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Professor Kevin Greene of Thomas Jefferson School presented a lecture titled “Straight Outta Lawsuits: Hip-Hop Music and the Bane of Copyright” on February 22 at IU McKinney. His talk was part of the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation’s Distinguished Lecture Series.

Professor Greene is a nationally recognized scholar in the area of IP and entertainment law. He practiced law at the Wall Street firm of Cravath Swaine & Moore, where he represented Time-Warner/HBO. He later joined the New York firm of Frankfurt Garbus Klein & Selz, where he represented clients in the entertainment industry, including Spike Lee, Public Enemy, Gerald Rivera, and Bobby Brown.

“His inquiry on the intersection of race, culture and intellectual property is thought-provoking, as he is also among the first scholars to develop legal scholarship in this intersectionality,” said Professor Xuan-Thao Nguyen, director of the IP Center at IU McKinney. “I am grateful that the Sports and Entertainment Law Society and the Black Law Students Association have co-sponsored Professor Greene’s visit with the Center. Professor Greene will hold a separate workshop with SELS and BLSA on the nuts-and-bolts of entertainment law practice. His experience and networking will be extremely valuable to our students.”

In the photo from left are IU McKinney Dean Andrew R. Klein, Professor Greene, and Professor Nguyen.