From the Los Angeles Lawyer

Attorney Eric Sefton joins From the Los Angeles Lawyer to discuss his piece, Practice Tips: Protecting Celebrity Likenesses in the Age of Generative AI - LA Lawyer Magazine, which can be found in the May/June 2026 Entertainment issue of Los Angeles Lawyer. Eric discusses how entertainers are using trademark law, right of publicity statutes, and new legislation to protect their likenesses and voices in the age of generative AI.

Tigran Palyan, 2026-2027 LACBA Family Law Section Chair, joins From the Los Angeles Lawyer to discuss the upcoming Summer Associate Program, sharing how listeners can apply, what they'll learn, and what makes a good candidate for the program.

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Stella Chang joins From the Los Angeles Lawyer to discuss her Practice Tips article, "What California Privacy Law Suggests About the Future of AI Regulation." Stella highlights the risks involved when AI is used to make consequential decisions in business, and analyzes possible models for AI regulation in California, with the current path pointing toward a structure based on privacy regulation.

Josh Tran joins to discuss his article, Franchise IP's New Frontier: Legal Issues in the Rise of Immersive Entertainment, featured in the Entertainment Issue of Los Angeles Lawyer magazine. With brand-new experiences like "Wizard of Oz at Sphere," Josh grapples with unresolved questions around rights scope, guild jurisdiction, talent approvals, and how existing legal frameworks will apply to formats that don't yet exist.

Attorney Gary Rotkop from Rotkop Law discusses updates to his Practice Tips article on legal compliance of health spas and IV centers in California, focusing on potential challenges and solutions for practitioners, entrepreneurs, and health care professionals. Find out what's changed, and what problems still lie ahead in this complex legal landscape.

Robby Naoufal joins From the Los Angeles Lawyer to discuss his Practice Tips piece, Practice Tips: Navigating Risk Areas in Private Equity and Venture Capital Investments, from the November/December issue of Los Angeles Lawyer magazine.

Kulsoom Ijaz and Minouche Kandel speak about their Los Angeles Lawyer series on the gaps in reproductive rights in California. Then Stephen Rohde reads an excerpt from his piece on the Trump administration's embrace of the Unitary Executive Theory. 

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