May 18, 2020
As uncertainty continues and unemployment rises, we examine how force majeure affects your required performance of a loan agreement or promiso...
Read MoreMay 5, 2020
The Writers Guild of America (“WGA”) handles force majeures even differently from the DGA and SAG. The WGA Minimum Basic Agreement does not...
Read MoreApril 30, 2020
The Screen Actors Guild (“SAG” or “SAG-AFTRA”) handles force majeure very differently in its Basic Agreements...
Read MoreApril 27, 2020
One specific issue that is arising with talent contracts is the interaction of force majeure clauses with pay-or-play deals. Individual guilds...
Read MoreApril 23, 2020
Just this week, Marvel cut short two showrunner contracts. While no overall deals have been suspended or terminated at other Disney controlled...
Read MoreApril 22, 2020
Motion picture distribution agreements are one such type of contract in which the force majeure clause could be implicated in light of the...
Read MoreJuly 21, 2016
Jon Pfeiffer and Neil Wertlieb, members of the Business Litigation Committee of the State Bar of California's Business Law Section, will be...
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2016
Each semester I give my undergrad media law students a writing prompt about the burden of proof. I explain the concept of a...
Read MoreJuly 7, 2012
The lawsuit filed by five cast members of the iconic television show "Happy Days" against CBS Studios for unpaid merchandising...
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