Law Firm Overview

The firm's practice includes entertainment transactions and entertainment and business litigation in State Court, Federal Court, before the California Labor Commissioner, and the various entertainment industry guild arbitration tribunals.

In 2006, the Law Offices of Max J. Sprecher released the first searchable CD-Rom of decisions issued by the California Labor Commissioner relating to the California Talent Agency Act, Cal. Labor Code Section 1700, et seq.  For more information, please review the California Labor Commissioner Decisions page . 

Areas of Practice

• General Business Litigation
• All Types of Talent Contracts
• Talent Agency Act Disputes
• Motion Picture/Television Copyright Infringement
• Music Copyright Infringement
• Internet Domain Name Disputes and Cybersquatting
• Celebrity Privacy and Publicity Rights
• Defamation Law
• Idea Submission Disputes
• Guild Arbitrations
• IFTA Arbitrations
• Executive Disengagements
• Contingent Compensation and Accounting Disputes
• Personal Manager Disputes
• Credit Disputes Including Writers Guild of America Policies
• Rights Ownership and Licensing

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Communications & Media Law, Television & Film, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Entertainment, Intellectual Property Law, Copyrights, Trademarks, Internet -- Cyberspace