A former fashion model turned fashion lawyer explains California and New York modeling contracts, international agency placements, and the terms that can affect a model’s money, image, career, and legal rights. Before I became a …
Music Law Analysis: Jermaine Dupri’s $18M Sony Royalty Fight
Jermaine Dupri and his So So Def companies have sued Sony Music Entertainment in federal court in New York, alleging the label owes them more than $18 million in unpaid and underreported royalties. The claims …
How Do You Become a Model? Tips from a Model Turned Fashion Lawyer
“How do you become a model?” is one of the most common questions I receive as a former fashion model who now practices fashion and entertainment law, with a focus on modeling law. I hear …
Ms. Uduak to Speak at the 2021 Music Business Seminar Series
This is an invitation to have you join me for the 2021 Music Business Seminar Series to be held by California Lawyers for the Arts. The series kicks off on February 10, 2021, with fellow …
#FashionLaw – H & M Closes its Stores in South Africa After Protests Over ‘Coolest Monkey’ Hoodie
The fallout continues for H & M over the controversial advertisement previously placed on its UK e-commerce website showing a black male model child in a green hooded sweatshirt with ‘Coolest Monkey in the Jungle’ inscribed …
#FashionLaw – Kenyan Mom of Black Child in H & M “Monkey” Hoodie Defends Ad @HM
In my article titled “Coolest Monkey” Hoodie: 8 Ways Fashion Brands Can Avoid H & M’s Dreaded PR Nightmare addressing the H&M hoodie controversy, one of the tips I discussed was that fashion advertisers should avoid …
“Coolest Monkey” Hoodie: 8 Ways Fashion Brands Can Avoid H & M’s Dreaded PR Nightmare @HM #FashionLaw
In the late 1990s, I had the opportunity to visit Sweden. It is a beautiful country with beautiful people. One of the things that stood out for me during my visit was how the Swedes, …
France now requires fashion models to have medical certificates in order to work
Fashion models in France will need to provide medical certificates proving they are healthy in order to work, after a new law was introduced banning those considered to be excessively thin. Fashion industry told to …
Woke models: how activism became fashion’s latest must-have #FashionLaw
You can tell a lot about an era by its fashion models. In the 60s, the spirit of the youthquake was personified by the wide-eyed, Bambi-limbed Twiggy. In the early 90s, nothing said “sod the …
The true story behind the demise of Trump Models Management
In October, the phones rang less. On November 9, they flatlined. All over New York, people were walking around teary-eyed, but at Trump Models’s airy white office in SoHo, things were even bleaker. “It was …