{"id":107848,"date":"2025-02-06T12:02:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T20:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/06\/elite-biglaw-firm-swoops-in-to-the-rescue-offering-pro-bono-legal-work-for-la-fireaid-benefit-concert\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T12:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T20:02:35","slug":"elite-biglaw-firm-swoops-in-to-the-rescue-offering-pro-bono-legal-work-for-la-fireaid-benefit-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/06\/elite-biglaw-firm-swoops-in-to-the-rescue-offering-pro-bono-legal-work-for-la-fireaid-benefit-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite Biglaw Firm Swoops In To The Rescue, Offering Pro Bono Legal Work For LA FireAid Benefit Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo by ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Southern California communities ravaged by life-threatening wildfires<\/a> now have a Biglaw firm to thank for coming to the rescue when FireAid \u2014 the star-studded benefit concert that\u2019s raised more than $60 million thus far \u2014 hired them to assist on a pro bono basis, just two weeks before the event.<\/p>\n

Armed with a team of six associates, Stephen Fackler<\/a>, a Gibson Dunn partner based in Palo Alto and New York, volunteered to take the lead, advising on media distribution contracts, tax strategy, and charity solicitation regulations. The task, as Fackler explained to The Recorder<\/a>, wasn\u2019t an easy one.<\/p>\n

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Gibson Dunn\u2019s team began by identifying trends in state tax rules and which states had clear-cut rulings. This included reaching out to attorneys general and secretaries of state across the nation, Fackler said. \u2026<\/p>\n

FireAid also needed legal help to communicate with Ticketmaster to lock out the resale market for the concert tickets and to negotiate with other ticket resellers to ensure that scalpers didn\u2019t ruin the charitable initiative, Fackler said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Gibson Dunn also handled the review of some media distribution agreements for the concert, which was streamed on more than 25 platforms ranging from social media to traditional streaming services and even movie theaters like Regal and AMC Theaters.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe time challenge was extreme,\u201d Fackler told The Recorder. \u201cI was reviewing contracts as late as \u2026 hours before the concert started.\u201d Despite many difficulties involved with such short timeframe, Fackler and his team were able to get the job done \u2014 and done well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Gibson Dunn, and an even bigger congratulations to the many beneficiaries of the FireAid concert.<\/p>\n

How Gibson Dunn Lawyers Helped Assemble the LA FireAid Benefit Concert in \u2018Extreme\u2019 Time Crunch<\/a> [The Recorder]<\/span><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The post Elite Biglaw Firm Swoops In To The Rescue, Offering Pro Bono Legal Work For LA FireAid Benefit Concert<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Southern California communities ravaged by life-threatening wildfires<\/a> now have a Biglaw firm to thank for coming to the rescue when FireAid \u2014 the star-studded benefit concert that\u2019s raised more than $60 million thus far \u2014 hired them to assist on a pro bono basis, just two weeks before the event.<\/p>\n

Armed with a team of six associates, Stephen Fackler<\/a>, a Gibson Dunn partner based in Palo Alto and New York, volunteered to take the lead, advising on media distribution contracts, tax strategy, and charity solicitation regulations. The task, as Fackler explained to The Recorder<\/a>, wasn\u2019t an easy one.<\/p>\n

\n
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Gibson Dunn\u2019s team began by identifying trends in state tax rules and which states had clear-cut rulings. This included reaching out to attorneys general and secretaries of state across the nation, Fackler said. \u2026<\/p>\n

FireAid also needed legal help to communicate with Ticketmaster to lock out the resale market for the concert tickets and to negotiate with other ticket resellers to ensure that scalpers didn\u2019t ruin the charitable initiative, Fackler said. <\/p>\n

Gibson Dunn also handled the review of some media distribution agreements for the concert, which was streamed on more than 25 platforms ranging from social media to traditional streaming services and even movie theaters like Regal and AMC Theaters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe time challenge was extreme,\u201d Fackler told The Recorder. \u201cI was reviewing contracts as late as \u2026 hours before the concert started.\u201d Despite many difficulties involved with such short timeframe, Fackler and his team were able to get the job done \u2014 and done well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Gibson Dunn, and an even bigger congratulations to the many beneficiaries of the FireAid concert.<\/p>\n

How Gibson Dunn Lawyers Helped Assemble the LA FireAid Benefit Concert in \u2018Extreme\u2019 Time Crunch<\/a> [The Recorder]<\/p>\n

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\"Staci
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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Photo by ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images) Southern California communities ravaged by life-threatening wildfires now have a Biglaw firm to thank for coming to the rescue when FireAid \u2014 the star-studded benefit concert that\u2019s raised more than $60 million thus far \u2014 hired them to assist on a pro bono basis, just two weeks before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":107849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Staci-Zaretsky-I6U5ZM.jpeg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}