Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium
Friday, January 17, 2020, 11-6pm
Presented by Greenberg Traurig
Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium
Friday, January 17, 2020, 11-6pm
Presented by Greenberg Traurig
Please join us as five law firm Partners, CEOs, and VPs of Legal & Business discuss the intersection of law and the worlds of entertainment, sports, media technology, and music.
AGENDA:
Welcome to the 10th Annual Duke Sports and Entertainment Law Symposium sponsored by Greenberg Traurig! This year, the theme is "Athlete and Artist Rights in the Evolving Sports, Entertainment, and Music Industries."
10:30am – Continental Breakfast, provided by the Symposium11am – Entertainment Panel: Rightsholders In the Evolving Film/TV Industry
12pm – Lunch, provided by the Symposium
12:30pm – Keynote Address: Nancy Hogshead-Makar (3x Gold Medalist & CEO of Champion Women)
Co-sponsored by Duke's Women's Law Student Association (WLSA)
1:30pm – Sports Panel: USWNT & The Equal Pay Movement
2:30pm – Music Panel: Rightsholders In the Music Streaming Era
4pm – Symposium Reception @ JB Duke Hotel
NANCY
HOGSHEAD-MAKAR
12:30pm
3X OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST SWIMMER, LEADING ADVOCATE FOR EQUALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN SPORT, & CEO OF CHAMPION WOMEN
A.B.'86
"There is no way to protect athletes without giving them power . . . Sports are a way to unhinge women from gender stereotypes and ideas of what their life is supposed to be like."
Rightsholders In the Evolving Film & TV Industries
11am
Panelists
Moderator: Nicole Ligon (Duke Law Professor – Entertainment & First Amendment)
Sarah Vacchiano
• VP Business & Legal Affairs, FilmNation
• Duke Law Professor – Entertainment Law
J.D.'12
Leif Cervantes de Reinstein
Partner, Entertainment & Digital Media Practice – Sheppard Mullin
A.B.'94, J.D.;97
Shauna Woods
Associate – Kendall Brill & Kelly
J.D.'14
Gabe Fleet
Shareholder – Greenberg Traurig
USWNT & The Equal Pay Movement
1:30pm
Panelists
Moderator: Paul Haagen (Duke Law Professor – Sports Law)
Hampton Dellinger
Partner – Boies, Schiller, & Flexner
Molly Levinson
• CEO, The Levinson Group
• Advisor to USWNT
Molly will be speaking only in her capacity as CEO of The Levinson Group and not on behalf of the USWNT.
Meghann Burke
Represents National Women’s Soccer League Players’ Association
USWNT BACKGROUND READING:
• Article – Politico Magazine (H. Dellinger): https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/09/soccer-women-world-cup-227099
• Article – The Atlantic (H. Dellinger): https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/07/womens-soccer-world-cup-fifa-lawsuit/397592/
• For Recent Letter to U.S. Soccer – Ensuring Equal Access to Performance Devices (H. Dellinger):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PTHKok73pO1xtg64M6oprSKHauVriTTH/view?usp=sharing
Rightsholders In the Music Streaming Era
2:30pm
Panelists
Moderator: Jennifer Jenkins (Duke Law Professor – IP, Music Copyright Law)
Garrett Levin
CEO, The Digital Media Association
A.M.'06, J.D.'06
Bobby Rosenbloum
Vice Chair of Global Entertainment & Media Practice – Greenberg Traurig
A.B.'91
Coe Ramsey
Partner – Brooks Pierce
CONNECT WITH Duke's Sports & Entertainment Law Society (SELS)
Please contact Kaitlin Ray (kaitlin.m.ray@duke.edu) or Zack Flagel
(zachary.flagel@lawnet.duke.edu) for more information about the event.
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