Join Rick Marshall, General Counsel for The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC), for an insightful presenation detailing the organization’s congressionally mandated plan to begin distributing remaining unclaimed accrued blanket royalties starting in April 2027. Backed by key operational milestones—including over $5 billion in royalties processed and a 94 percent match rate for 2021 usage—Marshall will […]

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 […]

Stan Soocher is an award-winning journalist and entertainment attorney, as well as the long-time Editor-in-Chief of Entertainment Law & Finance, an ALM publication. In addition, Stan is Professor Emeritus of Music & Entertainment Industry Studies at the University of Colorado Denver, where he served as a Music Department Chair. Stan has authored the books Baby You’re a Rich Man: Suing the Beatles for Fun […]