Media & Entertainment: Litigation
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Our NY Media and Entertainment practice continues to handle high-profile matters, along with a wide range of media and entertainment litigation and related intellectual property, technology, and transactional work.
Our group is the team of choice for many top media, entertainment, news, and content companies. We counsel on acquisition, development, production, pre-broadcast and pre-publication review, claims response, advertising, promotions, pre distribution, intellectual property, and other issues for emerging and traditional news and entertainment clients. We have represented such clients this year before the U.S. Supreme Court and in federal and state trial and appellate courts.
In 2021, we were recognized by Chambers USA Nationwide as a “Band 1” firm in both the Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation and in the Media & Entertainment categories in New York, California, and Washington, D.C. We were also named “Law Firm of the Year” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers in the “Media Law” and “Copyright Law” categories, and for the fifth year in a row, “Practice Group of the Year” by Law360.
Chambers Review
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has superb litigators capable of representing news organizations, publishing houses and entertainment companies in a wide array of disputes. The firm has a strong track record of defending high-profile First Amendment cases and offers additional expertise in cases involving right of publicity, copyright, access to information and reporters' privilege.
Work Highlights
- Davis Wright Tremaine defended VICE Media in a defamation lawsuit brought by BYD Company, manufacturers of electric vehicles.
Strengths
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"They are top-notch, responsive and know the media industry very well."
"They are my first port of call for any media legal issues. They have a great team of people."
"We rely on them heavily for media and entertainment; they are very strong in this area and we know we will get high-level counsel from them."
"They are top-notch, responsive and know the media industry very well."
"They are my first port of call for any media legal issues. They have a great team of people."
"We rely on them heavily for media and entertainment; they are very strong in this area and we know we will get high-level counsel from them."
Notable Practitioners
Victor Kovner has a strong track record of defending news organizations, publishers and entertainment companies in First Amendment challenges.
Elizabeth McNamara is held in high esteem for her expert handling of First Amendment and intellectual property litigation. Her client list includes television networks, news media and publishing companies.
"She is a superb FAL lawyer."
"She is often handling very important, high-profile media and entertainment matters."
Katherine Bolger has earned a stellar reputation for her representation of prominent media and entertainment clients in high-stakes libel disputes.
"She is an impressive FAL litigator with good instincts."
"She is a tremendous advocate and a real expert in this area."
James Rosenfeld has a strong client base which includes traditional news outlets and digital media companies. His wide-ranging experience includes defamation and copyright disputes.
"James is wonderful. He is really knowledgeable and is able to negotiate from the toughest place to get to somewhere good."
"He's a smart and decent guy who is a pleasure to work with. He is a zealous advocate."
Rachel Strom frequently acts for news organizations and journalists in First Amendment challenges.
"Rachel is terrific in IP and first amendment matters."
Robert Balin is regularly engaged by major news organizations to handle pre-publication review and First Amendment litigation.
"He is user-friendly, direct and honest. His knowledge of media law is brilliant and he has fantastic connections."
"He is an incredibly effective, practical and very collegial lawyer."
Linda Steinman represents a wide range of clients from publishers, to media organizations and universities. Linda also has expertise in copyright law, first amendment litigation and IP.
"Linda is knowledgeable and smart."
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