LOS ANGELES – MARCH 21, 2018 -- Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Jay L. Cooper will participate as a panelist at The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) “Songs for Satire, Parody & Humor” event, March 27, 2018, in Los Angeles, CA.
Moderated by SCL SongArts LA Committee Chair Adryan Russ, the panel will discuss the legal and creative issues surrounding musical satire. Cooper, founder of Greenberg Traurig’s Los Angeles Entertainment Practice, will be joined on the panel by composers Steve and Julie Bernstein, and singer-songwriter Randy Rogel. The event will take place at 7:00PM in the Moroccan Ballroom of the Village Studios, the world famous LA recording complex. In addition to the panel discussion, the event will include music video presentations and live piano performances.
Named one of Billboard magazine's Top Music Lawyers, Cooper focuses his practice on music industry, motion picture, television, internet, multimedia, and intellectual property issues. He represents individuals and companies on intellectual property matters including recording and publishing agreements for individual artists and composers; actor, director, producer, and writer agreements in film and television; executive employment agreements; complex acquisitions and sales of entertainment catalogs; production agreements on behalf of music, television and motion picture companies; and all entertainment issues relative to the Internet.
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