Name Michael Fricklas | Role Counsel | |
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Michael D. Fricklas a prominent American lawyer and business executive who served was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Viacom Inc. (and preceding companies) from 1993 to 2017, and General Counsel from 1998 to 2017. Before that, he was Vice President and General Counsel of Minorco (U.S.A.) Inc. (now part of Anglo American PLC) and a lawyer with Shearman & Sterling and a predecessor of DLA Piper.
Fricklas is secretary and a member of the Board of Trustees of Jazz at Lincoln Center, and is the Past President of the Association of General Counsel. He was a member of the board of Blockbuster Inc. from 2004 to 2005. He is also on the board of overseers of Boston University and the board of visitors of Boston University School of Law. He serves on the New York State Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York and on the Advisory Board of the Legal Aid Society. He is a co-chair of the Entertainment, Media and Communications division of the UJA-Federation of New York.
Fricklas speaks extensively on copyright issues and corporate governance. In copyright he argues for a balanced copyright law that seeks effective, due process based, solutions against piracy, while at the same time recognizing the importance of fair use and other limitations.</re name="spkrbio"/>
He was the lead lawyer for Viacom in the case Viacom v. YouTube and has written and spoken extensively on the subject.