Jay Rosenthal Email & Phone Number

I am a partner at MSK in the firm's Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles offices, and a member of MSK's Motion Picture, Television, and Music Transactions Practice Group. I primarily focus on providing services for my clients throughout the entertainment and copyright industries including representation of talent, production companies, and trade associations, on all public policy, transactional, and litigation matters, with special emphasis on the movie and music industries. I have extensive experience representing entertainment industry clients before Congress, the Copyright Office and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Organization. I also represent and file Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust submissions on behalf of corporate clients with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. I recently closed and assisted clients in closing transactions with numerous top line and independent movie production companies. My clients include (or have included) actor Dave Bautista, the National Music Publishers’ Association, Bob Segar, Salt-N-Pepa, Herby Azor (Herby Luv Bug), Don Henley, Mya, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Emoticast, Tresona Multimedia, Thievery Corporation, ESL Music, Mya, Comedian Robert Schimmel, and monument maker Robert Berks. Prior to joining MSK, I served as Senior Vice-President and General Counsel at the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA). In that role, I represented the interests of, and worked extensively with, almost all of the major and independent music publishers in the United States. Most significantly, and in addition to the standard responsibilities of, general counsels, I worked extensively on developing and implementing the NMPA Late Fee and Modernization Programs; worked with stakeholders like the Recording Industry Association of American, and other domestic and international stakeholders and organizations, on national and international anti-piracy matters, and counseled NMPA on copyright policy and reform.

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