Oppenheim + Zebrak, LLP

Oppenheim + Zebrak, LLP (“O+Z”), is a dynamic litigation boutique founded by attorneys with extensive experience protecting content and brands.

Top-tier clients in creative and innovative industries rely on O+Z for compelling advocacy, strategic counseling, and decisive action in complex legal matters. O+Z’s attorneys hail from prestigious firms and have litigated some of the most prominent copyright and internet matters of our time. Managing IP magazine in 2021 named the firm one of the top two law firms in the United States in the field of copyright, and Billboard magazine has named managing partner Matt Oppenheim and co-founding partner Scott Zebrak to its Top Music Lawyers list for 2020, 2021, and 2022.

O+Z’s practice areas include: 

• Anti-piracy
• Anti-counterfeiting
• Brand protection
• Content protection
• Contract, licensing and royalty disputes
• Copyright
• DMCA safe-harbors, notices, and subpoenas
• Fraud and theft protection
• Gray market goods
• Off-shore and anonymous infringers
• Trademark
• Unfair competition

In an ever-evolving marketplace, O+Z regularly navigates application of the law to emerging technologies as well as shifting business models and consumer behavior. And while the firm prefers to help clients avoid the courtroom, its attorneys have deep experience in successfully litigating and trying cases.

In recent years, O+Z has notched remarkable wins for its clients, most notably in high-profile copyright litigation against Cox Communications in which O+Z secured a $1 billion jury verdict on behalf of the major record companies and music publishers in 2019. Throughout 2020 and 2021, O+Z successfully defended that judgment from being reversed or vacated.In 2022, O+Z secured for the music industry an $83 million judgement against two pernicious stream-ripping sites. On behalf of the book publishing industry, O+Z successfully challenged and had enjoined an unlawful e-book licensing law in Maryland.On behalf of the largest educational publisher in the world, Pearson Education, O+Z sued Chegg for illegally distributing answers to textbook questions.O+Z also brought suit on behalf of a group of five educational publishers against Shopify, for providing a platform for known copyright and trademark infringers.

Behind the scenes, O+Z serves as the go-to copyright and technology counsel for both the music and book publishing industries, addressing cutting edge issues on a regular basis.