Partner Jeffrey S. Becker was interviewed on The What Podcast regarding the force majeure clause often featured in entertainment-industry contracts and its effect on COVID-19 cancellations.. The What Podcast is a weekly...
Partner Michelle M. Wahl will host a webinar tomorrow for Women in Music (WIM) Chicago on “Copyright vs. COVID-19 – What Content Creators Should Know.” Via an online presentation and Q&A, Wahl...
Partner Jeffrey S. Becker is quoted in today’s Chicago Tribune regarding the potential cancellation of the Lollapalooza and Pitchfork music festivals due to coronavirus concerns. According to the article, Are...
April 7, 2020
Chicago Lawyer Magazine Interviews Wahl on City’s Expanding Entertainment Legal Market
Chicago Lawyer Magazine interviewed Entertainment and Media Law partner Michelle M. Wahl for her thoughts on Chicago’s expanding entertainment legal market. In “Hitting the Right Notes,” Wahl tells...
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP’s Entertainment and Media Law Practice Group has published its latest newsletter. Show Canceled? Release Delayed? A Musician’s Guide to COVID-19 and “Force Majeure” provides...
March 6, 2020
O’Toole Authors Article on Millennial Lawyers and Technological Competence in DRI Young Lawyers Newsletter
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP associate Nicole E. O’Toole authored an article in the latest issue of “Raising the Bar,” newsletter of DRI’s Young Lawyers Committee. O’Toole’s article...
February 13, 2020
Wahl Speaks On Women in Sports and Entertainment Law Panel
Partner Michelle M. Wahl spoke on a Women in Sports and Entertainment Law Panel this week hosted by DePaul University College of Law and UIC John Marshall Law School’s Entertainment and Sports Law Societies. Wahl spoke...
January 2, 2020
Recent Law School Graduates Join Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP announces that five recent law school graduates have joined the firm’s Chicago office as associates. Maura J. Ashe focuses her practice on Medical Negligence and Healthcare, Product Liability
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP is a proud Festival Sponsor of the 55th Chicago International Film Festival this month. Partner Jeffrey S. Becker will be a panelist at Industry Days, the festival’s hub for...
September 26, 2019
Illinois Wesleyan University Profiles Becker for Billboard Honor
Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU) profiled alumnus and Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP partner Jeffrey S. Becker for his recentBillboard Magazine Top Music Lawyers honor. Becker received a Bachelor of Arts degree from IWU