• Business Operations
• Commercial Speech, Advertising and Promotional Regulations
• Acquisitions and Commercial Transactions
• Media Law and the Internet
• Political Broadcasting

• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Labor & Employment Litigation
• Labor, Employment & Immigration

Godfrey & Kahn provides legal counsel to the news media both in Wisconsin and nationally, representing newspapers, magazines and the broadcast media. Our clients include the daily newspapers in Milwaukee and Madison as well as newspapers and television and radio stations throughout the state. Since 1985, the firm has maintained a legal "hotline" for members of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, and the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, which we also represent.

Our media practice covers every aspect of corporate media. The firm's attorneys have represented clients in a wide range of matters including:

• Sale and purchase of media properties of all types and sizes
• Tax and antitrust issues
• Challenges to independent contractor status and claims for employee benefits
• Copyright, trademark and domain name protection
• Book publishing and distribution, including author contracts