CLE: Legal Issues in the Music Industry

South By Southwest, in conjunction with Lommen Abdo Law Firm, is presenting a two-day Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program at no additional cost. All registrants are welcome, but priority will be given to attorneys if the room approaches capacity. Attorneys may receive CLE credit for up to 8 hours, including one hour of ethics credit. The SXSW 2010 Music CLE Program is set for Friday, March 19 and Saturday, March 20, and will take place in the Austin Convention Center, Room 17AB. For further information, contact program director Nels Jacobson at cle@sxsw.com.

SXSW 2010 Music CLE Schedule

Friday March 19 (Part One)
(Open to Music and Platinum Badges)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Attorney Sign-in

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CLE 1 - Music Policy, Legislation, and Food Fights
Jay Rosenthal (moderator), Senior VP & General Counsel, National Music Publishers' Association, Washington, DC
Terrie Bjorklund, Associate General Counsel/Copyright & IP, AFTRA National, Bethesda, MD
Lee Knife, Interim Executive Director, Digital Media Association, Washington, DC

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
CLE 2 - Evaluating the New Business Models: Benefit or B.S.?
Bob Donnelly (moderator), Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, New York, NY
Ken Anderson, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, New York, NY
Doug Mark, Mark Music & Media Law, P.C., Los Angeles, CA
Mark Robinson, VP and Senior Counsel, Warner Music Group, New York, NY

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
CLE 3 - Merch: Rights in the Unhummable
Nels Jacobson (moderator), Jagmo Design Studios, Detroit, MI
Eric Bender, Bravado International Group, New York, NY
Tim Matson, Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, Minneapolis, MN

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
CLE 4 - Music Publishing Executives: The Hitters and the Hits
Paul Bezilla (moderator),Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, Minneapolis, MN
Scott Francis, President, Warner/Chappell Music, Los Angeles, CA
David Hirshland, President, Bug Music Inc., Hollywood, CA
Larry Mestel, CEO, Primary Wave Music Publishing, New York, NY

Saturday, March 20 (Part Two)
(Open to Music and Platinum Badges)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Attorney Sign-in

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Dina LaPolt(moderator), LaPolt Law, P.C., West Hollywood, CA
CLE 5 - Music Law Ethics
David Herlihy, Law Office of David Herlihy, Newton, MA
Leron Rogers, Hewitt & Rogers, Norcross, GA
Ken Abdo, Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg P.A., Minneapolis, MN

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
CLE 6 - Music Court: Avoiding or Inviting Litigation
David Given (moderator), Phillips, Erlewine, & Given LLP, San Francisco, CA
Ken Burry, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Santa Monica, CA
Bob Sullivan, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Nashville, TN

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
CLE 7 - Chasing Technology: The Law and Digital Distribution
Jeff Liebenson (moderator), Herrick, Feinstein LLP, New York, NY
Cecily Mak, Associate General Counsel & Director of Music Licensing, RealNetworks, Inc. & Rhapsody America LLC, San Francisco, CA
David Ring, Executive Vice President, Business Development & Business Affairs, Universal Music Group, eLabs, Santa Monica, CA

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
CLE 8 - Breaking and Entering: Working with Developing Artists
Ken Abdo (moderator), Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, Minneapolis, MN
David Beame, Beame & Mencher LLP, Brooklyn, NY
Donald Woodard, Epstein, Becker & Green, Atlanta, GA