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As more sporting and entertainment events go virtual in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of making online and mobile services accessible to the public is even more important.  A wave of lawsuits over the past few years has targeted these services alleging that many are inaccessible to disabled individuals.  The implications for the sports and entertainment industry are far reaching, and range from ensuring that registration and ticketing functions are accessible using a screen reader to ensuring that there is close captioning for events and classes.  Learn more about what it means for online and mobile services to be accessible and how you can reduce the risk of a legal claim or action while ensuring your services are available to more of the public.

 

 

Thankfully, we’re in the home stretch of 2020, a year which has given us a fair share of important entertainment cases in addition to everything else we’ve been dealing with.  In this panel, attorneys from Greenberg Glusker will discuss the impact of some of the year’s most important decisions, including such topics as:

  • Copyright in historical facts, including “fictionalized” facts – Corbello v. Valli (“Jersey Boys” case);
  • The Ninth Circuit’s approach to early dismissal in substantial similarity cases (“The Shape of Water,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Empire” and “Inside Out”)
  • The use of IP in expressive works or commercial products – including cases involving Activision/Humvee and Jack Daniels
  • Imputed license fees in profit participation and other take-aways from the “Walking Dead” trial
  • Recent developments in employment law affecting entertainment companies – Comcast v. National Association of African-American Owned Media, Gabrielle Union v. Universal Television, Fox v. Netflix

Please join us for some incredible presentations tailored to in-house counsel who practice or are interested in practicing in the Sports & Entertainment industry.  In 3 panels over two days, you’ll receive 3.5 CLE credit covering relevant topics related to the unique legal challenges and issues in sports, television, and film during these unprecedented times. Plus attendees who participate in all three sessions will receive a $25 DoorDash gift card.* Raffle prizes will be awarded at the end of each session.

With production resuming in the middle of a pandemic, the entertainment industry is left with a series of questions on official production protocols and safety guidelines. Join this webinar to hear from panelists who have a deep understanding of these issues and will provide an inside look into the world of resuming production in the age of COVID, including issues related to testing and the recently released industry-wide collective bargaining agreement governing AMPTP companies.

Please join us as three of Greenberg Glusker’s entertainment and media litigators present a round-up of notable intellectual property and entertainment cases from the past few months that you may have overlooked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
The panel will discuss the following cases as well as answer questions from the audience:

  • The Supreme Court’s resolution of a long-standing circuit split on the recovery of profits in trademark infringement cases.
  • A First Amendment case involving a dog chew toy parodying Jack Daniels.
  • A summary judgment ruling in favor of Activision in a trademark lawsuit brought by the manufacturer of Humvee military vehicles.
  • A copyright termination decision that allows a putative class action to proceed against Universal Music.
  • A decision granting summary judgment in connection with a video game’s depiction of tattoos of NBA stars.
  • A ruling in a copyright dispute arising from the use of photographs published on Instagram.

Don’t miss our lively discussion of these cases that you may have missed.

Ellen M. Zavian and Sathya S. Gosselin
10 pages

This ACC Docket article is meant to spur dialogue and highlight possible changes to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)’s current model, including one that leverages new forms of corporate structure to create a distinct ethical framework for college athletics.

Whitnie Wiley
2 pages

Whitnie Wiley talks about how her fitness challenge helped her set and achieve her goals.

By Rayna H. Jones (rayna.jones@ogletree.com) and M. Tae Phillips (tae.phillips@ogletree.com)

Marijuana legalization is a hot topic across the United States, with enactment of both recreational and medical marijuana laws taking place at a rapid pace. Consequently, employers face the daunting task of not only staying abreast of the quick-changing landscape of marijuana laws, but also determining how to handle the myriad of issues that marijuana legalization presents to their workforces—including compliance with the marijuana statutes themselves, underlying disability issues with medical marijuana, safety concerns, and the interplay between marijuana and drug testing. Combine these issues with the difficulty employers face in recruiting and retaining employees, and it amounts to an increasingly complex challenge. This article will address ten challenges employers may confront when dealing with marijuana legalization laws.

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
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Steve Silver (steven.silver@ogletree.com)

In this quick overview, explore sports betting in the wake of the US Supreme Court's Monumental Ruling.

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
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