PRESENTATIONS

Co-Chair, “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Entertainment,” Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law (EASL)
Section of the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting, January 2024.

Co-Chair, “Making Sense of Fair Use in a Post-Warhol World,” Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law (EASL)
Section of the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting, January 2024.

Co-Chair, “Voice and Likeness Publicity Rights in AI-Generated Content,” Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law
(EASL) Section of the New York State Bar Association Spring Meeting, May 2023.

Co-Chair, “Accessibility, Visibility and Disability in Entertainment Media and the Performing Arts,” 2022 Annual Meeting, Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law (EASL) Section of the New York State Bar Association, January 2022.

Chair and Moderator, “Author Insurance: What Lawyers Need to Know,” EASL Section of the New York State Bar Association, November 2021.

Co-Chair, “Writing Wrongs: Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Book Publishing,” 2021 Annual Meeting, Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law (EASL) Section of the New York State Bar Association, January 2021.

Chair and Moderator, “Publishing Contracts – Boilerplate Provisions Newly Significant Now,” EASL Section of the New York State Bar Association, August 2020.

Co-Chair, “The Digital Distribution Revolution: Legal and Business Aspects,” 2020 Annual Meeting, Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law (EASL) Section of the New York State Bar Association, January 2020.

Co-Chair, “Attorneys, Agents, and Managers: Changing Roles and Implications for Legal Ethics,” 2020 Annual Meeting, Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law (EASL) Section of the New York State Bar Association, January 2020.

Chair and Moderator, “Underlying Rights in All Media: Adaptation/Option Deals and Challenges from Rights Owners,” 2019 Annual Meeting, Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law (EASL) Section of the New York State Bar Association, January 2019.

Speaker, “Introduction to Book and E-Book Contracts/TV/Film Option Deals”, Arts Business Incubators Program, NYFA, January 2017.

Moderator, “Native Content and Influencer Advertising: The Business ‘Why’ and the Legal ‘How'”, New York State Bar Association, Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Section, June 2016.

Co-Moderator, “Traditional and New Trends in Trade Book Publishing”, New York State Bar Association, June 2015.

Co-Chair and Co-Moderator, “Attorneys, Agents and Managers in the Entertainment Industry: Roles and Relationships”, New York City Bar Association, May 2015.

Moderator and Panelist, “Crowd-Sourced Editorial Content: Business and Legal Issues”, Digital Book World, January 2014.

Co-Chair and Co-Moderator, “E-Books, Apps, Self-Publishing and Other Challenges”, 2012 Annual Meeting, Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law (EASL) Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Co-Chair and Co-Moderator, “E-Books: The Sequel—Rights, Wrongs and Realities”, 2012 Fall Meeting, Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law (EASL) Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Panelist, “I Want it Now! Legal Issues Surrounding the Adaptation of On-Demand Models in the Motion Picture, Music and Publishing Industries”, 2011 Georgetown Law School Sports, Entertainment & Media Law Symposium.

Panelist, “Fair Use and Visual Art: Recent Developments,” New York State Bar Association, Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section, Visual Arts Committee, Sotheby’s Institute, 2011.

Speaker, “Negotiating the Producer/Network Agreement”, New York Women in Film and Television, 2008.

Speaker, “From Pitch to Production: Key Deal Points”, New York County Lawyers Association, 2008.

Speaker, “Publishing Agreements: Author Agreements and Literary Option Deals”, New York County Lawyers Association, 2007.

Chair and Moderator, “Current Ethical Issues in Entertainment Law”, New York City Bar Association, 2007 and 2008

PUBLICATIONS

Author, “Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith: The Court’s Failure to Recognize Image Licensing for Editorial
Purposes Is Bad News for Content Providers,” Landslide Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 2, December 2023/January
2024.

Author, A Parody Play Receives a Positive Review in S.D.N.Y.: Vape, a Theatre Production Based on Grease, is
Found to Be Fair Use, Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal, Vol. 33, No. 3 (2022) at 33.

Author, “New York’s New Right of Publicity Law: Protecting Performers and Producers, New York State Bar Association (Mar. 17, 2021), https://nysba.org/new-yorks-new-right-of-publicity-law-protecting-performers-and-producers/, Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal 2021 vol. 32 no. 1.

Co-Author, “Digital Publishing: E-Books, Self-Publishing and Other Models,” Chapter 8, Siegel on Entertainment Law (2018).

Co-Author, “30 Developments in Publishing in 30 Years: A Review of New Business Models, Trends and Court Cases from 1988 to 2018,” NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal (Fall/Winter 2018).

Co-Author, “Best Practices for Hybrid Publishers: A Look at the New IBPA Hybrid Publisher Criteria,” NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal (Summer 2018).

Co-Author, “Hybrid Publishing: Best of Both Worlds?”, NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal (Spring 2017)

“Cariou v. Prince: Fair Use or Unfair?”, NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal (Summer 2011).

“Literary Works Law, Version 2.0: A Look Back and a Look Ahead”, NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal (Spring 2013).