Media and First Amendment Law
The media and other intellectual property-based industries constitute the core of the Firm's client base, and the Firm is recognized for its experience and expertise in providing an array of legal services to these clients.

The Firm regularly provides pre-publication review and counseling for publishers and filmmakers in areas such as defamation, publicity and privacy rights, unfair competition and contests, sweepstakes and advertising law. By utilizing our collective experience and expertise with respect to these areas, the Firm is well equipped to point out potentially problematic issues and quickly and efficiently address our clients' concerns. As part of its services, the Firm provides training to its clients' editorial and production staffs in the recognition of issues relating to defamation, privacy/publicity and intellectual property rights.

The Firm has consistently defeated, via negotiation or litigation, the attempts of third parties to extract financial concessions by claiming defamation or invasion of privacy. Similarly, the Firm has been successful in protecting our clients against claims for trademark and/or copyright infringement. The Firm has also assisted our clients in challenging overbroad governmental burdens on our clients' First Amendment rights.