Partner Susan H. Bodine and everyone at CDAS warmly congratulates clients Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine of Fine Films on winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for their film Inocente.

Susan H. Bodine’s client José Padilha will produce and direct Narcos, a new miniseries for Netflix. Based on Mr. Padilha’s original idea, Narcos will chronicle the life and death of Colombia drug lord Pablo Escobar. French production company Gaumont International Television will finance the production.

CDAS is delighted to announce that Hany Abu-Assad’s new film Omar, currently in post-production, has been acquired by The Match Factory for foreign sales. CDAS partner Susan H. Bodine represents Mr. Abu-Assad, who won the 2006 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film for Paradise Now. Sue and fellow CDAS partner Joshua B. Sessler also

CDAS attorneys Mary E. Rasenberger, Nancy E. Wolff, Eleanor M. Lackman and Nicholas J. Tardif filed an Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of the Text and Academic Authors Association and The Authors Guild in Cambridge University Press v. Becker. The brief supports the position of Plaintiffs/Appellants Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Inc., and Sage

CDAS Partner Joshua B. Sessler was recently quoted by Mashable regarding legal considerations when running a contest, sweepstakes or marketing campaign that incorporates user-generated content. You can read the piece entitled “Lessons From 4 Killer UGC Campaigns” by Mashable’s Lauren Drell here. For more information regarding legal issues surrounding user-generated content and online contests, please

Our whole firm joins CDAS partner J. Stephen Sheppard in congratulating our client Katherine Applegate on winning the Newbery Medal for her novel “The One and Only Ivan,” published by Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books. Regarded as one of the most prestigious awards in publishing, the Newbery Medal is awarded annually

Partner Frederick P. Bimbler and everyone at CDAS congratulate Sofia Vergara, Luis Balaguer and Latin World Entertainment on their ABC pilot order for Killer Women. Based on the Argentine hit series, “Mujeres Asesinas,” Killer Women will focus on Molly Parker, a tough and beautiful woman who also happens to be the only female Texas Ranger.

CDAS returns to the Sundance Film Festival — (Thursday, January 17 – Sunday, January 27) — once again representing a number of exciting clients and projects. Partners Marc H. Simon and Andrea F. Cannistraci will be in Park City and though partner Susan H. Bodine will not attend, she is also representing a few films

CDAS partner Nancy E. Wolff will moderate the panel “What Libraries Can Do Under Copyright,” part of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.’s 2013 Mid-Winter Meeting, on Friday, February 15, 2013, from 9:00am – 10:30am. (The full CSUSA 2013 Mid-Winter meeting will take place from Thursday, February 14 through Saturday, February 16, 2013, at the

CDAS partner Eleanor M. Lackman will moderate the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. New York Chapter panel “Look Before You Tweet (or Post, or Pin): Copyright Enforcement (or not) in Social Media” on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, from 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Please click here to register (CLE credit is available).