Devereux Chatillon
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP 

Devereux Chatillon is a media and commercial litigator in the Litigation Practice of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP. During her career, Ms. Chatillon has worked in all facets of the media and entertainment industry, including most recently as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Scholastic Corporation, the global children's publishing, education and media company. Ms. Chatillon has also counseled and represented book publishers, movie studios, magazines, newspapers, internet content providers, television and cable entities, and independent film producers. Ms. Chatillon has extensive intellectual property experience, including transactional and contract work, counseling and litigation ranging from the memoirs of Gerald Ford to the last volume of the Harry Potter series.

Ms. Chatillon is a frequent speaker on topics of interest to the publishing and content industries, including all aspects of the proposed Google Book Settlement, the state of fair use under copyright law, to techniques to combat piracy online.

Website: www.sonnenschein.com


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