"Thinking Out Loud": Aftermath of Griffin v. Sheeran

Mr. Lifschitz has spent his career specializing in copyright and\ entertainment law. While in law school, he earned the top grades in his class for both Copyright Law and International Copyright Law, was awarded the 2012 Paul Miller Scholarship from the Los Angeles Copyright Society, had his scholarship on intellectual property published in Loyola’s International and Comparative Law Review, and graduated with honors from Loyola’s Entertainment Law Concentration. In practice, he has litigated industry-leading cases on a variety of copyright law issues, including pre-1972 sound recordings, mechanical licenses, and anti bootlegging protections. He has also taken analytical lead on a number of class actions involving underpayment or non-payment of royalties to artists.

Judith Finell is a musicologist and the president of Judith Finell Musicm Services Inc., a music consulting firm in New York and Los Angeles, founded 25 years ago in New York. Since then, she has served as a consultant and expert witness involving music copyright infringement, advised on artist career and project development, and a wide variety of music industry topics.

Peter Anderson is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and one of the nation’s preeminent copyright and entertainment litigators, bringing over four decades of experience to complex, high-profile disputes. He has represented major record labels, music publishers, performers, producers, and media companies in a wide array of intellectual property matters, including copyright infringement, breach of contract, unfair competition, and trademark litigation. His work spans trial and appellate courts across the country, including significant victories before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth and Second Circuits. Anderson Peter J

Anderson has served as lead counsel in many of the most closely watched music and entertainment cases of the past several decades, achieving successful outcomes for clients such as Lil Nas X, Cardi B, Led Zeppelin, The Weeknd, Gwen Stefani, and numerous major labels. He is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in media, entertainment, and intellectual property law by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Lawdragon, and other industry authorities.

Neville L. Johnson is Senior Partner at Johnson & Johnson. Neville L. Johnson graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley (1971). He received his law degree from Southwestern Law School (1975), graduating near the top of his class. He has tried over 28 civil jury trials and over 70 civil trials and arbitrations without a jury. He is a member of the invitation-only American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and is on the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles (CAALA since 2005), the Board of Directors of the national organization Public Justice, and on the Board of Governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association 2013-2015 and 2020-2022 (BHBA). Johnson is a long-time member of the invitation-only Los Angeles Copyright Society, and on the Board of The California Society of Entertainment Lawyers.