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DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
500 EIGHTH STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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James Stewart
Work Department
Media, Sport, Gaming and Entertainment; Consumer Goods, Food and Retail; Intellectual Property
Position
Associate
Career
James Stewart is an associate in the Intellectual Property and Technology practice and a member of the firm’s National Advertising Team. James focuses on advertising, marketing, branded entertainment and intellectual property issues. He counsels major brands, advertising and marketing agencies, prominent website operators, sports teams, cable, broadcast and streaming networks, and media companies.
James helps clients produce, acquire, distribute, and monetize content, structure and negotiate advertising and marketing agreements and navigate the intellectual property and contractual rights that affect how campaigns are activated and content is distributed across all media.
James prepares and negotiates intellectual property and advertising agreements, including influencer and celebrity endorsement agreements, sponsorship agreements, trademark and copyright licenses, content license agreements, merchandise license agreements, publishing agreements, and other license agreements related to advertising, marketing and entertainment initiatives.
James counsels clients on structuring and executing sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions to comply with state and federal anti-lottery and anti-gambling regulations governing on-line and off-line contest and sweepstakes promotions. In addition, James regularly works with clients on multi-national prize promotion initiatives.
James regularly conducts pre-publication advertising review and analyzes issues related to trademark, copyright, and right of publicity laws. James also counsels clients on compliance with FTC regulations, including the FTC’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
Languages
English, Spanish
Education
J.D., George Washington University Law School; B.A., Universidad de Navarra.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
(Rising stars)DLA Piper LLP (US)
has a solid reputation in the advertising and marketing space, with the full-service team acting across a wide array of industries, though most predominantly in the sports, esports, entertainment, media, and promotions industries. Key areas of expertise include advising on global sports sponsorship agreements, celebrity, influencer and athlete endorsement deals, sweepstakes and contests, structuring and negotiation of agency and media agreements, and social media campaigns. It also has capabilities in assisting clients with metaverse, NFTs and other new media-related advertising and marketing matters. Los Angeles-based Benjamin Mulcahy
chairs the national advertising team at the firm, and has extensive experience handling major sports and entertainment marketing matters, as well as digital media deals, for high-profile brands. In Washington DC, associate James Stewart focuses on celebrity and athlete endorsement agreements on behalf of brands for advertising campaigns.
Lawyer Rankings
- Rising stars United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory United States > Media, technology and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense