Variety has named IP/Media partner Todd Larson to its “Music Legal Elite 2025,” a list of the top attorneys in the music business.

The publication noted Todd as co-lead counsel to SiriusXM and Pandora in the Copyright Royalty Board Web VI proceeding, which will set royalty rates paid by non-interactive webcasters for the rights to publicly perform copyrighted sound recordings and make ephemeral copies of those recordings during the 2026-2030 period.

“We’re battling over the implications of the major labels’ market power and what adjustments need to be made to the benchmark rates to make them applicable to what you’d find in an effectively competitive market,” Todd told Variety.

Variety also noted that Todd, a guitar player since childhood, is currently the bassist in a Grateful Dead cover band.