Media and Entertainment Law

Parsons Behle & Latimer media lawyers with expertise in the media and entertainment industries offer clients unique legal services that range from copyright litigation to licensing to general business advice. By representing filmmakers, authors, newspaper publishers and television stations, internet providers and television stations, our entertainment lawyers protect intellectual property while offering business and employment law counsel.

Entertainment Arts Law

Our entertainment lawyers have extensive copyright experience. They work with entertainment-related businesses to draft and register U.S. and international copyrights. The firm's entertainment lawyers also assist with the acquisition, licensing and other transactions relating to copyrights. They also advise clients about all options to defend and enforce copyrights, from litigation to alternative dispute resolution.

Attorneys focused on this area:

• Evans, William J.

Gaming Law

Our gaming lawyers advise operators, owners, landholders and investors in the gaming industry in Nevada and throughout the world. This representation includes handling the licensing and regulatory requirements in operations, regulatory enforcement, financing and business reorganizations, gaming taxation, gaming law litigation, and representation before municipal and county agencies regulating gaming. Our gaming attorneys have represented both small restricted gaming licensees and large multi-property international gaming companies.

Liquor Licensing Law

Parsons Behle Latimer's lawyers with liquor licensing expertise work with national, regional and locally owned resorts, hotels, restaurants, special event sponsors and others in connection with local and state alcoholic beverage licensing and permitting. In addition to offering liquor licensing law counsel concerning applicable statutes, ordinances and regulations, they advise clients of operational, compliance and enforcement matters. Working with our real estate lawyers, they also guide clients through the local and state licensing process as part of the acquisition, disposition, development and financing of resort properties, hotels, and restaurants.

Attorneys focused on this area:

• Butler, Jonathan K.
• Petrogeorge, Michael P.

Media Law

Parsons Behle & Latimer media attorneys within the Libel, Media and Internet Law Practice Group possess a wide range of skills and expertise in counseling media and non-media clients, as well as litigating First Amendment and new media issues in state and federal courts.

They regularly counsel clients on the following types of matters:

• Prepublication and prebroadcast review
• Subpoena counseling and defense
• Access, sunshine laws, freedom of information and other news gathering issues
• Domain names
• Internet privacy issues
• On-line publication issues
• Advertising Law
• Packaging and trade dress
• Trademarks and Copyrights including DMCA
• Entertainment/publishing contracts

Our media lawyers' litigation experience is extensive, having successfully represented national and local media and non-media clients in adjudicating claims involving the following:

• Libel and slander
• Invasion of privacy
• Journalists privilege
• FOIA and other access actions
• Trade disparagement and unfair competition
• Trademark and copyright infringement
• Domain name disputes
• Internet and email privacy issues

Clients that have been represented in litigation matters include The New York Times, Associated Press, Redbook Magazine, Scripps-League Newspapers, Allure Magazine, Globe Communications, Nintendo, Iomega and various individual authors, artists and entertainers.

Attorneys focused on this area:

• Dryer, Randy L.
• Blattner-Thompson, Elisabeth R.
• Blanch, James T.