AMEC’S COUNSEL OF THE YEAR AWARDS WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS!
The Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel (AMEC) celebrated the achievement of the following attorneys at a gala awards dinner on Thursday, January 19:
Patricia Lombard
Founders Award
The Larchmont Buzz
Carolyn Hampton
Counsel of the Year
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing Legal
Paramount
Danielle Knight
PwC Daniel Brandhorst
Dealmaker of the Year
Chief Counsel
Warner Bros. Discovery
Molly Bennett
Rising Star
Counsel
Netflix
Michael Robbins
Labor and Employment Counsel of the Year
Founder
Extti
Joel Grossman
Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitrator/Mediator
JAMS
Haaris Shahzad
Technology and New Media Counsel of the Year
Commercial Counsel
Tiktok
Holmes Weinberg
Law Firm of the Year
Along with the honorees and their guests, several dignitaries attended the event, including prominent attorney and recently elected Los Angeles Council Member Traci Parks.
Unique IP Concerns When Celebrities and Athletes Are Involved in NFT Projects
Given the recent rise in the popularity and profitability of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), celebrities have entered the market not only by purchasing NFTs, but also by minting their own. However, because NFTs often involve the intersection of multiple layers of intellectual property rights, celebrity NFT projects present a variety of potential pitfalls. In particular, these NFT projects often implicate trademark, copyright, and name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights.