ENTERTAINMENT (FILM AND TELEVISION)
- Dispute over profit participation / accounting on long running cable tv show
- Idea submission / breach of implied contract matter regarding unscripted television series.
- Alleged failure of an actor to pay a manager’s commission, involving claims of a breach of fiduciary duty and invasion of privacy.
- Claims of breach of contract and fraud arising from dispute between financier and producer/foreign distributor of independent film.
- Matter involving threatened legal malpractice action regarding attorney’s handling of a profit participation claim.
- Mediation following infringement and partial reversal by Court of Appeal on claims of breach of express and implied contract arising from alleged use of plaintiff’s ideas in defendant’s movie.
- Multiple matters involving accounting and other participation claims, including self-dealing through vertical integration, arising from television exploitation of theatrical motion pictures
- Matter involving applicability of Talent Agency Act to actions of talent representative
- Case involving television exploitation rights in series of novels
- Matter involving acquisition of television stations under asset purchase agreement and effect on FCC station licenses
- Mediation in advance of IFTA arbitration
- Dispute involving respective rights to revenues generated by and intellectual property used in series of magic and illusionist shows
- Matter involving entitlement to writing credit and share in proceeds of motion picture
- Case involving international distribution of Chinese television series
- Dispute involving advertising agency’s production of television commercial for Las Vegas resort
- Matter involving US distribution rights in theatrical motion picture
- Matter involving title to award-winning television series and name of record label
- Controversy involving accounting and other profit participation claims brought by creator of long-running television series
- Matter involving sound technology used in software to provide high-end audio on DVD and Blu-ray Discs
- Dispute over talent agency’s claim to commissions from writer
- Case involving transmission rights in US, China and other foreign territories
- Matter involving breakup of creative partnership and respective rights in connection with completed and future motion pictures
- Dispute over right to exploit documentary of famous football team
- Matter involving contract interpretation of distribution agreement between prolific film producer and Chinese distributor for slate of 61 films and whether motion picture failed to include contractually required talent
- Matter arising from performances by opening act in well-known comedian's national tour
- Matter between talent agency and former executive arising from company’s hiring, operational changes and other conduct
- Controversy between producer and distributor regarding worldwide distribution of theatrical motion picture
- Matter between award-winning designer of cinematography equipment and leading motion picture equipment distributor over development and production of camera-head system for use in the entertainment industry
- Matter between foreign film distribution company and former executive arising from company’s hiring, operational changes and other conduct
- Matter involving respective rights of general talent agency and voiceover agency to clients and commissions
- Matter involving media company’s obligations arising from termination of its chief financial officer
- Controversy involving rights and obligations, including rights to intellectual property, arising from termination of television production executive
- Controversy among motion picture producers and various lenders to the project, including issues regarding bridge financing, intercreditor agreements, tax credits and accounting