Practice

Entertainment and Media Litigation

High-Stakes Entertainment and Media Litigation, Decisively Handled

Sheppard is a premier litigation practice serving the global entertainment industry. 

We handle complex, high-stakes disputes for studios, streamers, producers, publishers, financiers and top talent. 

Trial-Tested Counsel for Creative Industries

Our litigators represent the key players in entertainment and media, from major studios, broadcasters and publishers to independent producers and world-renowned performers. We protect our clients' business and reputational interests with aggressive and effective advocacy. 

We have a deep understanding of the entertainment and media industries, from initial concept through production and worldwide distribution and publication. This allows us to provide sophisticated counsel on a wide range of disputes that can arise in the creative and commercial lifecycle of a project. 

Our team has extensive experience across the entire litigation spectrum, from pre-litigation investigations and strategy to pre-trial motions and discovery, through trial and appeal. We successfully represent clients in complex rights disputes covering copyright, idea submission, trademark, right of publicity and licensing claims related to films, television series, publishing, music and digital content. Our litigators include subject matter experts in participation accounting, defamation and related First Amendment doctrines.

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