Daniels & Tredennick handles high-stakes disputes and deals across the sports, media, arts, and entertainment industries.
DT represents clients in litigation involving insurance coverage and recovery on behalf of teams and clubs, partnership and governance disputes, employment and coaching contracts, and intellectual property rights. DT’s clients include professional football, soccer, and basketball teams, as well as agencies, personalities, athletes, coaches, studios, artists, rights-holders, and executives.
When disputes arise, DT represents clients in matters involving copyright, trademark, and rights of publicity; royalty, accounting, and credit disputes; contract, agency, and employment issues; defamation and privacy claims; venue and event controversies; and urgent platform takedowns and injunctive relief. DT’s work includes enforcement actions for visual artists and photographers, as well as significant disputes for teams, clubs, and sports-related businesses.
DT also structures and negotiates the transactions that shape sports and entertainment businesses. DT attorneys handle production and distribution arrangements; recording, publishing, and synchronization licenses; brand partnerships and sponsorships (including name, image, and likeness arrangements); talent and agency agreements; gallery, museum, and merchandising deals; and live-event and venue contracts. They also handle clearance and chain of title so projects can be exploited and financed with fewer downstream issues.
From established teams, clubs, studios, athletes, coaches, and artists, to early-stage independent filmmakers, musicians, actors, agents, and managers, DT provides practical, business-minded counsel informed by experience on both the dispute and transactional sides.