Perhaps the greatest support that the top music lawyers can offer to bring about change is to advocate for creators and clients as they speak out through their work. вЂњStakeholders at all levels started taking the extremely necessary and overdue steps to support changes within the industry.вЂќ вЂњWe have all been forced to reassess racism and social injustice,вЂќ says Adam Van Straten of Van Straten Solicitors. On this yearвЂ™s list are firms that have shaken up their ranks to become more diverse while acknowledging more needs to be done. The calls for racial and social justice heard across the nation, in the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 and the recent condemnations of anti-Asian violence, have resonated within the music business legal community as well. The outgoing assistant attorney general for the antitrust division, Makan Delrahim, urged a fresh DOJ review of the consent decrees every five years. Department of Justice official revealed in January that the DOJ had concluded its review of the decades-old consent decrees guiding the operation of ASCAP and BMI - without recommending change. In Washington, D.C., one of the longest-running legal dramas in the music business came to a surprising end when a U.S. That federal agency will open applications on AprilВ 8 for the $15В billion SVOG (Shuttered Venue Operators Grant) program.Д®ric Church's Crusade to Get Fans Vaccinated - And Bring Concerts Back Lawyers involved in the live-touring sector came to the aid of their clients by diving into an alphabet soup of pandemic relief packages: PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) and EIDL (Economic Injury Disaster Loan) administered by the SBA (Small Business Administration). Among the headline-grabbing transactions were Universal Music Publishing GroupвЂ™s acquisition of Bob DylanвЂ™s iconic catalog, Primary WaveвЂ™s creation of a joint venture with Stevie Nicks after acquiring a majority share of her publishing copyrights and the buying spree of Hipgnosis Songs Fund, which brought the catalogs of creators from 50 Cent to Shakira under its wide umbrella. Those helping clients to buy and sell recording and publishing catalogs were busier than ever.

Over the past tumultuous year, the leading music attorneys chosen for the 2021 edition of BillboardвЂ™s Top Music Lawyers - nominated by their firms and peers and chosen by our editors - have played an essential role. Nor did calls for greater fairness and equality, both within and beyond the music business.

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