Seminar Number

6898

Registration Fee:

$320
(on or before August 29)

$385
(after
August 29)

CLE Hours

12 CLE Hours
including
1 Ethics Hour,
1 Professionalism
Hour and
3 Trial Practice Hours

20th Annual
ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS LAW CONFERENCE

14th Annual
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW INSTITUTE

NOVEMBER 12-16, 2008

Fiesta Americana Grand Los Resort
Cabo San Lucas

Travel package information available by downloading the brochre.

Co-Sponsors:
Entertainment & Sports Law Section, State Bar of Georgia;
Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Georgia;
Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Section, The Florida Bar;
The New York Bar Association

Registration
(All attendees must check in upon arrival. A jacket
or sweater is recommended.)

Opening Comments
Darryl B. Cohen, Executive Committee Chair; Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Whiteman, LLC, Atlanta, GA
Scott Keniley, Entertainment Educational Chair; Keniley Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
Wab Kadaba, Intellectual Property Educational Chair; Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA

the Ethical Attorney
Moderator:
Hon. Carol W. Hunstein, Presiding Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Hon. J. Stephen Schuster, Judge, Superior Court, Cobb Circuit, Marietta, GA
Irvan A. “Van” Pearlberg, Assistant District Attorney, Cobb County, Marietta, GA

BREAK/ROOM CHANGE

DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT 2008
Moderator:
Marc Jacobson, Greenberg Traurig LLP, New York, NY

Panelists:
Christian L. Castle, Attorney at Law, Sherman Oaks, CA
Cindy Charles, Sr. VP, Law & Business Affairs and General Counsel, MusicNet, New York, NY
Mark D. Passler, Akerman Senterfitt, West Palm Beach, FL

TV AND FILM 2008
Moderator:
Darryl B. Cohen, Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Whiteman, LLC, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Casey Bloys, VP, HBO Entertainment, New York, NY
Todd P. Leavitt, Immediate Past President, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; CEO, Tulip Media, Ltd., Los Angeles, CA
Alonzo Wickers, Davis, Wright & Tremaine, Los Angeles, CA
Lee Williams Assistant General Counsel, CNN, Atlanta, GA

The current outlook for patent litigation for 2009
Moderator:
A. Shane Nichols, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Virginia L. Carron, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Atlanta, GA
Gilbert B. Kaplan, King & Spalding, Washington, DC
Nagendra “Nick” Setty, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Atlanta, GA

BREAK

Partnering For Success - Next Step Beyond 360
Moderator:
Kent Marcus, Zumwalt, Almon & Hayes, Nashville, TN

Panelists:
Gabriella C. Bozza, VP, Business & Legal Affairs, Live Nation,
Miami, FL
Russell Carter, Russell Carter Artist Management, Atlanta, GA
Margaret R. Marshall, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, GA

PUBLIC TV PLEASE? IS IT OPEN RANGE?
Panelists:
Barbara Meili, Greenberg Traurig LLP, New York, NY
Joshua C. Nathan, VP, Business Affairs and Strategic Initiatives, General Counsel and Secretary, Educational Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), New York, NY
Ranfi R. Rivera, Deputy General Counsel, Program Business
Affairs, Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY
Richard I. Siegmeister, Counsel, Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY

Copyright Law Update
N. Andrew Crain, Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP, Atlanta, GA
Alison Danaceau, Carlton Fields, Atlanta, GA

360 PRACTICE AND CONCEPTS
Moderator:
J. Reid Hunter, Serling Rooks & Ferrara LLP, New York, NY

Panelists:
Orville Almon, Zumwalt Almon & Hayes, PLLC, Nashville, TN
Chip McLean, SVP/GM, Buena Vista Concerts; SVP, Business Development Disney Music Group, Burbank, CA
Andrew G. Tavel, Greenberg Traurig LLP, New York, NY

CELEBRITY DIVORCE AND ASSET PROTECTION
Moderator:
Rebecca L. Crumrine, Davis, Matthews & Quigley, P.C., Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Lawrence A. Cooper, Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Whiteman, Atlanta, GA
Randall M. Kessler, Kessler, Schwarz & Solomiany, P.C., Atlanta, GA
Richard M. Nolen, Warner, Mayoue, Bates & Nolen, P.C., Atlanta, GA

IP Landmines in Advertising, Electronic Media and Video Games
Bakari M. Brock, Corporate Counsel, YouTube LLC, San Bruno, CA
David Edwards, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., New York, NY

RECESS

licensing revenue from global markets
Moderator:
Philip M. Walden, Jr., Counsel, Turner Entertainment Group, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Manrique Moheno Aguilar, Infante & Moheno S.C., Mexico
Bradley Zimmer, General Counsel, How Stuff Works International, Atlanta, GA

TV/Film Financing and Local Tax Credits
Moderaor:
Stephen G. Weizenecker, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Marc Jacobson, Greenberg Traurig LLP, New York, NY
Thomas R. Leavens, General Counsel, LRS Media, LLC, Chicago, IL
Bill Thompson, Deputy Commissioner, Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office, Atlanta, GA

An Early Asessment of the growing emergence of ‘green law’ issues in intellectual property disputes and transactions
Courtland L. Reichman, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA
Stuart Soffer, Director of Patent Strategy and Analysis, IPriori, Inc.; Fellow, Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, Menlo Park, CA
Lauren F. Staley, Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva, P.C.,
Atlanta, GA

BREAK/ROOM CHANGE

MUSIC PUBLISHING’s new frontier
Doug Colton, Murrah Colton Entertainment, Nashville, TN
Chip Petree, General Manager/VP Business Affairs, Copyright Exchange, Nashville, TN
John Rudolph, CEO, Bug Music Publishing, Los Angeles, CA

Sports Media And Broadcasting
Moderator:
Kimberly D. Kolback, Attorney at Law, Miami, FL

Panelists:
Gregory L. Curtner, Resident Director, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, New York, NY
Donald M. Fehr, Executive Director, Major League Baseball Players Association, New York, NY
Alan K. Fertel, Pathman Lewis, LLP, Miami, FL
Bobby Hatcher, VP, Legal Affairs, Fox Sports, New York, NY
Thomas F. Knapp, VP, Business & Legal Affairs, CBS Interactive/CBS Sportsline, Fort Lauderdale, FL

IP Litigation: A View from the Bench
Moderator:
Steven D. Moore, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Hon. Arthur J. Gajarsa, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, Washington, DC
Hon. Charles A. Pannell, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

INDIE RECORD RELEASES BY PRIVATE PRACTICE
LAWYERS
Moderator:
Scott Keniley, Keniley Law Firm, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Charles Driebe, Driebe, Driebe & Martin, P.C., Jonesboro, GA
Allen L. Jacobi, Pyramid Records, Miami, FL

ATHLETE S AND INJURIES - RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
Moderator:
Kimarie R. Stratos, Kimarie R. Stratos, P.A., Coral Gables, FL

Panelists:
Patrick Assalone, Former WEF World Light Weight Champion; Financial Advisor for Alterna Capital, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Allan N. Fields, M.D., Florida State Boxing Commission, Hollywood, FL
Craig W. French, Corbin Capital Partners, L.P., New York, NY
Sylvia A. Krainin, Adorno & Yoss LLP, Miami, FL
Jason S. Weiss, Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta & Ploucha, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL

HOT Topics in Counterfeiting – The Latest from the Grey Market
David M. Lilenfeld, Manning Lilenfeld LLP, Atlanta, GA
Mary Jo Schrad, Microsoft Corporation, Alpharetta, GA
Caroline J. Tanner, Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, GA

BREAK

SEARING Topics in Entertainment Litigation
Moderator:
Richard C. Wolfe, Wolfe & Goldstein, P.A., Miami, FL

Panelists:
Karl M. Braun, Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, P.C., Nashville, TN
Brian Caplan, Caplan & Ross, LLP, New York, NY
S. Ralph Gordon, Gordon, Martin, Jones, Harris & Shrum, Nashville, TN
Paul V. LiCalsi, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLC, New York, NY
Robert L. Sullivan, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Nashville, TN

Patent Law Update
James L. Ewing, IV, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA
Trenton Ward, Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA

entertainment case law update
Moderator:
Lisa F. Moore, The Moore Firm, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
John F. Bradley, Bradley & Robinson, P.L., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Timothy L. Warnock, Riley Warnock & Jacobson, PLC, Nashville, TN

CELEBRITY DEATH AND ASSET PROTECTION
Moderator:
Howard J. Wiener, Nixon Peabody LLP, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Panelists:
Giti Khalsa, Financial Advisor, Smith Barney, Winter Park, FL
Robert Polay, Polay Financial Management, Atlanta, GA
Robert L. Sullivan, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Nashville, TN

Trademark Law Update
Lauren T. Estrin, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA

bmi 2007 state of performing rights
Charles F. Feldman, VP, Writer-Publisher Relations, BMI, New
York, NY

Judicial Asault on Continuation Practice and adequate disclosure
John W. Greenwald, Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva,
P.C., Atlanta, GA
Jeffrey R. Kuester, Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer & Risley
LLP, Atlanta, GA

FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT?
Panelists:
Daryl P. Friedman, VP, Advocacy and Government Relations,
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc., Washington, DC
Carlos Linares, VP, Anti-Piracy Legal Affairs, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Washington, DC
John L. Simson, President, Sound Exchange, Washington, DC

Protection of Intellectual Property for Athletes and Celebrities
John T. Cooper, VP and Associate GC, Turner Entertainment
Group, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Michael D. Hobbs, Jr., Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA
David J. Stewart, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA