Megan Pekar and Tim Warnock from Loeb & Loeb LLP will discuss ethical issues facing entertainment lawyers in their roles as advisors, advocates, negotiators and evaluators.  The discussion will consider cases decided by courts this year involving issues such as the termination of copyright grants, determining co-authorship of sound recordings, proving secondary liability for copyright infringement and determining substantial similarity in infringement cases.

Tim Warnock is a seasoned litigator, focusing his practice on commercial and intellectual property litigation in federal and state courts. He has extensive jury and non-jury trial experience in corporate and business litigation, entertainment litigation, intellectual property litigation, construction litigation and general commercial litigation. Additionally, he is listed as a Rule 31 mediator approved to conduct court-ordered mediations by the Alternative Dispute Commission established by the Tennessee Supreme Court.  Mr. Warnock is Office Administrative Partner for Loeb & Loeb, Nashville

Megan Pekar is Associate Attorney at Loeb & Loeb.  Megan’s practice focuses on the representation of songwriters in music catalog sales, music publishing and administration matters, and negotiating songwriter representation and other entertainment-related agreements. Megan’s work involving music catalogs involves providing catered advice on valuations, marketing, sales, and due diligence, as well as performance money comparisons, contract summaries, and royalty spreadsheet summaries. She also has experience handling a variety of audits, including royalty audits for artists, producers and songwriters and publisher desktop and full audits.

This is a private event for Society members and their registered guests.  If you are interested in becoming a member of the Copyright Society of the South, or if you are an active member and did not receive your email invitation,  contact us at copyrightsocietyofthesouth@gmail.com .