Anne B. Easton is an associate in the Entertainment, Technology and Advertising Practice Group in the firm's Century City office.
Areas of Practice
Anne’s practice involves all areas of entertainment law, with a primary focus on film, television and digital media. including rights acquisitions, development and production matters for both live action and animated TV, film and digital projects. She advises studios and distributors (such as Amazon Studios, Disney, and Spotify), networks (such as TelevisaUnivision), media companies and talent, including independent producers, production companies, influencers, writers, directors and actors, and has served as production counsel for numerous scripted and non-scripted productions. Anne also acts as an outside counsel business affairs advisor, counseling on fair use, infringement, and copyright law.
Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Anne worked in business and legal affairs at Entertainment One as in-house counsel in the film department.
Anne earned her law degree from New York Law School where she competed in the International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria and specialized in Entertainment, Media and Intellectual Property law. A native Californian, she received her bachelor’s degree from USC with distinctions.