Partner Jeffrey S. Becker is a panelist at Lollapalooza University, a college course at DePaul University. The course is designed to offer full immersion in the annual Lollapalooza festival experience and a broad look at...
July 16, 2021
Entertainment and Media Law Newsletter: NCAA Allows Student-Athletes to Profit Off Name, Image and Likeness
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP’s Entertainment and Media Law Practice Group has prepared a client newsletter regarding the NCAA’s new interim policy that allows student-athletes to monetize their name, image and...
Partner Jeffrey S. Becker will speak Thursday at Lawyers for the Creative Arts’ presentation on “Music Publishing and the Mechanical Licensing Collective.” This year, the Mechanical Licensing Collective...
April 12, 2021
Becker Named to Billboard Magazine’s Top Music Lawyers List for Third Consecutive Year
Billboard Magazine named Jeffrey S. Becker, partner and chair of Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP’s Entertainment and Media Law Practice Group, to its 2021 Top Music Lawyers list for the third consecutive year. This...
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP announces that 12 attorneys have been selected for inclusion to the 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers list. Additionally, 13 Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP attorneys have been recognized as 2021...
January 11, 2021
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Attorneys Named Leading Lawyers, Emerging Lawyers for 2021
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP announces that 49 attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the 2021 Leading Lawyers list. Those designated Leading Lawyers were recommended by their peers to be among the top lawyers in...
November 18, 2020
Wahl Speaks at Virtual Music and IP Conference for Law Students
Partner Michelle M. Wahl spoke today on a virtual panel for UIC John Marshall Law School law students interested in intellectual property and music. “Music and Law Meets IP” was hosted by the school’s...
October 20, 2020
Becker Speaks on TikTok at Cardozo Law School
Partner Jeffrey S. Becker will be part of panel discussion tomorrow on “TikTok: The Clock’s Ticking on the App That’s Changing the Music Industry.” The panel, hosted by Cardozo School of Law’s...
October 12, 2020
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Sponsors General Counsel Session at ABA Entertainment and Sports Conference
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP is a session sponsor at the ABA’s 42nd Entertainment and Sports Industries 1st Virtual Conference this Thursday, October 12. “General Counsels in Entertainment and Sports,”...
August 24, 2020
Wahl Discusses “Copyrights Vs. COVID-19” in City of Chicago Cultural Affairs Virtual Program
Partner Michelle M. Wahl will discuss “Copyright Vs. COVID-19” tonight during a City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) virtual program. The artist enrichment class will also...