Boult Cummings Entertainment attorneys provide a full range of legal services to clients in the entertainment industry. We are not only familiar with the industry's special needs and practices, but are also well-versed in general business and commercial matters. Our clients include management companies, television and radio stations and networks, booking agencies, artists, songwriters, on-air personalities and other talent, producers, music and book publishers, record labels, promoters, and alternative media and communication companies.

Our work has included handling copyright and intellectual property issues; litigation involving major booking and talent agencies, artists, promoters and record companies; and pre-litigation resolution of disputes. We also have extensive experience drafting contracts in all areas of the entertainment industry, including negotiating book and publishing deals on behalf of publishers and writers.

Our lawyers also assist clients with acquisitions, dispositions and business combinations of broadcast and media properties including music catalogs.

Experience:

• Legal consulting and advising for domestic and international entertainment clients in all areas of the entertainment and music industry.
• Copyright and intellectual property issues, including infringement, trademark, trade secret and rights of publicity and privacy litigation.
• Litigation involving major booking and talent agencies, artists, promoters and record companies.
• Litigation to collect artists, songwriters and publishing royalties.
• Licensing and grants of commercial uses concerning music for master recordings, synchronization (including television, film, commercials, plays, etc.) and new technology (including the internet, ring tones and digital downloads).
• Pre-litigation resolution of disputes and negotiation of new contractual relationships for artists, managers, agents, songwriters, publishers and record companies.
• Acquisitions, dispositions and business combinations of broadcast and media properties, including music catalogs.
• Mediation, arbitration and other alternative resolution of entertainment industry disputes without litigation.
• Negotiating with record and publishing companies on behalf of artists and songwriters.
• Negotiating book and publishing contracts on behalf of publishing clients and writers.
• Drafting of contracts in all areas of the entertainment industry, including agreements for songwriters, artists, publishers, record labels, subpublishers, print companies, producers and distribution companies and licenses for the use of master recordings and synchronization licenses.