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William M. Kaplan

Legal Expertise

Entertainment law with an emphasis on music publishing, motion picture music law and copyright law.

 

Representative Matters

  • More than 35 years representing major motion picture studios, record companies, music publishers and recording artists handling the music aspects of such diverse motion pictures as Easy Rider, Nashville, Beverly Hills Cop, Five Easy Pieces, Billy Jack and The Last Picture Show.

Of Counsel - Los Angeles


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Phone:

  (310) 312-3110

Fax:

  (310) 312-3786
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Practice Area

Industry Focus

Recording industry, music publishing, motion picture music

Education Collapse

  • Yale University, LL.B., 1951
  • Syracuse University, B.A., 1948

Court Admissions Collapse

  • California, 1968
  • New York, 1952

Publications and Presentations Expand

  • Speaker on music publishing, the recording industry, and music aspects of the motion picture industry before various organizations, including:
    • U.S. Copyright Society
    • Los Angeles Copyright Society,
    • Beverly Hills Bar Association,
    • Los Angeles County Bar Association,
    • California Copyright Conference,
    • Copyright Society of the South,
    • Seminars and conferences at USC and UCLA

Other Career Experience Expand

  • Practiced law in New York City from 1952 to 1959;
  • American Broadcasting Companies, Inc (1959 to 1967)
  • Director of Legal and Business Affairs for ABC's record and music publishing companies