Media & Entertainment Law

Force Majeure clauses - ABC terminates overall deals as result of lengthy WGA strike
Last week, Variety reported that ABC has invoked the Force Majeure clauses in nearly  two dozen writer’s overall deals,  terminating those contracts on grounds that the WGA strike (now in its 3rd month)...

A Force Majeure Clause for the New Millennium
Next time you review an onerous contract, make sure to include this force majeure provision in your mark-up...

Delays by a Contractor’s Supplier Do Not Fall Within the Prime Contract's Force Majeure Clause
During the construction of a tower and fiber optic line, the contractor was delayed by its supplier, causing the contractor to incur an assessment of liquidated damages...

Study Finds that Firms That Use Arbitration Clauses in Consumer Contracts Often Do Not Use Such Clauses in Nonconsumer Contracts
In "Arbitration's Summer Soldiers: An Empirical Study of Arbitration Clauses in Consumer and Nonconsumer Contracts," Theodore Eisenberg of Cornell, Geoffrey P...

Great New Article on Morals Clauses
I've always found morals clauses in player and endorsement contracts to be interesting...

Colorado adopts the "active interference" exception to no-damages-for-delay clauses
Tricon Kent Co. v. Lafarge North America, Inc. (Colo. App. 2008) The Colorado Court of Appeals holds that no-damage-for-delay clauses are enforceable in Colorado, but that the "active interference" doctrine is a recognized exception to the enforceability of such clauses.

Self Defense
It's legal to defend yourself and your family

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

Can a city library prevent you from using thier facilities based on a school district being from another city reaching into your city?
that seems a little ridiculous that they would do that. libraries are supposed t...

Does an employer have an obligation to honor a two week notice from an employee?
It is customary to submit a two weeks notice--it is not a legal requirement to d...

I am currently paid an hourly rate-now my employer claims she is going to go salary for my position. Can she legally force me to do this even though I was hired in on an hourly basis without even discussing this issue w
Unless you have a contract with your employer that states how you are to be paid...

Excessive Force
Washtenaw County pays family $4 million wrongful death settlement.