketing clearance intake, decision risk analysis on review of advertising collateral, development of brand councils, consumer advertising review boards, and other cost-reduction vehicles.

Media buying and selling: Counseling advertisers in the development of internal media and creative agencies, negotiation of agency–client agreements, media buying agreements, and network clearance.

IP and brand protection: Trademark and copyright clearance and protection, music licensing, asset licensing and protection strategies, as well as trademark portfolio management and enforcement.

Advertising, IP, and publicity disputes: Complex advertising disputes and litigation, including federal, state and local false advertising, consumer disputes, regulatory investigations, NAD matters, copyright and trademark infringement, misappropriation of ideas, media and advertising disputes, and litigation and related contractual disputes.

Jason served on Law360’s Media & Entertainment Editorial Board, and is adjunct faculty at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Jason regularly provides pro bono legal services in the arts and entertainment field through Lawyers for the Creative Arts and is a director at the Children’s Research Fund benefitting the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.