These showbiz lawyers win for their clients in court and guide them through industry disruptions.
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Glaser Weil
As a law student, Baum never thought about becoming an entertainment attorney. Today he’s in arbitration with several cases — contract disputes, accounting and profit participation issues, defamation, misconduct accusations, and more — involving celebrity clients and entertainment companies. His work requires discretion, especially during arbitration. Baum enjoys a challenge. Having represented clients on both sides of the #MeToo movement, he’s glad to see that those cases are beginning to change the industry for the better.
Where’s the truth? “People live in the land of their perceptions,” Baum says. “What people perceive and what they believe is 10 times more important to them than what the actual truth is. They’re just stuck on their perception.”
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Kasowitz Benson Torres
Berlinski, a talent-disputes expert, found himself in a swirl of publicity recently via his representation of Scarlett Johansson in her fight with Disney. The actor complained that Disney forced its subsidiary Marvel to release “Black Widow,” in which she starred, on its Disney Plus streaming service simultaneously with the film’s release in theaters, violating a commitment to an exclusive theatrical release and resulting in devaluation of Johansson’s compensation, which was to be largely based on the film’s total box office. Significantly, despite Johansson...
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