Susan H. Bodine, Marc H. Simon and Janis C. Nelson are in attendance at the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California, which runs from Wednesday, October 31 through Wednesday, November 7. Over 8000 industry leaders from over 70 countries converge for eight days of deal-making, screenings of over 400 films, seminars and networking. Ms.

On Friday, November 2, CDAS partner Mary E. Rasenberger will speak at the symposium Copyright Exceptions for Libraries in the Digital Age: Section 108 Reform, at the Jerome L. Greene Hall, at Columbia Law School. Presented in cooperation with the U.S. Copyright Office, the symposium will address Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act and

Austin Pendleton, director of acclaimed productions of Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters at the Classic Stage Company, now tackles Anton Chekov’s masterpiece, Ivanov. Ethan Hawke stars as Nikolai Ivanov, Chekov’s first dramatic anti-hero, the financially troubled provincial landowner married to a woman who renounced her family to be with him and now finds herself renounced

David Mamet’s Glengarry Glenn Ross, starring Al Pacino, begins previews Friday, October 19 and opens Saturday, December 8. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play follows the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents over two days as they descend from lies and threats to bribery and burglary in an increasingly frantic push to sell

CDAS partner Nancy E. Wolff joins the panel “What You Need to Know About Copyright, Licensing and Image/Footage Usage Trends” presented by Visual Connections, Wednesday, October 24, 10am, at The Altman Building, 135 West 18 Street, New York City. The panel will discuss a variety of copyright issues including fair use, orphan works, royalty free,

Nancy E. Wolff will speak at PACA’s (Picture Archive Council of America) 17th International Conference in Chicago, October 19-21, 2012. On Sunday, October 21, at 1:30pm, Ms. Wolff presents “Web 2.0 Legal Issues”. Here she will address matters such as use of images on social media sites, smartphone model release apps, favorable language for contracts

CDAS partner Matthew A. Kaplan will be speaking at the Legislative & Legal Conference: What You Must Know, presented by the Human Resources Association of New York, on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 in New York City. The conference will address the federal, state, local legislative and legal developments relevant to the HR practitioner. In his

CDAS partner Nancy E. Wolff will join the panel “The New Copyright Economy” presented by the American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) at the Scandinavia House in New York City, on Tuesday, October 23, 9am to 1pm. Copyright and publishing are in flux and changes in content creation, licensing and distribution are a threat to

International film/television star and CDAS client Sofia Vergara is featured on the cover of Poder 360 in The Brains Behind Latin WE. Recognized worldwide as “Gloria” from the multi-Emmy winning Modern Family, comparatively few know Ms. Vergara is the creator of a multi-million dollar media empire through Latin World Entertainment, the company she co-founded with

Eleanor M. Lackman will moderate the panel “Copyright Enforcement on the Edge” (at NYU’s Kimmel Center, Silver Board Room), Friday, October 19 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm, as part of the CMJ 2012 Music Marathon (and as part of the Entertainment Business Law Seminar co-sponsored by the EASL section of The New York State Bar Association).