Description: The 2015 edition of this conference focuses on some unique aspects of practicing labor and employment law in the entertainment industry, and the special nature of the relationships in the industry between employers, employees, and their respective representatives. Expanded to a full day, five panels featuring preeminent counsel from management, labor and business, and a special guest speaker during the lunch hour, will address diverse topics which present novel and challenging issues facing the industry. This is a great opportunity to be stimulated intellectually and also network within a unique subset of the Los Angeles legal community. The program will be immediately followed by a cocktail reception hosted by Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP. Space is limited, so reserve your spot now.
Program:
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. PANEL 1
How to Keep Your Friends Close and Your Frenemies Closer
Perspectives and suggested techniques from seasoned labor relations advocates
David E. Ahdoot, Partner, Bush Gottlieb, a Law Corporation
Stephen Carroll,Senior Vice President andSeniorLabor Relations Counsel, Warner Bros. Pictures
Bob Bush, Partner, Bush Gottlieb, a Law Corporation
Bill Cole, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP
Joel M. Grossman, Arbitrator, JAMS
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. PANEL 2
Game Misconduct or Minor Penalty?
How professional sports leagues address off-the-field conduct compared to the entertainment industry
Kristina Fredericks, Associate General Counsel, Directors Guild of America, Inc.
Sheldon Kasdan, Vice President & Senior Labor Counsel, NBCUniversal
Ned Colletti, Senior Advisor to the President and CEO, Los Angeles Dodgers
Ricardo Cestero, Partner, Greenberg Glusker
Richard Motzkin, Executive Vice President & Managing Director for Global Soccer, Wasserman Media Group, LLC
BREAK: 11:30 - 11:45 a.m.
11:45 a.m. - 12: 45 p.m. PANEL 3
Give Me Liberty or Give Me That Role!
Recent developments in entertainment litigation related to the employment of talent
John Meigs, Hansen Jacobson,Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
Gigi Davis, Vice President,Associate General Counsel, CBSCorporation
Margie Somers, Allred Maroko Goldberg
Adam Levin, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP Bryan J. Freedman, Partner, Freedman + Taitelman, LLP
Jeff McFarland, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
John West, Partner, Allred Maroko Goldberg
LUNCH: 12:45 - 1:45 p.m.
Kevin James, Director, Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Film and Television
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. PANEL 4
Don't Put Words in My Mouth!
Artists' rights in a post-Garcia world
Will Bensussen, Deputy General Counsel, SAG-AFTRA
David Gross, Senior Counsel,Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks, Partner,Proskauer Rose LLP
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, SAG-AFTRA
Jay Dougherty, Professorof Law, Director, Entertainment & Media Law Institute and Concentration Program, Loyola Law School
Jeremy Williams, Senior Vice President,Deputy General Counsel, WarnerBros. Entertainment Inc.
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. PANEL 5
Not Your Parents’ Media
Current trends in digital distribution
Kathy Christovich, Senior Director of Legal Services, Writers Guild of America
Nicole Gustafson, ExecutiveVice President, Industrial Relations & Production Safety, Paramount Pictures Corporation
Chuck Slocum, Assistant Executive Director, Writers Guild of America, West
Deana Myers, Principal Analyst, SNL Kagan
Marc Sandman,Senior Vice President, Labor Relations, Disney/ABC Television Group
Program Location Sheraton Universal Hotel 333 Universal Hollywood Drive Universal City
Prices:
CLE+ Members $220
Section Members (L&E, ELIPS) $299
LACBA Members $325
All Others $375
Law Student $100
Government Employee $175
5 hrs of CLE credit
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