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.

Early Bird through December 13, 2024After December 13, 2024
NYSBA Members$150$250
Non-members$250$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 Practice

2:30 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 Professionalism

3:55 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 Practice

5:20 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