Entertainment Law

Overview

Foster Swift’s entertainment lawyers help clients protect and monetize creative assets by structuring deals, negotiating favorable terms, and identifying legal and business risks early—so projects can move forward on schedule and with confidence. We counsel clients on a wide range of entertainment-law matters, including project management, distribution, intellectual property protection and enforcement as well as the licensing and optioning of rights. Because entertainment law touches many areas of practice, we provide coordinated guidance tailored to each project and client.

The attorneys at Foster Swift help artists, entertainers, and producers navigate business formation, contracts, merchandising, litigation, and contested-rights matters. We work closely with talent and management to protect creative work (copyrights), manage risk, and support long-term career goals.

We routinely represent clients across the entertainment industry, including:

Film/Television: actors, television personalities, celebrities, agents, animators, screenwriters, producers, directors, casting directors, music directors, managers, distributors, studios and production companies
Music/Audiovisual: composers, songwriters, producers, recording artists and bands, musicians, podcasters, managers, agents, publishing companies, record labels, distributors, digital download companies, performing rights societies, and concert promoters
Theater: playwrights, composers, lyricists, producers, managers, and actors
Literature: authors (fiction, nonfiction, and technical), publishers, and electronic publishers
Advertising/Social Media Marketing: models, photographers, writers, jingle performers, influencers and content creators, and agencies

Foster Swift’s entertainment lawyers work diligently to bring strategic focus and careful attention to detail so our clients can do what they do best: create.

Please contact us with any entertainment-law questions or for assistance with proposed projects you may be developing: