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Entertainers, broadcasters and professional athletes face unique legal and business issues for which Rhoads & Sinon LLP has an experienced practice group dedicated to guiding such talent through these complex and highly specialized matters. We represent a diverse group of both companies and individual clients in the entertainment and sports industries, including national recording artists, screenwriters, independent filmmakers, authors, television and radio personalities, and individual professional athletes in the sports of football, baseball and hockey. We advise and counsel clients on contract drafting, negotiation and enforcement; corporate and transactional matters; licensing and marketing opportunities; protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights; Internet and new media rights; privacy and defamation matters; and litigation and labor and employment matters. Among the recent projects we have handled include the formation of corporate entities for engaging in the entertainment and sports fields; acquisition, licensing and protection of intellectual property rights for entities in the film industry; negotiation and enforcement of employment agreements for musicians and radio and television personalities; negotiation and enforcement of individual player contracts in the National Football League; and litigation to protect and recover Internet domain names for media entities.
Recently, on behalf of our clients in the recording industry, we have negotiated, drafted, and provided advice in the following areas:
Our representative clients include multi-platinum artists Tantric, Brett Scallions (Fuel, Riders on the Storm, Circus Diablo), and Kevin Miller (Fuel, Fosterchild, Tantric), as well as Top 10 Billboard artists The Badlees and Bret Alexander, and critically acclaimed artists Simone (daughter of legendary jazz singer Nina Simone), Fosterchild, and Panacea. Entertainment & Sports Law Online Articles Rhoads & Sinon Entertainment Client Pan.a.ce.a Signs Management Deal Tantric's "The End Begins" Debutes At Number 91 On The Billboard 200 Celebs Turn to Harrisburg, PA for Representation Entertainment & Sports Law Practice Group Featured in Newspaper Article "360 Deals" -- What are they, and where did they come from? Taking Care Of Business (Part 1) Taking Care of Business (Part 2) Taking Care of Business (Part 3) Copyright Basics: Introduction to Copyright for Musicians BSA Raises The Reward For Reporting Software Piracy -- Targets Pennsylvania Group Contracts: The Importance of Band Agreements Protecting a Band Name: Trademark Law and Band Names
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Rhoads & Sinon Entertainment Client Tantric's "The End Begins" Debuts Celebs Turn to Harrisburg, PA for Representation Entertainment & Sports Law Practice Group |
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