Liquidated damages are referred to damages for breach of contract, except in consumer goods and certain real property transactions, determined in advance by parties to the contract. However, in California liquidated damages are unenforceable if…
Entertainment Law and Sports Law Production studios, teams, and famous individuals in the entertainment or sports industries require consultation and protection of their practices just as much as other businesses, if not more. In both…
What To Look For In An Artist Personal Manager’s Contract Artists might elect to secure professional services of a personal manager (i.e. talent manager) to further organize their professional career and hopefully open new vistas…
Nuts and Bolts of Copyright: Creation, Protection, Length and Ownership Copyright law today not only protects authors or publishers from making unauthorized copies, but also copyright law encompasses other rights including without limitation a “derivative…
What is a Mutual Fund? Among the various financial tools available to investors, a mutual fund is an option to pool together money so that investors can collectively invest in bonds, stocks, and assets. This…
Motion Picture Financing Procuring and securing financial backing from investors constitutes the sine qua non of entertainment deals. In fact, lack or dearth of money is translated into death knell of the deal especially a…
Often, businesses have information they would not and should not share with others. Such information could take the form of ideas, methods, devices, formulas, compilation, among other things. Let us explore what could work and…
What Are Implied In Fact and Implied In Law Contracts? Contracts can be even found to be formed based on the conduct or intent of the parties and not their mere express words evidenced in…
Film and TV production are rather largely dissimilar. Let us explore such esoteric variations in some detail. SOME BACKGROUND ON TV PRODUCTION Film production, arguably and relatively, embraces a larger number of independent producers compared…
