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The Hollywood Reporter: Power Lawyers 2023: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys List

April 12, 2023

The Hollywood Reporter has named O’Melveny partners Amy Siegel and Molly Lens to its prestigious 2023 “Power Lawyers” list. The special report spotlights the “100 most influential attorneys in the entertainment industry” who are “negotiating top-dollar deals and arguing high-stakes legal battles.” Siegel, co-head of O’Melveny’s Entertainment, Sports and Media Group, was honored as a “Power Lawyer” for the fourth consecutive year. The Hollywood Reporter noted that Siegel “made waves” when she advised Korean entertainment company CJ ENM on its acquisition of an 80% stake of Endeavor Content for US$850 million. The Hollywood Reporter’s profile of Lens, co-head of O’Melveny’s Entertainment, Sports, and Media Group, highlighted her work “on the front lines of high-profile copyright termination disputes.” Lens is currently defending Paramount Pictures in a copyright lawsuit over the billion-dollar Oscar-nominated blockbuster film Top Gun: Maverick and is representing Marvel in a series of lawsuits against writers and artists seeking copyright termination rights for several iconic characters. This is the third year that Lens has been named a “Power Lawyer.”

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