Event Overview
Thursday, January 16, 2025
CLE Program in Person with Reception at
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
51 West 52nd Street, NYC | 9th Floor
Virtual option for CLE Program
Section Committee Meetings | 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | New York Hilton Midtown | Murray Hill East | Second Floor
Executive Committee Meeting | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | New York Hilton Midtown | Morgan | Second Floor
CLE Program | 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Dorsey & Whitney LLP | 51 West 52nd Street | 9th Floor & Virtual
Evening Reception | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Dorsey & Whitney LLP | 51 West 52nd Street | 9th Floor
Section Chair:
Sarah Robertson
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | New York, NY
Program Chairs:
Anne S. Atkinson, Esq., EASL Diversity Committee Co-Chair
Pryor Cashman LLP | New York, NY
Judith B. Bass, Esq., EASL 1st Vice-Chair, EASL Literary Works and Related Rights Committee Chair
Law Offices of Judith B. Bass | New York, NY
Flore Brunetti, Esq.
Klaris Law PLLC | New York, NY
Louise Carron, Esq., EASL Assistant Secretary
Klaris Law PLLC | New York, NY
Robert L. Seigel, Esq., EASL Motion Pictures Committee Co-Chair
Law Office of Robert L. Seigel | New York, NY
Innes Smolansky, EASL Assistant Treasurer
Law Offices of Innes Smolansky | Brooklyn, NY
Barry A. Werbin, Esq., Past EASL Chair
Herrick, Feinstein LLP | New York, NY
General Registration Fee
Required for all Annual Meeting attendees.
| NYSBA Members | $250 |
| Non-members | $350 |
+plus…
$200 Program Registration Fee
Virtual Options
Early Bird, NYSBA Member: $350
Early Bird, Non-NYSBA Member: $450
Regular, NYSBA Member: $450
Regular, Non-NYSBA Member: $550
Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section Annual Meeting 2025 Program
Thursday, January 16, 2025
CLE Program in Person with Reception at
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
51 West 52nd Street, NYC | 9th Floor
Virtual option for CLE Program
Section Committee Meetings | 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | New York Hilton Midtown | Murray Hill East | Second Floor
Executive Committee Meeting | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | New York Hilton Midtown | Morgan | Second Floor
CLE Program | 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Dorsey & Whitney LLP | 51 West 52nd Street | 9th Floor & Virtual
Evening Reception | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Dorsey & Whitney LLP | 51 West 52nd Street | 9th Floor
4.5 MCLE Credits
4.0 Areas of Professional Practice | 0.5 Ethics and Professionalism
This program is transitional and is suitable for all attorneys
including those newly admitted.
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m
EASL Committee Meetings
Open, no registration required.
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
EASL Executive Committee Meeting and Luncheon
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
EASL Annual Meeting
Welcome and Introduction
Speaker
Sarah Robertson, Section Chair | Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP | New York, NY
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Regulatory Reckoning: Social Media and the Law
1.5 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice2:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Break
2:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Fact or Fiction: Legal Issues in Docudramas
This panel will explore the complex legal landscape of prepublication review and clearance challenges for docudramas, where truth meets dramatic license. Speakers will review litigation based on programs such as When They See Us (about the Central Park Five) and Baby Reindeer and dissect key challenges in rights clearance, defamation risks, copyright fair use, and life rights acquisition for dramatic adaptations of true stories, as well as evolving standards for depicting living persons, the intersection of artistic freedom with privacy rights, and strategies for minimizing legal exposure while maintaining creative vision. The panel will also consider the ethical challenges for attorneys reviewing program scripts and character portrayals that vary from actual transcripts, testimony, witness statements and articles regarding a related legal action or trial.
1.0 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice, 0.5 Credit in Ethics and Professionalism3:55 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.
Break
4:05 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.
License to Learn: Trends in Artificial Intelligence and IP Licensing
1.5 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice5:20 p.m. – 5:25 p.m.
Final Announcements
5:25 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Networking Reception
Dorsey & Whitney LLP - 51 West 52nd Street