Entertainers, broadcasters and professional athletes face unique legal and business issues for which Rhoads & Sinon LLP has an experienced practice group dedicated to guiding such talent through these complex and highly specialized matters.

We represent a diverse group of both companies and individual clients in the entertainment and sports industries, including national recording artists, screenwriters, independent filmmakers, authors, television and radio personalities, and individual professional athletes. We advise and counsel clients on contract drafting, negotiation and enforcement; corporate and transactional matters; licensing and marketing opportunities; protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights; Internet and new media rights; privacy and defamation matters; and litigation and labor and employment matters.

Among the recent projects we have handled include the formation of corporate entities for engaging in the entertainment and sports fields; acquisition, licensing and protection of intellectual property rights for entities in the film industry; negotiation and enforcement of employment agreements for musicians and radio and television personalities; and litigation to protect and recover Internet domain names for media entities.

 

	left to right: Kevin Gold, Marc Levin, Brett Scallions (FUEL, RIDERS ON THE STORM), and Todd Shill

Recently, on behalf of our clients in the recording industry, we have negotiated, drafted, and provided advice in the following areas:

• Band Operating Agreements;
• A&R Agreements;
• Label-Shopping Contracts;
• Performance Agreements;
• Management Contracts;
• Artwork Agreements;
• Musician Release Agreements;
• Record Label Contracts; and
• Merchandising Agreements.

Our representative clients include multi-platinum artists Tantric, Brett Scallions (Fuel, Riders on the Storm, Circus Diablo), and Kevin Miller (Fuel, Fosterchild, Tantric), as well as Top 10 Billboard artists The Badlees and Bret Alexander, and critically acclaimed artists Simone (daughter of legendary jazz singer Nina Simone), Fosterchild, and Panacea.

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Entertainment & Sports Law Online Articles

Local Law Firm Connected to Hollywood Film Festival

"RockLawyers 101: Interview with Marc T. Levin, Esq.

Taking Care of (Music) Business: Performance Contracts (pdf)

Rhoads & Sinon Entertainment Client Pan.a.ce.a Signs Management Deal

Rhoads & Sinon LLP Client, Simone, Releases Debut Solo Album to Commercial Success and Critical Praise

Tantric's "The End Begins" Debutes At Number 91 On The Billboard 200

Celebs Turn to Harrisburg, PA for Representation

Entertainment & Sports Law Practice Group Featured in Newspaper Article

"360 Deals" -- What are they, and where did they come from?

Taking Care Of Business (Part 1)

Taking Care of Business (Part 2)

Taking Care of Business (Part 3)

Copyright Basics: Introduction to Copyright for Musicians

BSA Raises The Reward For Reporting Software Piracy -- Targets Pennsylvania

Group Contracts: The Importance of Band Agreements

Protecting a Band Name: Trademark Law and Band Names