By Hugh Reynolds Matt Stoller is the Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, a non-profit organization advocating for antitrust reform and corporate regulation in the United States. Stoller has been featured as an antitrust expert on Matt Belloni’s podcast The Town, and has advocated for antitrust regulation in Hollywood in numerous […]
By Daijha Morrow Joi Rideout is currently the Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for Unscripted Television at Warner Bros. Discovery. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Rideout has had an illustrious career in the entertainment industry. During her career, she has supervised business and legal affairs for numerous unscripted programs and
This transcript comes from an interview conducted by Saeed Ahmad—a board member for the Harvard Association for Law & Business (HALB) and former President of the Pre-Law Transfer Society at UCLA. The interview was conducted on May 6, 2020, with the Founder & CEO of Paradigm Sports Management, Audie Attar. JSEL has agreed to collaborate
By Daijha Morrow Kevin Masuda is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is co-chair of the firm’s Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice Group and its Betting and Gaming Practice Group. He regularly represents content companies, including motion picture studios and music companies, technology companies, gaming companies, private
Image Courtesy of Foodie Factor/Pixabay By Alec Winshel In Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment does not protect use of another’s trademark as a signifier of one’s own product. Trademarks are words or symbols that identify a seller’s goods and distinguish them from others in
This transcript comes from an interview conducted by Saeed Ahmad—a board member for the Harvard Association for Law & Business (HALB) and former President for the Pre-Law Transfer Society at UCLA. The interview was conducted on May 25, 2020, with the Chief Legal Officer of Endeavor, Seth Krauss. Seth also serves as a board member
By Alec Winshel Chris Nowinski, PhD, is the co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to leading the fight against concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Dr. Nowinski has been an All-Ivy football player at Harvard College, a professional wrestler with the WWE, and a neuroscientist with more than thirty publications.
Winter is nearly here. Harvard Law School’s campus is covered in a thin layer of yellow leaves dampened by yesterday’s rain. Students rub their hands together as they walk into the Caspersen Student Center and their iced coffees have been replaced with steaming cups. The arrival chilly weather marks the halfway point of the Fall
Both the DGA and WGA Negotiated AI Guardrails with the AMPTP. Can SAG-AFTRA? By Hugh Reynolds The 148-day writers’ strike ended when the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) ratified their contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on October 9th. This newly secured deal runs from until May 31, 2026, and
By Shayna Toh The recent return of familiar hosts to late night TV after a five-month hiatus marked the beginning of the end to one of the entertainment industry’s biggest battles in recent years. On October 2nd, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted to end their 148-day long strike, allowing over 11,000 writers to
This transcript comes from an interview conducted by Saeed Ahmad—a board member for the Harvard Association for Law & Business (HALB). The interview was conducted on January 24, 2022, with then-SVP and General Counsel at Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) Americas, Louise Firestone, who retired from LVMH after 23 years in mid-2022. JSEL has agreed
