L&S Law represents authors, literary agencies, magazines, packagers, and publishers regarding all aspects of their intellectual property. Because of our deep knowledge of both historical and modern practices in the industry, we can advise clients regarding the exploitation and protection of their content in both traditional and nontraditional formats.
We have successfully negotiated thousands of publishing agreements on behalf of our clients, and our work is both responsive to and directly influences industry trends. The firm also regularly negotiates ancillary publishing agreements, including – but not limited to – audio, digital, foreign language, dramatic, collaboration, works for hire, agency representation, and distribution agreements. We also advise clients regarding corporate formation, protection and registration of copyrights and trademarks, and creation of website privacy policies and terms of use.
The firm also advises clients regarding defamation, libel, misappropriation, privacy, publicity, copyright, fair use, trademark, and similar matters. These services include pre-publication review of manuscripts and other content to identify potential legal risks prior to publication.
L&S Law also represents numerous journalists, editors, ghostwriters, copyeditors, fact checkers, publishers, and others in connection with their employment and other services agreements, including but not limited to writing and producing services and speaking engagements.
Representative clients include: