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Entertainment Law

Nov. 18, 2015

Daniel M. Petrocelli

O'Melveny & Myers LLP Los Angeles

Almost 35 years ago, Petrocelli's first entertainment case involved disco queen Donna Summer and her suit against his record company client. A deposition turned heated, then violent. "Someone threw an ashtray across the room," Petrocelli recalled. "It almost hit me, though I wasn't the intended target. It was then that I realized that entertainment could be a dangerous field."

The lesson stayed with him during his high-pressure representation of...

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