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The Briefing Filmmakers Express Concern Over Impending Death of ‘Biographical Anchor’ Fair Use Basis (Podcast)

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Unraveling the threads of Fair Use and how recent legal rulings threaten documentary filmmakers. Join Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg as they dissect the Tenth Circuit's Impact on filmmaking in this episode of 'The...more

Weintraub Tobin

The Briefing Filmmakers Express Concern Over Impending Death of ‘Biographical Anchor’ Fair Use Basis

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Unraveling the threads of Fair Use and how recent legal rulings threaten documentary filmmakers. Join Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg as they dissect the Tenth Circuit's Impact on filmmaking in this episode of 'The...more

Ius Laboris

Actors strike over pay and AI

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Actors and screenwriters in the US are on strike, seeking better pay and protections around the use of AI in their industry. Actors in the United States began strike action on 14 July in a dispute with studios over pay,...more

K&L Gates LLP

[Video] Client Conversations: Tina Parker, American Actor and Director, Co-Artistic Director and Company Manager at Kitchen Dog...

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Tina Parker is an American actor and director, and currently serves as the co-artistic director and company manager at Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas, Texas. In this episode of Client Conversations, Craig and Tina discuss her...more

K&L Gates LLP

Client Conversations: Tina Parker, American Actor and Director, Co-Artistic Director and Company Manager at Kitchen Dog Theater in...

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Tina Parker is an American actor and director, and currently serves as the co-artistic director and company manager at Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas, Texas. In this episode of Client Conversations, Craig and Tina discuss her...more

Jackson Walker

Morality Clauses Take Center Stage: Tips to Help Protect Your Next Project From Being Associated With Talent Controversy

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Here is a seemingly trending tale in Hollywood: A film production has cast the lead role. The press release has been made. The news is trending on social media. Investments are starting to pour in. But then controversy...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

SAG-AFTRA Crafts Agreement For Influencers

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While most of us look back on the last twelve months as a horrible dream, Hollywood’s labor unions can actually point to a string of successes. Early in the pandemic, all three of the above-the-line guilds closed new three...more

K2 Integrity

Digging Deeper, Episode 1: The Con Queen of Hollywood

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The individual dubbed the “Con Queen of Hollywood” has been arrested, but how did we get here? K2 Integrity’s Nicoletta Kotsianas, the lead investigator on the case, breaks down the scam’s evolution and ultimate end with...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Despite Allegation that Law Firm Was Not Providing “Legal Advice,” Complaint Triggers Duty to Defend Under Lawyers’ Professional...

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A California federal court has held that a complaint alleging that a law firm was providing services in a non-legal capacity nonetheless triggered a duty to defend the firm under a lawyers’ professional liability policy,...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Hedy Lamarr - When Beauty and Brains Collide (Women's History Month)

Hedy Lamarr was considered one of the most beautiful actresses during MGM's "Golden Years" but did you know she was also an inventor of some very important technology during World War II? Starring Attorney Paola Solano ...more

Blank Rome LLP

Seriously Driven Podcast: Behind the Curtain with Wendy Federman

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Candid conversations, unfiltered insights, and a dose of hard-earned wisdom from influential women, committed to helping other women succeed and lead. Wendy Federman, the nine-time Tony-award winning theater and film...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Post Weinstein: How Does Talent Protect Their Right to Profit Participations?

The Case of Bruce Cohen and the Implications for Other Talent - Lantern Entertainment, LLC (Lantern), which acquired substantially all of the assets of The Weinstein Company (TWC) in a 363 sale in 2018, has faced numerous...more

Foster Garvey PC

25 Is the New 40: California’s AB-1687

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“It is time to stop the ageism that permeates Hollywood’s casting process,” wrote SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris. On September 24, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown took a controversial step toward achieving such...more

FordHarrison

#damonsplaining — Matt Damon can do it, but you can’t

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Actor Matt Damon sure has had an up and down past few weeks. First, Damon made some questionable comments on HBO’s Project Greenlight, a documentary developed by Damon himself (along with some famous friends including buddy...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &...

“Hollywood Circuit” Court Issues En Banc Decision in Garcia v. Google: No Copyright Protection for Fleeting Dramatic Performance

On May 18, 2015, the Ninth Circuit sitting en banc vacated its prior decision in Garcia v. Google. The prior decision, authored by Judge Alex Kozinksi, controversially held that an actress had standing to issue a DMCA...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 124, The Oscars and Compliance, Part I with Jay Rosen

In this episode I begin a five-part series on the Oscars and Compliance with recovering Hollywood screenwriter Jay Rosen. In this Part I, we review the process by which films are nominated for the Oscars and the campaigns...more

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