What Does a Finder Agreement Encompass in Motion Picture Deals? Dollars are what an entertainment project desperately needs to get off the ground. To find the dollars, producers or production companies often resort to people…
What Are Some Salient Contracts Provisions for Televising Live Events? To live broadcast an event, producers or broadcasters must obtain permission from sponsors. The sponsors could be the ones owning or performing the event in…
Fundamentals of Negative Pickup Financing Contracts Negative Pickup Financing accords film producers a medium to procure financing for their motion picture. Unsurprisingly, such method of financing is replete with perils for the unwary and in…
What Are Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions? Covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) are the rules set out by a homeowners’ association (HOA) with regards to homes in a planned community. Not all communities fall under this…
Arbitration is a binding dispute- resolving mechanism that takes place outside of a courtroom. An arbitrator, who is a third party, is presented documents and oral arguments by both sides of the case, often represented…
Trademarking Essentials in California Trademarks are one of the many protections afforded under Intellectual Property (IP) law. The purpose of a trademark is to distinguish a good through its use of a design, word, symbol,…
Dissolution Of A LLC The mechanism(s) to dissolve a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”)in California is encapsulated, to a large extent, in California Corporations Code Section 17707.01. Nonetheless, the application of the mechanisms set forth in the…
Overview of Penal Code 476 PC According to California Penal Code 476 PC, it is illegal to intentionally defraud another individual by using a check that is believed to be valid by the victim. This…
Merchandising Agreement For Motion Pictures Parlaying film characters and corresponding film elements into commodities could proffer participants another financial conduit. Yet, not every motion picture is a proper conduit and not every corresponding merchandise a…
