Richard Chernick, Vice President and Managing Director of JAMS' Arbitration Practice, has conducted hundreds of large and complex arbitrations and mediations. Many matters involved the entertainment industry including the following representative cases.
Representative Mediations
- Contractual claims between producer and film distributor
- Copyright infringement claims involving the music industry
- Copyright infringement claim involving a television commercial
- Dispute between investors and producers of a documentary film series
- Dispute between recording artist and record label
- Dispute concerning loss of valuable entertainment industry product by a bailee
- Disputes between owner of cartoon properties and licensee
- Partnership dispute in video distribution business
- Trade name and personal privacy right claim by sports celebrity against advertiser and agency
Representative Arbitrations
- Contractual claims by owner of syndicated cartoon properties against distributor
- Contract dispute involving vertical integration issues in television syndication
- Dispute between international partners of film production and distribution business
- Dispute between professional sports teams involving a player trade
- Disputes between talent and agencies (SAG, JAMS and AAA administered arbitrations)
- Dissolution and post-dissolution trademark and contractual claims among members of musical group
- Dissolution of reality television production company and disposition of assets
- Idea submission claim involving a television series
- International licensing dispute in winter sports industry
- Profit participation and other contractual claims by producer against network
- Wrongful discharge and contractual claims by high-level executive of concert promoter
- Wrongful discharge claim by magazine executive against major entertainment conglomerate
- Wrongful discharge of an entertainment industry executive holding stock options in employer
- Wrongful termination claim by musician against network
