Neutral, party appointed Arbitrator or Panel Chair in hundreds of complex business, contract and commercial disputes involving entertainment industry issues, e.g., author’s rights, talent contract disputes, interpretation of film production/distribution provisions, and music, recording and theatrical production agreements, ancillary rights, television, book publishing and other media and communications matters, as well as international intellectual property, technology, copyright, trademarks, branding, unfair competition and domain name (UDRP) disputes. Selected to serve as Standing Arbitrator for major international franchisor/franchisee disputes and, as Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for Time Warner Inc., 1978-1993, directed and supervised outside litigation/arbitration counsel in connection with disputes in jurisdictions throughout the world with more than 1,000 cases involving copyright and trademark infringement, unfair competition, trademark dilution, record and film piracy, trademark counterfeiting, and general licensing and contract disputes.