Legislation presented by U.S. Senate Banking Committee chairman, Chris Dodd is working its way through the legislative process. The proposed “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009” could make it significantly harder for film producers to utilize some of the most common investor-financing models to fund the budgets of their films. The bill is viewed by ...
California business owners have recently been plagued by phony notices suggesting that they're in danger of losing their corporate status, or being subjected to fines. These official-looking notices from organizations with names like "corporate compliance center" request a fee and completion of a form to ensure the ...
Recommended reading: Andrew J. Contigula's blog has a good summary of last week's Supreme Court argument in FCC v. Fox Television Stations. The case is being closely followed by entertainment and communications lawyers, and deals with the Federal Communications Commission's enforcement efforts against 'indecent' speech and broadcasts containing "fleeting expletives", such as those uttered ...
Over on my other site - Theatrelawyer.com, I've just posted an article I wrote for the Western Arts Alliance entitled "Tax Withholding: An unwieldy burden for entertainers and the organizations that hire them."
(Preston v. Ferrer) Congratulations to my friend and colleague Joe Schleimer, who successfully argued the case of Preston v. Ferrer before the United States Supreme Court. The Court ruled today ...
Within 48 hours striking screenwriters will vote on a tentative deal reached late last week between their union, Writer's Guild of America, and TV and Film networks and producers. If the rank-and-file vote in favor of the proposed deal, writers could be back to work ...