Hoberman to MPAA general counsel

Entertainment industry attorney Henry Hoberman has been named global general counsel of the MPAA. Hoberman, who will start in November, will oversee all legal, content enforcement and rights management programs within the MPAA. He also will carry the title of senior exec VP. "Henry's experience within the film and television industry and his breadth of knowledge of the many serious challenges facing the entertainment community will be a tremendous resource to the MPAA,'' the org's chairman, Chris Dodd, said in a statement. Hoberman has been general counsel and secretary of RHI Entertainment since 2008. Before that, he spent a decade at the Walt Disney Co., including a stint as senior VP of ABC Inc., responsible for overseeing litigation and employment practices for all business units of ABC. Before joining ABC and Disney, Hoberman was an equity partner in the Media and Communications Group at Baker and Hostetler and an assistant United States attorney in Washington, D.C. He has also served as chairman of the board and a director of the Media Law Resource Center, a nonprofit, NY-based industry group dedicated to protecting freedom of the press. "For the millions of people whose jobs and livelihoods are dependent on the film and television industry, it is critically important that we protect the creative content that is at the heart of our industry, and it will be at the core of my mission at the MPAA," Hoberman said in a statement. Daniel Mandil, who had been the MPAA's general counsel and chief content protection officer, departed his post in March to join Viacom. Contact Ted Johnson at ted.johnson@variety.com

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