Cain Expert Group

Entertainment Industry Expert Witnesses & Consultants

The entertainment expert witnesses for profit-participation and AI-likeness disputes.

The industry judgment behind the damages number — and what a name, likeness, and reputation are worth.

Cain Expert Group — 75+ combined years as film and television executives, producers, financiers, and creatives, and retained experts in multiple litigation matters. We explain how the business actually works, and what your client is owed.

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75+ combined years of experience

in film & television — executives, producers, distributors, creatives

8

expert-witness engagements

M&A and film financing

Over 180 films financed/produced, and $7.5+ billion in capital placed and/or managed — fluent in industry custom and damages

Harvard & Wharton educated

Cain (Harvard BA, Wharton MBA) and Spinks (Harvard JD)
Los Angeles based

The approach

Not the accountants who run the number. The industry practitioners and authorities who make it credible.

Most experts can model a projection or tally a statement. Fewer can testify to how the business actually works — what's customary in a deal, whether a charge is reasonable, what a project should have earned, what a likeness is worth. That industry judgment is what turns a damages figure into a conclusion a judge or jury will trust. We work alongside your forensic accountants and your trial team, for plaintiffs or defendants, to supply it.

Practice areas

Profit participation

Hollywood accounting & net-profits disputes

What a participant should have received once inflated distribution fees, self-dealt streaming licenses, and interest and overhead games are corrected.

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Right of publicity

AI likeness, deepfakes & NIL

What a name and likeness are worth in the market — and how a synthetic output was actually produced.

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Considering an industry expert for a matter?

Tell us about the case. We'll give you a straight read on whether we're the right fit — before anyone is retained.

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rob@cainexpert.com  ·  +1.310.663.8811