Loren Mulraine spoke at the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP)’s 2025 Summer IP Institute on July 30 in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

The three-day event featured several educational panels and research presentations on current IP challenges such as patent reform, price controls, social media and copyright, and more. Loren joined the Fair Use After Warhol / Google panel, which discussed the impact of U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the copyright infringement lawsuits Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith and Google v. Oracle.

At the firm, Loren – who was recently honored in Best Lawyers in America for the third consecutive year – harnesses a deep understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries alongside his extensive legal skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. He has represented Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners; gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists; and professionals in the music, media, film/TV, theater, and sports industries. Loren is also a professor and director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies at Belmont University College of Law.

The Mulraine Group is pleased to announce that Loren Mulraine has been selected for inclusion in the 2026 edition of the Best Lawyers in America for outstanding professional excellence.

According to its website, Best Lawyers in America is one of the nation’s leading publications for attorney rankings as well as firm rankings, for which it partners with U.S. News & World Report. Best Lawyers is published internationally in nearly 70 countries and compiles its rankings based on annual peer reviews.

Inclusion among Best Lawyers is a significant honor and the firm is proud to have such strong representation in this year’s issue.

The Mulraine Group attorney, Loren Mulraine, authored an article recently published by the prestigious Vanderbilt Law School Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law.

In the piece, Reimagining the Music Industry: In Search of a More Perfect Union, Loren – a frequent guest speaker for Vanderbilt – champions a transformation of the music industry’s traditional business model into one that prioritizes more equitable relationships with artists. He outlines challenges inherent to current standard practices, opines that current copyright termination law under the Copyright Act of 1976 is insufficient, and explains why major labels must adapt in an era that increasingly allows artists to succeed without recording company support.

“Twenty-first century changes, including technological advances in distribution and access to information, have created an environment where modern-day artists are far more suspicious of entering into long-term contracts with record labels where the record companies have total control of their careers and 100 percent ownership of their masters,” Loren says. “The best strategy for long-term survival, continued growth, and success is for record labels to proactively create an environment where the artist-label relationship is truly a partnership. This new paradigm would include artists having equity in the ownership of their masters, shorter contract terms for record deals, full statutory rates on all mechanical royalties, recoupment being measured at net receipts instead of the artist’s royalty rate, recoupment triggering artist ownership of masters, and revised copyright termination language that simplifies the process for terminating transfers of copyright.”

At Spencer Fane, Loren’s understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries merges with his extensive legal skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. He has represented Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners; gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists; and professionals in the music, media, film/TV, theater, and sports industries. Loren is also a professor and director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies at Belmont University College of Law.

Read Loren’s full article here.

The Mulraine Group attorney, Loren Mulraine, moderated a May 16 panel at the 2025 Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

Recognized globally as a premier gathering, the SLA conference offers an unparalleled collaborative forum for sports law professionals. This year’s program, 50 Years Impacting the Future of Sports, was a particularly celebratory gathering featuring cutting-edge insights and growth alongside fellow enthusiasts dedicated to shaping the future of sports law. Loren moderated the breakout session, The Future of Music Licensing Issues in Sports.

At The Mulraine Group, Loren’s understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries merges with his extensive legal skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for justice. He has represented Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners; gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists; and professionals in the sports, music, media, film/TV, and theater industries.

The Mulraine Group Attorney, Loren Mulraine, presented at the Nashville Bar Association’s Annual Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Institute on December 6.

This all-day CLE event featured several sessions on significant entertainment law-related topics, including intellectual property, sports, creative arts, and technology developments. Loren’s presentation, Termination of Copyright Transfer Under 17 USC § 203, explored challenges related to Section 203 of the Copyright Act. He discussed issues related to the statute’s notice requirement, five-year window, and loopholes for loan-out companies and works for hire.

At the firm, Loren’s understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries merges with his extensive legal skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. He has represented Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners; gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists; and professionals in the music, media, film/TV, theater, and sports industries. Loren is also a professor and director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies at Belmont University College of Law.

The Mulraine Group attorney, Loren Mulraine, spoke at the October 25 iLead Law & Leadership Conference, a firm-sponsored student event in Nashville.

Hosted by Just the Beginning – a Pipeline Organization (JTB) at Vanderbilt University Law School, this free, one-day workshop allowed high school students to further develop their legal and leadership skills while exploring potential careers. Loren was part of the Legal Side of Media, Fashion, Sports, and Technology panel, which highlighted how law intersects with today’s most dynamic industries.

iLead is part of JTB’s various pipeline programs that serve to develop and nurture interest in the law among young persons from socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds underrepresented in the legal profession. Workshops were also held in Texas, Virginia, and Washington earlier this year.

Loren’s understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries merges with his extensive legal skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. He has represented Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners; gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists; and professionals in the music, media, film/TV, theater, and sports industries. Loren is also a professor and director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies at Belmont University College of Law.

The Mulraine Group attorney Loren Mulraine presented at the 2024 Fall IP Institute on September 19. This event is hosted by the University of Houston Law Center’s Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law and the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association.

Entering its 40th year, this three-day continuing legal education (CLE) event benefits hundreds of intellectual property professionals from across Texas and nationwide. Loren led the program’s Copyright Update on Thursday.

At the firm, Loren’s understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries merges with his extensive legal skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. He has represented Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners; gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists; and professionals in the music, media, film/TV, theater, and sports industries. Loren is also a professor and director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies at Belmont University College of Law.

The Mulraine Group is pleased to announce that Loren Mulraine has been selected for inclusion in the 2025 edition of the Best Lawyers in America for his outstanding professional excellence.

According to its website, Best Lawyers in America is one of the nation’s leading publications for attorney rankings as well as firm rankings, for which it partners with U.S. News & World Report. Best Lawyers is published internationally in nearly 70 countries and compiles its rankings based on annual peer reviews.

Inclusion among Best Lawyers is a significant honor and the firm is proud to have representation in this year’s issue.

The Mulraine Group attorney Loren Mulraine was a panel participant at the TAG Alliances 50th International Conference, which took place May 1-3, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt in Nashville. The global membership organization comprises three industry alliances: TAGLaw, TIAG, and TAG-SP. The organization’s law division boasts more than 160 leading independent law firms, across 90 countries.

The conference included a full agenda of engaging CLE sessions, keynote speeches, networking events, and guided tours for approximately 130 attendees from 24 countries. The Mulraine Group attorney  Loren Mulraine moderated a session titled, “It’s Showtime! Exploring Opportunities in the Entertainment, Hospitality/Tourism, and Alcohol Sectors.”

TAGLaw was notably recognized as an “Elite” 2024 alliance for the 11th time since Chambers and Partners began ranking international legal networks and alliances in 2013, the highest ranking offered by the preeminent, U.K.-based research firm. According to Chambers, rankings are determined by the quality of the member firms, the alliance’s global reach, and the value the alliance provides its members.

Loren Mulraine spoke at the 2024 American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries Spring Meeting on April 12 in Los Angeles. He participated on the panel, Generative A.I. and Music: Synthesizer, Sampler or Rise of the Machines?

During this CLE discussion, Loren and his fellow panelists outlined recent proposed legislation and litigation relevant to the music industry. The CLE focused on the functions of generative artificial intelligence to either “supercharge” or supplant the talents and abilities of recording artists and songwriters. Drawing from his experiences as both a recording artist and attorney, Loren explored topics such as copyright, trademark, and name and likeness laws, such as the United States Copyright Act, and key issues affecting artists’ ability to license their voice rights.

At The Mulraine Group, Loren’s understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries merges with his extensive and legal skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. He has represented Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners; gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists; and professionals in the music, media, film/TV, theater, and sports industries. Loren is also a professor and director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies at Belmont University College of Law.

The Mulraine Group attorney Loren Mulraine was a featured speaker for the Vanderbilt Law School’s annual JETLaw Symposium on February 8 in Nashville.

This year’s event, Music Law in the Music City, showcased some of the brightest scholars and practitioners in the fields of entertainment and technology law. In addition to hosting a keynote interview with Grammy winner Tammy Rogers King, the Symposium’s program explored Equity in Music, Artists’ Rights & Organized Labor, and Live-Event Ticketing. As a panelist for the Equity in Music session, Loren explained the need for a new paradigm in music industry contracts that will create fairer contractual relationships for artists.

At Spencer Fane, Loren merges an understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries with legal and business skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. His clients have included Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners; gold, platinum, and multiplatinum-selling artists; and professionals in the music, media, film/TV, theater, and sports industries. Loren is also a professor and director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies at Belmont University College of Law.

The Mulraine Group attorney Loren Mulraine spoke at the American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on Entertainment & Sports Industries’ 45th Annual Conference on October 6 in Las Vegas.

During the session, Sound-a-like Issues: From Midler v. Ford Motor Co. to Astley v. Hauri, Loren moderated a discussion between Suzanne Kessler, Loeb & Loeb’s Tim Warnock, and Mandell Menkes’ Peter Strand about the lawsuit singer Rick Astley recently filed against rapper Yung Gravy. The panelists analyzed the development of the doctrine prohibiting the creation and use of a person’s voice without permission and also discussed the application of those concepts to the use and misuse of AI.

The panel was part of the conference’s three-day programming featuring leading entertainment and sports attorneys discussing a wide spectrum of entertainment and sports topics. In addition to providing several presentations and keynotes for CLE credit, this ABA forum also afforded networking opportunities, receptions, breakfasts, lunches, and behind-the-scenes tours.

At The Mulraine Group, Loren merges an understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries with legal and business skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. His clients have included Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners; gold, platinum, and multiplatinum-selling artists; and professionals in the music, media, film / tv, theater, and sports industries. Loren is also a professor and director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies at Belmont University College of Law.

Loren Mulraine spoke at the Adventist Risk Management, Inc. 2023 Risk Management Conference on September 13 in Fort Meyers, Florida.

During the session – Copyright, Law and the Modern Church: Understanding the Legal Framework – Loren educated church leadership about copyright, licensing, and media risk. Attendees gained valuable insight on avoiding legal issues in the era of remote services, recorded worship, and content creation and distribution.

Loren’s presentation was one of several plenary sessions, interactive workshops, and breakout sessions at the conference. Held at the Marriott Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa, the event aimed to empower attendees in creating safer ministries at every organizational level.

At The Mulraine Group, Loren merges an understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries with legal and business skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. He is also a gospel artist, worship leader, and songwriter who serves as a professor and director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies at Belmont University College of Law.

Attorneys Peter Goplerud, Loren Mulraine, and James Crumlin led the formal launch of its Sports Law team at Spencer Fane LLP.

Comprising lawyers who have experience in corporate law, entertainment, higher education, intellectual property, and labor and employment, the group already has significant experiences in key aspects of name, image, and likeness (NIL) practice. The team handled legal and regulatory issues involving professional sports teams and executives, collegiate athletic programs, athletes, coaches and athletic directors, and NIL collectives.

“The rapid growth and overall complexity of NIL work, especially in relation to athletic organizations, has led to a rising demand for legal and regulatory assistance.” said Goplerud. “We look forward to meeting the growing Sports Law needs for our national clientele.”

“We look forward to continuing our work to help collectives, student-athletes, universities, teams, merchandisers, and others in the sports industry navigate the ever-changing legal environment and regulatory challenges,” said Crumlin.

“Every athlete, coach, institution, and club has a brand. This move is in response to the growing needs of our clients for Sports Law representation and to expand our long-standing work representing universities, athletes, coaches, and various collectives,” said Mulraine. “Our team understands the specific needs and responsibilities of our clients and, even more now, our clients will benefit from having a full range of legal resources and knowledge.”

Loren Mulraine has been selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of the Best Lawyers in America for his outstanding professional excellence.

According to its website, Best Lawyers in America is one of the nation’s leading publications for attorney rankings as well as firm rankings, for which it partners with U.S. News & World Report. Best Lawyers is published internationally in nearly 70 countries and compiles its rankings based on annual peer reviews.

Inclusion among Best Lawyers is a significant honor and the firm is proud to have such strong representation in this year’s issue.

Loren Mulraine participated on a panel for the April 28 virtual conference, Culture & IP: Analogs to Intellectual Property in Different Cultures. The event was hosted by the George Mason University Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2).

During the session,  Gatekeeping/Gateopening Intellectual Property in Cultural Expression, Loren and his fellow IP thought leaders examined and challenged the traditional boundary drawing of the IP industry. They also contemplated how expanding IP’s reach can better support underrepresented artists and expressive works. Loren highlighted the evolution of the music industry as an example.

“Historically, the balance of power between artists and corporate entities has been anything but balanced,” he said. He also noted that shifts in the industry, such as increased recording avenues and the rise of streaming, have started to change this power dynamic. As a result, “artists of color recognizing their value” have greatly contributed to musicians’ increased control of their creative work.

Loren was joined on the panel by Jordana Goodman of Boston University School of Law, Dr. Eden Sarid of the University of Essex Law School, and Dr. Anjali Vats of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Dr. Bhamati Viswanathan of New England Law served as moderator.

Loren merges an understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries with legal and business skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. He is also a Professor of Law and Director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies at the Belmont University College of Law.

View recordings of all the conference panels, including Loren’s, here.

Loren Mulraine spoke at the Copyright Society 2023 Midwinter Meeting earlier this year in Mirage, California. His CLE session comprised a friendly debate between teams.

During the presentation, The Great Copyright Debate: North v. South, two teams of copyright lawyers – each with an American and one Canadian – debated the virtues and flaws of the two countries’ different approaches to copyright law. Topics included fair use vs. fair dealing, notice and takedown vs. notice and notice, and work for hire vs. work made in the course of employment.

Loren was joined by Barry Fong of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt; Nicolas Charest and Jay Kerr-Wilson of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin; and Erin Smith Dennis, Music Counsel at Google/YouTube.

At Spencer Fane, Loren merges an understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries with legal and business skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. His clients have included Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners, gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists, and professionals in the music, media, film/TV, theater, and sports industries.

Learn more about the event’s agenda here.

Loren Mulraine spoke at the 2023 Adventist Radio Convention in Greensboro, North Carolina, on January 8.

The convention was hosted by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and centered on radio ministry. Loren, who was recognized by National Law Journal as a Sports/Gaming/Entertainment Trailblazer, discussed copyright and media law during his presentation.

At Spencer Fane, Loren merges an understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries with legal and business skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. His clients have included Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners, gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists, and professionals in the music, media, film/tv, theater, and sports industries.

Attorney Loren Mulraine presented at the Nashville Bar Association’s Annual Entertainment, Sports & Media Law Institute on December 2.

Loren’s presentation — Lights, Camera, Action: Tax Incentives for Film Makers — opened the Institute’s all-day, information-packed seminar. Conducted both in-person and virtually, the event allowed industry professionals to network and gain insight on current trends in the entertainment, sports, and media law space.

Loren merges an understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries with legal and business skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice. His clients have included Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners, gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists, and professionals in the music, media, film/tv, theatre, and sports industries. Earlier this year, he was recognized by the National Law Journal as a Sports/Gaming/Entertainment Trailblazer.

Attorney Loren Mulraine has been recognized as a Sports/Gaming/Entertainment Trailblazer by the National Law Journal as part of its 2022 class of honorees. The Trailblazer series honors “professionals who have moved the needle in the legal industry.”

In his profile, Loren explained how his unique practice gives him insight, saying, “The combination of practice and being a law school professor keeps me at the cutting edge of both the theory and the practice of entertainment law.”

At Spencer Fane, Loren merges an understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries with legal and business skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises and advocate for social justice. His clients have included Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners, gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists, and professionals in the music, media, film/tv, theatre, and sports industries.

A gospel artist, worship leader, and songwriter, Loren combines artistry and ministry in a way that crosses genre and age boundaries. He has released five solo albums, multiple singles and group projects, and session work, including the Grammy Award-winning Tribute: The Songs of Andrae Church.

Read Loren’s full Trailblazer profile here.

joined a panel with peers in the entertainment law space at the California Copyright Conference’s (CCC) Annual Music Legal Update Panel on October 19.

During his presentation, Loren addressed topical developments concerning music legislation, the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), deal-making trends, and key music-related litigation. He was joined on the panel by Kenneth Freundlich, Freundlich Law; and Benjamin Seilhamer, a student; while Garrett Johnson, Law Offices of Garrett M. Johnson, served as moderator.

Loren merges an understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries with legal and business skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises and advocate for social justice. His clients have included Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winners, gold-, platinum-, and multiplatinum-selling artists, and professionals in the music, media, film/TV, theatre, and sports industries.