Oppenheim + Zebrak Law, LLP

The copyright group at Washington DC and New York-based intellectual property boutique firm Oppenheim + Zebrak Law, LLP leverages the bench strength of its team to represent major book and music publishers and record companies (including Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, Harper Collins, and Penguin Random House), involved in high-value infringement litigation. Especially of note is the firm’s involvement in UPMG, Concord Publishing, and ABKCO’s high-profile suit against Anthropic over the use of copyrighted material to train its generative AI system Claude. The group is headed in DC by music industry expert Matt Oppenheim and Scott Zebrak, who brings longstanding copyright and litigation experience to matters involving digital media and disruptive technologies. Alex Kaplan, a specialist in mass litigation brought by clients against social media companies and ISPs, heads the NY office, where Jenny Pariser, who arrived in September 2023 from the Motion Picture Association, draws on an extensive background in online copyright law. Also in DC, Michele Harrington Murphy acts in complex federal litigation involving counterfeiting, digital rights enforcement, licensing, and royalties disputes, and Jeff Gould acts in high-value matters for clients in the recording industry. Experienced copyright and trademark litigators Nick Hailey and Corey Miller in DC were promoted to partner in December 2023.