| Mr. Edward Klaris |
| Edward J. Klaris is the general counsel of The New Yorker. He is responsible for all intellectual property, First Amendment, privacy, newsgathering, licensing, publishing and Internet-related legal matters for the magazine as well as for the magazine's editorial and e-commerce websites. Mr. Klaris is an adjunct professor of law at Columbia University School of Law where he teaches a seminar entitled, “Publishing Law From Print to Digital.” Prior to joining The New Yorker, Mr. Klaris was counsel at ABC, Inc. where he handled media law, intellectual property and FCC matters for ABC News, ABC-owned TV and radio stations, ABC Entertainment and ABCNews.com. He started his legal career working at what is now Davis Wright Tremaine in New York, where he primarily represented media defendants in libel, privacy and intellectual property litigations. Mr. Klaris is the Chair of the Committee on Media Law of the New York State Bar Association; he is on the Governing Committee of the ABA Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries; he is Chair of the Editorial Subcommittee of the Magazine Publishers Association Legal Affairs Committee; he is on the board of the Medial Law Resource Center Institute; and he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Pilobolus Dance Theatre. Mr. Klaris lectures regularly around the country and has been published in both legal and mainstream publications. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vassar College and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Arts & Entertainment Law Journal at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law where he earned his J.D. |
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