Eriq Gardner The Guild tells the judge about the huge stakes and why the case shouldn't get bogged down in legal maneuvers from the well-heeled music industry. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music Business MORE
The Service Employees International Union isn’t, however. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Home Business THR Online Donald Trump Labor Politics MORE
The Directors Guild closed their deal over these issues last month but many striking writers (and SAG members) criticized that deal for not going far enough on streaming. MORE
Lowell Peterson also confirms that there is no date set for negotiations. See The Hollywood Reporter exclusive. _. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out next month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Forbes.com or Huffington Post articles. MORE
24 on the wide-ranging outline of negotiating priorities, but the guild has not yet announced the results of the vote. Balloting closed Jan. Details: The Hollywood Reporter. _. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out this month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. MORE
A producer who acquired the rights to "Babette’s Feast" is now dueling with the director and his trade guild. read more. The Business Awards International Movies THR, Esq. Business MORE
By Eriq Gardner In 2002, California school teacher Russell Christoff was standing in line at Home Depot when he noticed his face on a jar of Taster's Choice instant coffee. Just as surprising, perhaps. was that the resulting court case, Tags: Decisions Roundup Litigation Right of Publicity MORE
The plaintiff in the case alleges that tax agents have intimate information on "leading and politically controversial members of the Screen Actors Guild and the Directors Guild." MORE
District Court Judge Denny Chin has dismissed the Authors Guild lawsuit against Google, ruling that the search engine company''s practice of displaying parts of books as part of its Google Books Project does not violate the plaintiffs'' copyright MORE
Eriq Gardner The Guild says it wants to "make amends" for injustices of 1950s McCarthyism by telling the truth about who really wrote the 1953 classic film. MORE
Matthew Belloni Fabrick, an expert on guild negotiations and employment disputes, joins Barnes & Thornburg as a partner. read more. THR, Esq. THR, Esq. The Business Business MORE
A lawsuit asserts that refusal to pay for naturopathic care violates discrimination provisions of the controversial law. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online Labor MORE
The Writers Guild went on strike in 2007. Jonathan Handel, TroyGould & the Hollywood Reporter, has published Hollywood on Strike! Excerpts), Los Angeles, Hollywood Analytics (2011). Here is the abstract. The big issue: fees for programs released on new media MORE
A lawsuit over a film score produced overseas has suddenly become an important labor case in Hollywood. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business THR Online Labor MORE
The parties are also said to be looking at how to avoid future lawsuits. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music Business THR Online Labor MORE
The guild asks to intervene and raises concern about California's defense of a new law in the face of the tech industry's might. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Television Tech Business THR Online Labor MORE
Jonathan Handel The lawsuit filed Friday also alleges a practice of discrimination, but may face a statute of limitations challenge. The DGA has 30 days to file a response. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business Labor MORE
The Screen Actors Guild, the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America are rallying behind efforts by the heirs of Jack Kirby to terminate rights to Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four and the Avengers. MORE
With nods to the many actors who played "Batman" and the actress who plays many roles on "Orphan Black," the guild weighs in on a controversial case before a federal appeals court read more. MORE
A judge figures out the meaning of "producer" and "employer" in Hollywood. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music Business THR Online Paramount Pictures AFM Labor MORE
Will residuals be paid? It’s complicated. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Home Movies Business THR Online DGA Relativity Media SAG-AFTRA WGA Labor MORE
Songwriters are the ones who are most often “followed upon” and “remixed out of culture” And as noted in this interview, there are fewer and fewer original professional songwriters around every year.Rick Carnes is the President of the Songwriters Guild of America, and is a tireless advocate for American songwriters on Captiol Hill. MTP: Tell me about what you do at the Songwriters Guild and the untold riches you are being paid for the job? MORE
The Separated Rights provision is One of the most frequently misunderstood parts of the writers Guild contract so stick around… I’ll do what I can to explain. In this Asked & Answered video, I answer a question about separated rights. MORE
THR follows the money and discovers an unstated reason the guilds weighed in with briefs opposing the new service. read more. The Business WGA DGA THR, Esq. Television Barry Diller Behind the Screen SAG-AFTRA Labor Tech Business MORE
Now the Directors Guild of America is about to issue a statement predicting a. By Matthew Belloni Reaction is coming in from the content community to yesterday's ruling in favor of Google in Viacom's $1 billion copyright litigation over YouTube. MORE
Alex Ben Block Talks between the guilds and the online database about the site's refusal to delete or change actor and actress ages have broken down. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Television Tech Business IMDB SAG MORE
AFM says the score for "Interstellar" was out of its world — but not in a good way. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music Business THR Online Labor MORE
One large P&A lender argues a September auction is designed to enrich some of the other financial firms. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business THR Online MORE
Business representative Steve Hulett and most incumbents re-elected. Details in my Hollywood Reporter piece. -. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out next month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Forbes.com or Huffington Post articles. MORE
Will entertainment workers of the world unite? Probably not any time soon. They just tried, and it blew up in their faces. But why? The analysis is in my THR piece. -. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out next month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. MORE
The lawsuit also claims a contract breach in the way Tony Bennett's music was used on PBS and an Earth, Wind & Fire song for the the 2012 film "The Intouchables." read more. THR, Esq. Music Music Business THR Online Labor MORE
Songwriters are the ones who are most often “followed upon” and “remixed out of culture” And as noted in this interview, there are fewer and fewer original professional songwriters around every year.Rick Carnes is the President of the Songwriters Guild of America, and is a tireless advocate for American songwriters on Captiol Hill. MTP: Tell me about what you do at the Songwriters Guild and the untold riches you are being paid for the job? MORE
There isn't much suspense building for this year's Oscar show on February 22--final ballots are due Tuesday, February 17--as the various guilds dole out their prizes. MORE
Jonathan Handel Citing the guild agreement’s “separated rights” provisions, the union is seeking to enjoin the new play and obtain damages on behalf of the screenwriter of the 2000 movie that began the franchise. MORE
Producers of the 2010 Sylvester Stallone film claim that one of the credited writers withheld e-mails in a secret fight over authorship. read more. Movies THR Online THR, Esq. Labor Business MORE
Foreign streaming and non-permanent downloads are the subject of the guild's latest big legal move. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music THR Online Sony Music The Walt Disney Company Universal Music Group Warner Music Group MORE
Red Granite is also being audited over concern for pension and health contributions to those in the entertainment industry. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies Business THR Online Labor MORE
Alex Ben Block The groups aim to recover up to $120 million, through recovery of assets, as well as lawsuits against any parties who are found to have acted fraudulently. read more. THR, Esq. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business David Bergstein Labor MORE
The $1 million sexual harassment lawsuit against Steven Seagal from a former assistant has been dismissed. Attorneys had been trying to resolve the case through private arbitration. The allegations led to the suspension of production on A&E's "Steven Seagal Lawman.". MORE
The 2nd Circuit writes the latest chapter in a decade-old fight that attracted the interest of the MPAA and practically every labor guild representing authors in media and entertainment. MORE
The Directors Guild closed their deal over these issues last month but many striking writers (and SAG members) criticized that deal for not going far enough on streaming. MORE
The Directors Guild closed their deal over these issues last month but many striking writers (and SAG members) criticized that deal for not going far enough on streaming. MORE
The two studios are taken to court by a guild. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Music Business THR Online Labor MORE
Guild Related Topics THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 16, 2016
A judge figures out the meaning of "producer" and "employer" in Hollywood. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music Business THR Online Paramount Pictures AFM Labor
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 10, 2015
Foreign streaming and non-permanent downloads are the subject of the guild's latest big legal move. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music THR Online Sony Music The Walt Disney Company Universal Music Group Warner Music Group
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 1, 2015
Will residuals be paid? It’s complicated. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Home Movies Business THR Online DGA Relativity Media SAG-AFTRA WGA Labor
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 3, 2017
A lawsuit asserts that refusal to pay for naturopathic care violates discrimination provisions of the controversial law. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online Labor
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 27, 2015
AFM says the score for "Interstellar" was out of its world — but not in a good way. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music Business THR Online Labor
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 5, 2016
A lawsuit over a film score produced overseas has suddenly become an important labor case in Hollywood. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business THR Online Labor
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Red Granite is also being audited over concern for pension and health contributions to those in the entertainment industry. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies Business THR Online Labor
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 24, 2010
Now the Directors Guild of America is about to issue a statement predicting a. By Matthew Belloni Reaction is coming in from the content community to yesterday's ruling in favor of Google in Viacom's $1 billion copyright litigation over YouTube.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
Eriq Gardner The Guild tells the judge about the huge stakes and why the case shouldn't get bogged down in legal maneuvers from the well-heeled music industry. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 15, 2011
Jonathan Handel Citing the guild agreement’s “separated rights” provisions, the union is seeking to enjoin the new play and obtain damages on behalf of the screenwriter of the 2000 movie that began the franchise.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 9, 2012
Alex Ben Block The groups aim to recover up to $120 million, through recovery of assets, as well as lawsuits against any parties who are found to have acted fraudulently. read more. THR, Esq. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business David Bergstein Labor
Digital Media Law
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
24 on the wide-ranging outline of negotiating priorities, but the guild has not yet announced the results of the vote. Balloting closed Jan. Details: The Hollywood Reporter. _. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out this month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 12, 2015
One large P&A lender argues a September auction is designed to enrich some of the other financial firms. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Business THR Online
Digital Media Law
JANUARY 19, 2011
Lowell Peterson also confirms that there is no date set for negotiations. See The Hollywood Reporter exclusive. _. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out next month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Forbes.com or Huffington Post articles.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 10, 2017
The two studios are taken to court by a guild. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Music Business THR Online Labor
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 8, 2011
Jonathan Handel The lawsuit filed Friday also alleges a practice of discrimination, but may face a statute of limitations challenge. The DGA has 30 days to file a response. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Business Labor
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 15, 2010
The $1 million sexual harassment lawsuit against Steven Seagal from a former assistant has been dismissed. Attorneys had been trying to resolve the case through private arbitration. The allegations led to the suspension of production on A&E's "Steven Seagal Lawman.".
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 17, 2009
By Eriq Gardner In 2002, California school teacher Russell Christoff was standing in line at Home Depot when he noticed his face on a jar of Taster's Choice instant coffee. Just as surprising, perhaps. was that the resulting court case, Tags: Decisions Roundup Litigation Right of Publicity
Media Law Prof Blog
APRIL 22, 2011
The Writers Guild went on strike in 2007. Jonathan Handel, TroyGould & the Hollywood Reporter, has published Hollywood on Strike! Excerpts), Los Angeles, Hollywood Analytics (2011). Here is the abstract. The big issue: fees for programs released on new media
Digital Media Law
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
Will entertainment workers of the world unite? Probably not any time soon. They just tried, and it blew up in their faces. But why? The analysis is in my THR piece. -. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out next month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 10, 2017
The guild asks to intervene and raises concern about California's defense of a new law in the face of the tech industry's might. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Television Tech Business THR Online Labor
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 2, 2012
Songwriters are the ones who are most often “followed upon” and “remixed out of culture” And as noted in this interview, there are fewer and fewer original professional songwriters around every year.Rick Carnes is the President of the Songwriters Guild of America, and is a tireless advocate for American songwriters on Captiol Hill. MTP: Tell me about what you do at the Songwriters Guild and the untold riches you are being paid for the job?
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
OCTOBER 16, 2015
The 2nd Circuit writes the latest chapter in a decade-old fight that attracted the interest of the MPAA and practically every labor guild representing authors in media and entertainment.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 24, 2013
Producers of the 2010 Sylvester Stallone film claim that one of the credited writers withheld e-mails in a secret fight over authorship. read more. Movies THR Online THR, Esq. Labor Business
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 10, 2012
Songwriters are the ones who are most often “followed upon” and “remixed out of culture” And as noted in this interview, there are fewer and fewer original professional songwriters around every year.Rick Carnes is the President of the Songwriters Guild of America, and is a tireless advocate for American songwriters on Captiol Hill. MTP: Tell me about what you do at the Songwriters Guild and the untold riches you are being paid for the job?
DealFatigue
FEBRUARY 3, 2008
The Directors Guild closed their deal over these issues last month but many striking writers (and SAG members) criticized that deal for not going far enough on streaming.
DealFatigue
FEBRUARY 3, 2008
The Directors Guild closed their deal over these issues last month but many striking writers (and SAG members) criticized that deal for not going far enough on streaming.
DealFatigue
FEBRUARY 3, 2008
The Directors Guild closed their deal over these issues last month but many striking writers (and SAG members) criticized that deal for not going far enough on streaming.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 25, 2016
The plaintiff in the case alleges that tax agents have intimate information on "leading and politically controversial members of the Screen Actors Guild and the Directors Guild."
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 4, 2012
Matthew Belloni Fabrick, an expert on guild negotiations and employment disputes, joins Barnes & Thornburg as a partner. read more. THR, Esq. THR, Esq. The Business Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 24, 2013
THR follows the money and discovers an unstated reason the guilds weighed in with briefs opposing the new service. read more. The Business WGA DGA THR, Esq. Television Barry Diller Behind the Screen SAG-AFTRA Labor Tech Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 23, 2014
The Screen Actors Guild, the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America are rallying behind efforts by the heirs of Jack Kirby to terminate rights to Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four and the Avengers.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2014
With nods to the many actors who played "Batman" and the actress who plays many roles on "Orphan Black," the guild weighs in on a controversial case before a federal appeals court read more.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
OCTOBER 27, 2011
Alex Ben Block Talks between the guilds and the online database about the site's refusal to delete or change actor and actress ages have broken down. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Television Tech Business IMDB SAG
Media Law Prof Blog
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
District Court Judge Denny Chin has dismissed the Authors Guild lawsuit against Google, ruling that the search engine company''s practice of displaying parts of books as part of its Google Books Project does not violate the plaintiffs'' copyright
Gordon P. Firemark
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
The Separated Rights provision is One of the most frequently misunderstood parts of the writers Guild contract so stick around… I’ll do what I can to explain. In this Asked & Answered video, I answer a question about separated rights.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 5, 2013
A producer who acquired the rights to "Babette’s Feast" is now dueling with the director and his trade guild. read more. The Business Awards International Movies THR, Esq. Business
Digital Media Law
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
Business representative Steve Hulett and most incumbents re-elected. Details in my Hollywood Reporter piece. -. Watch for my new book “Hollywood on Strike!,” due out next month. Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Check out my residuals chart there too. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Forbes.com or Huffington Post articles.
Thompson On Hollywood
FEBRUARY 16, 2009
There isn't much suspense building for this year's Oscar show on February 22--final ballots are due Tuesday, February 17--as the various guilds dole out their prizes.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 21, 2011
Eriq Gardner The Guild says it wants to "make amends" for injustices of 1950s McCarthyism by telling the truth about who really wrote the 1953 classic film.
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS YOUR PEERS ARE READING
22 
Let's personalize your content