
Media & Entertainment: Litigation
USA Guide 2026 : New York
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Attorneys in MSK’s Entertainment & IP Litigation practice have helped shape the media and entertainment industry through their representation of motion picture, television, video, music, animation, and interactive game and software developers, as well as the producers, publishers, distributors, talent, and investors. We have tried and won numerous precedent-setting cases before judges and juries in state and federal courts. In addition, we are skilled in handling arbitrations, mediations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, and actively provide litigation-avoidance counseling to our clients.
We offer advice and counsel in the areas of anti-piracy, copyright, trademark, patent, intellectual property and technology agreements, and trade secrets, providing worldwide representation in the protection, enforcement and exploitation of intellectual property rights.
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Work Highlights
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Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP represented Marvel Entertainment in connection with Lively v. Wayfarer Studios, a subpoena dispute arising out of Justin Baldoni’s defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
Strengths
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Mitchell Silberberg has good expertise in copyright law.
Media & Entertainment: Litigation respondentUSAThe firm has an excellent range of people at different levels of expertise.
Media & Entertainment: Litigation respondentUSAThe team always has great communication and is very responsive to my needs.
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Notable Practitioners
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Band 2 
Band 2 
Christine Lepera
Christine Lepera chairs the Music Litigation Practice Group at the firm. She has a wealth of experience litigating on behalf of clients in the music industry.
Christine is a phenomenal attorney.
Media & Entertainment: Litigation respondentUSA
Band 3 
Band 3 
Eleanor M. Lackman
Eleanor Lackman has vast experience handling intellectual property litigation, with particular prowess in the representation of media and entertainment companies. I hold Eleanor in high regard.
Media & Entertainment: Litigation respondentUSAI trust Eleanor implicitly.
Media & Entertainment: Litigation respondentUSA
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Christine Lepera
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Eleanor M. Lackman
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Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has rankings in the following guides
Band 3 USA 2026
Practice area: Media & Entertainment: Litigation
Location: California
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