Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section 2024 Virtual Annual Meeting Program

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Making Sense of Fair Use in a Post-Warhol World

The Fair use panel will discuss the 2023 US Supreme Court Decision of Warhol v Goldsmith and its decision on transformative & Fair Use.

Speakers:

Benjamin S. Akley, Partner, Pryor Cashman LLP

Amy Adler, Emily Kempin Professor of Law at NYU School of Law

Michael C. Donaldson, Donaldson & Callif, LLP

Pippa Loengard, Deputy Director and Lecturer in Law, Kernochan Center, Columbia Law School

2:55 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. | The Influence of Money in College Sports: Coaches' Salaries, Student-Athlete Name-Image-Likeness, Conference TV Deals, Gambling & Title IX

The continual infusion of money and new financial distribution models are creating unique and challenging issues for college sports in the United States. With some college football coaches making more money than the college president, and some student-athletes making over a million dollars in annual “NIL” revenue, should college athletes still be considered amateurs, professionals, and/or employees? And, what about the gender equity federal law that is Title IX? The answers to these and many more questions will be explored during the panel discussion.

Speakers:

Peter Roby, Former Director of Athletics and Recreation at Northeastern University, and Member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics

Hal Biagas, Esq., Chief Operating Officer, and General Counsel at Seven1 Sports & Entertainment Group

Dr. Donna Lopiano, President and founder of Sports Management Resources, adjunct professor of Sports Management at Southern Connecticut State University and the President of The Drake Group.

Jill Pilgrim, Co-Chair Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section Sports Committee

4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Impact of AI on Entertainment

The third panel will explore the myriad legal and business challenges in the entertainment industry presented by generative AI technology, including its impact on screenwriters, authors, actors and other content creators, and highlighted by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes, where AI’s potential replacement of humans is a major issue.

Speakers:

Ann Burdick, General Counsel, Writers Guild of America, East, Inc.

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment/Technology Attorney and Freelance Journalist

Umair Kazi, Director of Advocacy and Policy at the Authors Guild

Vishwanath Mohan, Counsel at Greenberg Glusker in LA 

Visit the Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section 2024 Annual Meeting webpage if you would like to register to attend this program in person.