Dixon Dern, Influential Entertainment Lawyer, Dies at 97

Dixon Dern, a foundational figure in entertainment law, died on July nineteenth at ninety-seven. According to Variety, Dern earned his law degree from Stanford and moved to Los Angeles in the nineteen-fifties, as television was reshaping American media. His career centered on pioneering innovative business structures and deals that helped shape modern entertainment law, leaving an imprint on an industry he helped build.

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