For decades, there has been an ongoing controversy about whether esports are sports. While some consider this sort of labeling issue trivial, it is critically important in the legal context. Classification rings especially...more
Talent agents, managers, and entertainment attorneys often have questions about California's Talent Agencies Act. Questions that will be answered during this presentation include: - Do I need to be licensed as an agent? ...more
Another blow was struck in the litigation between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the top three talent agencies. In April, the agencies prevailed in their motion to dismiss eight of the nine claims asserted against...more
In a lawsuit filed yesterday against esports entertainment organization, FaZe Clan, Turner Tenney (“Tfue”), a twenty-one year old professional gamer and streamer alleges that the exploitation of young, unsophisticated content...more
This is an update on my blog post regarding the face-off between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the major talent agencies, through the Association of Talent Agencies (ATA). To summarize–OMG!! ...more
The ongoing dispute between the Writers’ Guild of America (“WGA”) and the Association of Talent Agencies (“ATA”) took a new turn recently when the WGA announced that it would use the authority granted to it under the National...more
During its eight years on the air, Dog the Bounty Hunter brought audiences a weekly dose of Duane “Dog” Chapman’s successful bounty-hunting. This past November, Dog and his wife, Alice Barmore-Smith, succeeded in convincing...more
In This Issue: - It’s Always Something: The Repeated Assaults on Licensee Rights in Bankruptcy - Clearance: Start Early and Avoid the Clutter - New Faces - Points from the President - The...more
An interesting footnote to last week’s post, revisiting our “5 Cases to Watch” for 2012. Last week, I wrote that while talent manager Rick Siegel’s legal war with his former client — which had since morphed into a...more
This time last year, Law Law Land joined the hackneyed proud tradition of legal blogs offering year-end lists of cases to watch in the coming year (though in our defense, we did try to mix it up by reviewing totally absurd...more