Insurance – May 24, 2012

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 5/23/2012

This post is part of an occasional series highlighting the type of risks which film and TV producers face and which are supposed to be covered by E&O insurance. The series aims to demonstrate that what might seem to a...more

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 1/11/2012

This post is part of an occasional series highlighting the type of risks which film and TV producers face and which are supposed to be covered by E&O insurance, and which aims to demonstrate that what might seem to a producer...more

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 11/16/2011

This post is part of an occasional series highlighting the type of risks which film and TV producers face and which are supposed to be covered by E&O insurance, and which aims to demonstrate that what might seem to a producer...more

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 9/8/2011

As has been mentioned on this blog numerous times, the "clearance" process for obtaining "errors and omissions" (E&O) insurance for film and TV projects can sometimes be an arduous, frustrating process for both producers and...more

by Paul Mantell on 12/12/2010

"Greed" best describes insurer OneBeacon's recent attempt to wrest control of a stolen painting, now recovered....more

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/24/2010

A major art heist this past week raises considerable issues regarding art security and title. At the Paris Museum of Modern Art, a brazen thief made off with five paintings, valued together in excess of $120 million. The...more

by Sebastian Gibson on 11/17/2009

As a celebrity and privacy rights lawyer, today it is much more common to see not only celebrity rights to privacy and to control the use of their name, likeness and image misappropriated but to see employees in the workplace...more

by Barger & Wolen on 7/1/2009

Having spent my professional life representing insurers in disputes arising out of the various aspects of their businesses, I sometimes can't help but view current events such as Michael Jackson's premature death through a...more