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In addition to litigation, a substantial portion of our practice involves providing prepublication advice, intellectual property counseling services, and related risk management analysis and advice.
LSKS attorneys regularly provide advice concerning news reports, letters to the editor, magazine articles, cable and television programs, films, documentaries, books, and similar works prior to their public dissemination. We also counsel clients regarding their newsgathering activities, including analyzing potential liability that could arise from the use of particular investigative techniques.
Indeed, many television broadcasters, newspaper publishers and periodical publishers retain LSKS attorneys to be on call 365 days a year to provide immediate, informed advice in connection with both planned reports and breaking news, including through “hotline” services staffed by LSKS attorneys. LSKS also regularly conducts newsroom seminars for its clients’ reporters and staffs.
Our attorneys also provide intellectual property counseling to clients in the areas of copyright, trademark and the right of publicity. Media, entertainment and other companies and individuals engaged in publishing content must be concerned with intellectual property law from both defensive and offensive perspectives. While avoiding infringing the intellectual property of others, they also need to protect their own intellectual property, and this means taking the appropriate steps to secure proper title to it and to protect it. LSKS attorneys also assist clients with acquiring content, licensing their own content to others, and enforcing their rights in the content.
LSKS also has substantial experience in addressing insurance coverage and related risk management issues for media organizations and others involved in disseminating information to the public. We counsel our clients concerning in-house risk management procedures and assist them in identifying and modifying practices and procedures that may lead to adverse claims experience or underwriting decisions. |
