Media & Entertainment Law

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...

AMPTP Makes Final Offer to SAG
The AMPTP just made a final offer to SAG. I'm advised by a AMPTP spokesman that this offer tracks the AFTRA and DGA/WGA deals in terms of minimums, new media, and other provisions...

Force Majeure clauses (on firemark.com)
In the wake of contract terminations at ABC last week, I’ve  posted a short discussion of Force Majeure clauses on my other website at firemark...

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...

SAG-AMPTP: No News is No News
SAG and the AMPTP (studio alliance) met for four hours today. According to the AMPTP, the meeting was at SAG's request, and the AMPTP answered questions on the proposal it put on the table two days ago...

AMPTP, IA to Talk Monday
Negotiations between SAG and the AMPTP (studios) are stalled, and the mediation process seems glacial, so the AMPTP is taking advantage of its free time to negotiate with IATSE, it seems...

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

Can I sue my employer for creating a hostile work environment and lying about my work performance to get me to quit?
How does the owner of the business feel about all of this? I suggest that you tr...

How can I prove my wife only married me to get a green card?
The problem with an annulment is that they are hard to get-- they are not someth...

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...

I work for a company that is owned and operated by Spanish people. There is only 3 people in the whole company including me who are Caucasian. The female who is supposed to be training me is "latino" and treats me very r
Is it an actual issue or are you making it an issue? It is understandable you fe...

My children's school is falsely charging me with truancy. The local district justice works for the school in the most blatently open way. And his wife works for the district, too! They have violated private health record
I am no lawer by any means, so I would love for someone to verify what I have to...

Mr. Brown Instant Coffee
Possible Melamine Contamination Prompts Canadian Agency to Issue Warning

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

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...