Program Agenda
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. | Check-in and Breakfast
10:00 - 10:15 a.m. | Welcome Remarks
Joseph Landau, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
Kayleigh Ristuben, Editor-in-Chief, Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal
Eleanor R. Grasso, Symposium Editor, Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal
10:15 - 11:05 a.m.| Keynote Address
Danielle Price Sanders, Executive Vice President, Republic Records
11:05 - 11:10 a.m.| Short Break
11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.| Do You Get Déjà Vu? Current Copyright Controversies
(1.0 CLE Credit)
Ed Shapiro, Partner, Entertainment and Media Industry Group, Reed Smith
Ilene Farkas, Partner, Pryor Cashman
Linna Chen, Senior Legal Counsel, Litigation & Copyright, Spotify
Moderator: Professor Sarah Matz, Professor, Fordham University School of Law & Partner, Adelman Matz PC
12:10 - 12:40 p.m. | Lunch Break
12:40 - 1:40 p.m. | Robotic Rhapsody: Generative AI and the Rise of Machine Music
(1.0 CLE Credit)
Paul Fakler, Partner, Mayer Brown
Alex Mitchell, Co-Founder & CEO, Boomy Corporation
Marc Ostrow, Senior Counsel, Romano Law PLLC
Moderator: Professor Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid, Fordham University School of Law
1:40 - 1:45 p.m. | Short Break
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. | Rhyme and Punishment: The Use of Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Criminal Trials
(1.0 CLE Credit)
Professor Amber Baylor, Clinical Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law
Professor Erik Nielson, Professor and Chair, Department of Liberal Arts, University of Richmond
Kenan Kurt, Chief of Staff, New York State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Emerson Sykes, Senior Staff Attorney, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project American Civil Liberties Union
Moderator: Professor Bennett Capers, Fordham University School of Law
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Reception
