_____ Practice Areas

Entertainment and Technology

_____ Lectures, Panels, and Workshops

Sundance Institute, SXSW, Tribeca Film Institute, University of Oxford (upcoming), NYU Tisch, DocNYC, Documentary Association of Europe, Camden International Film Festival, and many others.

_____ Teaching

Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan Law School

_____ Publications

The Andy Warhol Case That Could Wreck American Art (The Atlantic)

_____ Media Appearances

CNN, CBS News Prime Time, KCRW

_____ Clerkship

The Hon. Mariana R. Pfaelzer, Central District of California

_____ Education

Yale Law School, Columbia University (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)

_____ Contact

paul [at] filmlawgroup.com, +1 415 663 5153

Some client and firm news from 2023:

MTV Documentary Films acquires rights to ‘Pay or Die,’ powerful film on Americans “held hostage” by high cost of insulin:
https://deadline.com/2023/05/pay-or-die-mtv-documentary-films-acquisition-directors-scott-alexander-ruderman-rachael-dyer-news-1235382566

I had a chance to talk about fair use with CNN's Jake Tapper:
https://www.filmlawgroup.com/cnn

Diane von Furstenberg doc in the Works at Hulu: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/diane-von-furstenberg-documentary-hulu-1235589604/

I'll be teaching Film Law on the Sundance Institute's Collab platform: https://collab.sundance.org/catalog/Legal-Essentials-for-Screenwriters-Directors-Producers

Art Heist Documentary ‘The Thief Collector’ Acquired for North America by FilmRise: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/art-heist-documentary-the-thief-collector-north-america-filmrise-1235561141/

I'll be doing a Film Law workshop at SXSW: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP131164

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