The 2010 Midwest Art, Entertainment & Sports Law Institute

Join prominent local and national presenters and your hippest professional peers to address the latest opportunities and challenges facing the attorneys for the art, entertainment and sports communities.

The Annual Art, Entertainment & Sports Law Institute has been a Twin Cities tradition for decades. As always, this is the CLE seminar where you will get the latest information on industry trends, real-world strategies for dealing with major challenges, and face-to-face interaction with sports, art and entertainment players.

Don’t miss this action-packed seminar that is designed to address both fundamental and hot new topics to get you up to speed as an art, entertainment and sports law leader.

Stay for a great post-seminar networking reception that will feature beverages, hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment and a book-signing with author and attorney Lauren Bloom.

Some of This Year’s Highlights Include:

• Former ASCAP executive and current president of a music publishing company, attorney Ron Sobel will “teach, discuss, rant and rave” about intellectual property pitfalls, new media trends, current revenue models and licensing protocols

• Music publishing contracts and other issues in the digital age

• The FTC’s take on endorsements and Internet advertising

• The hottest legal and ethical concerns in college sports

• A review of core intellectual property concepts, as well as contract, licensing entity basics with a nod to the creative client

• The Ramifications of Supreme Court Review of American Needle

• Your Client Said WHAT?? Lauren Bloom, J.D., L.L.M., author of The Art of the Apology, will give us valuable insights into helping our clients out of potential PR and legal nightmares