Fink spends a considerable amount of time on confidential, alternative dispute resolutions for celebrity clients, and represented DMG in its dispute with its former GM, Chris Fen- ton. Briggs - who also serves as president of Los Angeles’ Board of Police Commissioners -obtained $15 million in damages in singer Kristina Buch’s case against producer Noel “Detail” Fisher, and reps numerous high-profile performers in cases spanning copyright and contractual issues, endorsement deals, and other litigation. Much of Brenner’s work includes anti-SLAPP cases and idea submission claims in recent months he’s handled confidential matters for Hydra, ViacomCBS and Showtime. Venable’s Entertainment & Media Litigation Group has taken on cases for clients such as ViacomCBS, Showtime, Fox Digital Entertainment and several A-list celebrities. Partners Entertainment and Media Litigation Group General Counsel, Exec VP, Business & Legal Affairs Sign of the times: “What a lot of folks are dealing with now is how to compensate talent for the value that they’re bringing to a project when the metrics we’ve used historically to value that talent’s work are changing so dramatically,” Berlinski says. Significantly, despite Johansson having signed an agreement with Disney to arbitrate her dispute with the Mouse House in a confidential hearing, Berlinski managed to inflict widely publicized public embarrassment upon the studio, leading to a significant payout for the actor. The actor complained that Disney forced its subsidiary Marvel to release “Black Widow,” in which she starred, on its Disney Plus streaming service simultaneously with the film’s release in theaters, violating a commitment to an exclusive theatrical release and resulting in devaluation of Johansson’s compensation, which was to be largely based on the film’s total box office. They’re just stuck on their perception.”īerlinski, a talent-disputes expert, found himself in a swirl of publicity recently via his representation of Scarlett Johansson in her fight with Disney. “What people perceive and what they believe is 10 times more important to them than what the actual truth is.

Where’s the truth? “People live in the land of their perceptions,” Baum says. Having represented clients on both sides of the #MeToo movement, he’s glad to see that those cases are beginning to change the industry for the better. His work requires discretion, especially during arbitration. Today he’s in arbitration with several cases - contract disputes, accounting and profit participation issues, defamation, misconduct accusations, and more - involving celebrity clients and entertainment companies. As a law student, Baum never thought about becoming an entertainment attorney.

AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW by Gregg Cox