From the University of Southern California Law News Service 
 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071 
 Contact: Gilien Silsby at (213) 740-9690 or (213) 500-8673
 
 Media advisory
 
 USC legal experts available
 
 JACK LERNER, law professor and acting director of the USC Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, is available to discuss the Writers Guild of America’s tentative accord with the studios. He can also talk about:
- the nuts and bolts of the accord
 - how the strike relates to general industry upheaval due to new technologies, like the Internet
 - what the future holds for the writers and the studios
 
Lerner can be reached at 213-740-9013 (office) or 415-577-2455 (cellular).














