Richard S. Busch is a partner in the litigation section of King & Ballow. Prior to joining the firm in 1991, Mr. Busch served as law clerk to the Honorable John V. Parker, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
Mr. Busch received his law degree from Loyola University Law School where he was a member of the Loyola University Law Review and the Moot Court Board, serving as Spring National Team coach. In addition, Mr. Busch received the American Jurisprudence Award for Secured Transactions and the Fishman Award as the outstanding commercial law student for the 1988-89 school year. Mr. Busch was a Contributing Editor to Vitello, More Noise From The Tower of Babel = Making “Sense” out of Reves v. Ernst & Young, 56 Ohio State Law Journal 1363, and is a member of the Nashville, Louisiana and American Bar Associations.
Mr. Busch has successfully represented music clients in numerous trials and appellate court cases. Most recently, in the action styled F.B.T. Productions, LLC v. Aftermath Records, et al., Mr. Busch represented the plaintiff, who discovered, produced, and co-wrote some of recording artist Eminem’s biggest hits, in the landmark case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit entered judgment in favor of F.B.T., finding that the agreements between record label Universal and digital download providers like iTunes, are licenses, and Eminem’s recording agreement entitles him and F.B.T. to 50% of Universal’s net receipts for sales by iTunes and others of Eminem songs. The full decision may be found at 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 18450 (9th Cir. Sept. 3, 2010). Mr. Busch is currently representing many other artists in similar lawsuits and in connection with similar claims.
