The Rise of Generative AI: Benefits and Dangers for Professionals

It is, of course, the topic of the moment. It is producing both fear and excitement in roughly equal measures, particularly for the legal profession.
However, the important point is...Read more

Ian McDougall
EVP & General Counsel, LexisNexis, USA
QR Codes: Legal Risks & Mitigation in Marketing Motion Pictures

Increasingly, marketers use QR codes to promote, advertise and market goods. This article focuses on how QR codes are used in the marketing of motion pictures and some important legal...Read more

Rey Rodriguez
Assistant General Counsel, The Walt Disney Company, USA

Kisha Lyons
Counsel - Marketing, Legal Affairs, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, USA
Economics of Streaming & the Rise of the Music Artists’
Rights and Compensation

As the big era of buying CDs and vinyl records has mostly passed, music streaming continues to hit the music industry by storm. It is a market estimated at $153...Read more

Jansher Verscht
Economics Student, University of Loughborough, UK

Afzana Anwer
Head of IP, Altilium Clean Technology, UK
Digital Content Consumption at the Time of Web 2.0. 
TV companies in Europe lost €3.21 billion in 2021 because of people using illegal streaming sites to watch TV, that’s a number revealed by a study published by Bournemouth University....Read more

Christine Maury-Panis
EVP, General Counsel and Public Affairs, Viaccess S.A, France
Going off Grid: A New Idea for Systemizing Intellectual Property Enforcement from TED Conferences

Last year’s COVID-19 mandated shift to virtual environments forced many companies to start producing new types of content tailored principally to online consumption. This seemingly overnight transition to digital distribution,...Read more

Hunter Vanaria
Associate Counsel, TED Conferences, USA
The Future is Cordless: How the Cordless Future will Impact Traditional Television

A cord-cutter is a person who cancels a paid television subscription or landline phone connection for an alternative Internet-based or wireless service. Cord-cutting is the result of competitive new media...Read more

Sabrina Lewis
Director of Business Affairs, Paramount Television, USA
About 'changed circumstances', 'imprévision' and 'commercial impractibility' in the light of the new art. 1195 of
the French civil code
The French civil code established in 1804 (also known as Code Napoleon) promoted the autonomy of the parties and minimal intervention of the judge in the performance of contractual obligations....Read more

Camelia Seghedi
In-house Counsel International Contracts and Public Tenders , JCDecaux , France
The Case under the GDPR for Video and Audio Recording in Commercial Spaces and Interactions: An Example of Fitting Legacy Systems and Practices into a Forward-Looking Compliance Regime
This Paper considers how to square potentially the new General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR” or “Regulation”) requirements with the longstanding commercial practices of recording customers through video and...Read more

Daniel Corcoran
SVP, International General Counsel, Marchex, USA
Are Career Plaintiffs Crippling Golf's Growth?

The golf course is not always an inviting place for women – sometimes they are not even allowed through the front gate. The Royal & Ancient, one of golf’s governing...Read more
Andrew Fleming
Vice President Business Development and Senior Counsel, Golf Channel, USA
Raquel Hoover
Intern, Golf Channel, USA
Frame-work of Copyright Law in India - Proposed Changes in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 and Impact on the Media & Entertainment Industry
The Indian Media and Entertainment Industry (M&E Industry) is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 14 percent per annum over next five years to reach USD...Read more
Ghanashyam Hegde
Associate Director-Legal, Abbott India Limited, India