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In-House Counsel

Jun. 20, 2013

Jeffrey Harleston

Universal Music Group Santa Monica


In September 2012, following 10 months of regulatory questioning, the European Commission and Federal Trade Commission finally approved Universal Music Group's $1.9 billion purchase of EMI Music's label assets. Who knew that the rights to the songs from The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and Frank Sinatra were such a big deal?


Harleston fielded questions from the FTC, which was concerned with the effects of two of the four major music labels converging, specifi...

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