Selected by
Best Lawyers in America

The Mulraine Group is proud to announce that Best Lawyers in America has selected Attorney Loren Mulraine to its peer review list again for the 4th consecutive year. Loren has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in 2023, 2024, 2025 and again in 2026 for his outstanding professional excellence.

According to its website, Best Lawyers in America is one of the nation’s leading publications for attorney rankings, for which it partners with U.S. News & World Report. Best Lawyers is published internationally in nearly 70 countries and compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Founded in 1981 and first published in 1983, Best Lawyers is the oldest lawyer-rating publication in the U.S., and the gold standard for accuracy and integrity.

Inclusion among Best Lawyers is a significant honor and our firm is proud to have representation again in this year’s issue. Loren has been placed among the best legal talent in the world, case closed.

Our Services

We advise clients in multiple practice areas including:

Entertainment Law | Business Law | Artist & Producer Contracts
Copyright Licenses | Trademark & Brand Management | Athlete NIL Rights
Sports Law | Media & Digital Rights | Licensing
Technology & AI | Publishing

Law Journal Publications

Loren is a thought leader in academia and has published in the following journals.

  • VANDERBILT JOURNAL of ENTERTAINMENT and TECHNOLOGY LAW

  • UIC REVIEW OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

  • AIPLA LAW JOURNAL

  • AKRON LAW REVIEW

  • HOWARD LAW JOURNAL

  • MARQUETTE LAW REVIEW

  • BELMONT LAW REVIEW

Trending News…

OpenAI defeats news outlets' copyright lawsuit over AI training, for now

A New York federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence giant OpenAI that claimed it misused articles from news outlets Raw Story and AlterNet to train its large language models.

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Metallica v. Napster

The Metallica debacle over Napster has shaped how we digitally acquire music since 2000, and it’s arguably one of the most notable court cases in music history. Once Metallica discovered Napster had been sharing their music through peer-to-peer services, they sought $10 million in damages and ultimately got their songs taken off the site. Once it shut down, countless others stepped in to push illegal downloads to the curb. Guitarist Kirk Hammett recently reflected on the suit on the Let Thre Be Talk podcast, stating the band “didn’t make a difference” in the grand scheme of things.

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Ohio High School Board Opens Up NIL Deals For Athletes

The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced that it will now allow student-athletes to earn money from contracts for their name, image and likeness, following an Ohio court's temporary pause on a bylaw that banned such deals.

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Ed Sheeran beats copyright appeal over 'Thinking Out Loud' song

Ed Sheeran, his record label Warner Music and music publisher Sony Music Publishing persuaded a U.S. appeals court on to uphold a decision that his 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud" did not illegally copy Marvin Gaye's 1973 classic "Let's Get It On."

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Perplexity says will defend itself in the Dow Jones, New York Post lawsuit

Perplexity said the allegations of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed by Dow Jones and the New York Post were misleading, and vowed to defend itself.

Legal Insights

“I am quoted as saying, ‘the law is always chasing technology.’ This has particularly been the case in copyright law. We are now in an era where the law must catch up to a number of monumental developments in how popular songs are composed. Essentially, the composition process in popular music has merged with the production process. This will require a new approach to how we look at originality, the distinctions between the PA and SR copyright, and what courts will need to consider in copyright infringement cases. Add in the ubiquitious nature of artificial intelligence and its influence on creatives, and we are in store for some interesting developments in the coming years.”

- Loren Mulraine