Speeches

Music Litigation: Litigation Update on the Music Front

Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section, New York State Bar Association (Oct. 30, 2020)

Advanced Copyright Law Annual Review 2020

PLI, New York, New York (March 12, 2020)

Emerging Issues: Social Media and the Law

North American Entertainment, Sports & IP Law Summit, Cancun, Mexico (November 14, 2019)

Use of Experts in Copyright Cases

Emerging Issues: Social Media and the Law

North American Entertainment, Sports & IP Law Summit, Grand Cayman (November 9, 2018)

Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Protection

Social Media and the Executive Branch

North American Entertainment, Sports & IP Law Winter Summit, Jackson Hole, Wyoming (Feb. 25, 2017)

Ethics: The Responsibility of Lawyers in Advising Government and Private Clients on the Use of Electronic Media

Columbia Law School Executive Education (Nov. 18, 2016)

Emerging Issues: Social Media and the Law

North American Entertainment, Sports & IP Law Summit, Riviera Maya, Mexico (November 11, 2016)

India Today Media Institute, Noida, India (Jul. 25, 2016)

India Law Institute, New Delhi, India (Jul. 25, 2016)

National Association of Software and Service Companies, New Delhi, India (Jul. 25, 2016)

The American Center, New Delhi, India (Jul. 26, 2016)

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Jul. 26, 2016)

Intellectual Property Laws for Traditional and Internet-Based Businesses

Gujarat National Law University, Ahmedabad, India (Jul. 27, 2016)

Ahmedabad Management Association, Y.J. Trivedi Academy of Intellectual Property Rights and Indo American Chamber of Commerce, Ahmedabad, India (Jul. 27, 2016)

An Overview of Intellectual Property Laws in the US

Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India (Jul. 28, 2016)

Intellectual Property Laws for the Entertainment and Media Industries

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, India (Jul. 28, 2016)

Institute of Intellectual Property Studies & Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, India (Jul. 29, 2016)

Innovation and IPR: New Game to Win Over

Gujarat Innovation Society, Ahmedabad, India (Jul. 28, 2016)

Advanced Copyright Law Annual Review 2016: Google Books

Practicing Law Institute, New York, New York (March 23, 2016)

Pleasures of the Harbor: DMCA Safe Harbor Eligibility

Copyrights, Trademarks and Fair Use of Social Media Content: What’s Fair Game and What’s Off Limits for Communications Practitioners?

Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, New York, New York (January 10, 2016)

Social Media Update

North American Sports, Entertainment, IP Law Summit, Cancun, Mexico (November 12, 2015)

Virtual Roundtable: Cyber Security 2015

Corporate LiveWire (June 2015)

Contracts 101: Fair Use and the Dramatist

Dramatists Guild of America, New York, New York (May 5, 2015)

Advanced Copyright Law Annual Review 2015 - Fair Use: Google Books and HathiTrust

PLI, New York, New York (March 25, 2015)

Social Media – Does Personal Mean Public Domain?

North American Entertainment, Sports & Intellectual Property Conference, Liberia, Costa Rica (November 14, 2014)

ABC, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc.: Implications For Copyright Law And Content Delivery On The Internet

Law Seminars International (July 1, 2014)

Aereo: In the Wake of the Supreme Court Argument

Regulating the Internet: SOPA, PIPA and Politics

Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law School, New York, New York (January 28, 2014)

Social Media – Now, Forever and Stuck on You

North American Entertainment, Sports & Intellectual Property Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica (November 6, 2013)

License To Thrive: Direct Licensing, Compulsories & Artist Compensation

Future of Music Summit, Washington, D.C (October 28, 2013)

CMJ Music Marathon, New York, New York (October 18, 2013)

We Want….a Shrubbery!!! Kelley v. Chicago Park District and Renewed Consideration of Authorship and Fixation Under Copyright Law

Moderator, The Copyright Society of the U.S.A., Bolton Landing, New York (June 10, 2013)

A Debate on Legislation to Prevent Online Piracy and Copyright Infringement

Duke University School of Law (February 19, 2013)

After the Ordeal: Public Policy in the Post-SOPA/PIPA World (Moderator)

E-Commerce/Consumer Data and Privacy Rights

North American Entertainment, Sports and Intellectual Property Law Conference, Cancun, Mexico (November 9, 2012)

Internet Law Update: Guest Lecture

Columbia University School of Continuing Education, English for Professional Purposes (Law) Program. New York, New York (July 25, 2012)

A Whole New World Digital Mechanisms and Platforms for Music Licensing

New York City Bar Association, New York, New York (May 16, 2012)

SOPA: What It Got Right, Where It Went Wrong, and How Do We Move Forward?

New York University School of Law, New York, New York (March 27, 2012)

The Defense of SOPA

Copynight NYC, New York, New York (February 28, 2012)

New Music Services Push the Legal Envelope Panelist

Antitrust Update - Current Issues in the Arts, Sports, and Entertainment

North American Entertainment, Sports and Intellectual Property Law Conference, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (November 11, 2011)

The DMCA Safe Harbor: Anchored or Adrift?

EASL’s Subcommittee on Music & Recording Industry and the Cardozo IP & Information Law Program (CIPILP), Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (March 2, 2011)

Music in the Cloud: Navigating the Shift from Personal Ownership to Streaming Access

Northwestern Law School (February 7, 2011)

Understanding Copyright Law 2010

PLI, New York, New York (July 19, 2010)

Panelist

LLAGNY Bridge the Gap, New York, New York (March 26, 2010)

Ethics for Attorney Emails & Web Communications: Hidden Perils of Blackberries, Blogging & Twittering

HB Litigation Conference (November 11, 2009)

Fair Use & Permissions

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Career Panel

(July 22, 2009)

Imagine: A Dancing Baby and The Encyclopedia of Fair Use

Secondary Liability and the Internet

PLI Bridge-the-Gap II (January 25, 2009)

Finding Your Niche

Panelist, New York University School of Law (August 21, 2008)

Electronic Discovery: Emerging Concerns

PLI Bridge-the-Gap II (August 12, 2008)

Secondary Liability and the Internet

PLI Bridge-the Gap II (January 13, 2008)

The Current Landscape

Mealey's Product Recall Liability Conference: Made in China and Beyond, Washington, D.C. (December 10, 2007)

Electronic Litigation Tools

New York State Bar Association Second Corporate Counsel Institute (October 11-12, 2007)

Electronic Discovery: Emerging Concerns

PLI Bridge-the-Gap II (August 14, 2007)

Legal Risks of Uncontrolled Email and Web Content

Messagelabs Webinar (March 14, 2007)

Electronic Discovery: Emerging Concerns

PLI Bridge-the-Gap II (January 4, 2007)

Electronic Discovery: Emerging Concerns

PLI Bridge-the-Gap II (August 24, 2006)

From Pac-Man to PS3 - the Law of Video Games

New York County Lawyers Association (May 2, 2006)

Overview of the Problem of Infringement: The Transition from Traditional Piracy to the Liability of Internet Intermediaries, and Beyond

Keynote Presentation, Association Littéraire Et Artistique Internationale Conference, Oaxaca, Mexico (June 2004)

New York City Bar Association Telecommunications Law Committee (December 2, 2003)

Music, Technology and the Law, Litigating and Legislating the Use of Peer-to-Peer Systems

Moderator, Columbia University School of Law (November 12, 2003)

Beyond Napster: Copyright Enforcement on the Internet

Moderator, Columbia University School of Law (November 13, 2002)