Top 10 Hollywood Lawsuits of 2010
Canadian entertainment lawyers are forced to live with the latent suspicion that our US-based peers are just having more fun […]
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Entertainment Arbitrations
Mark Litwak points towards a useful resource: the Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA) website, in particular the portion of the […]
Nova Scotia Changes Film/TV/Digital Tax Credit
The Nova Scotia government has announced changes, effective December 1, 2010, to its Film Tax Credit and Digital Media Tax […]
New Telefilm Canada Guidelines for International Treaty Co-Productions
Telefilm Canada has revamped its international treaty co-production materials: new guidelines (published November 29, 2010) updated FAQs revised forms and […]
Structuring Option Prices for Entertainment Contracts
Matt Galsor at Law Law Land put up a nice post on formulas for determining the purchase price when optioning […]
US States Moving Away from Film and TV Tax Credit Incentives?
According to Tom Moroney writing at Bloomberg Businessweek (hat tip: Entertainment Law Reporter), the climate in the United States for lucrative […]
Title Dispute – Similar or Identical Titles for Film and TV Projects
Aaron Moss, writing at Law Law Land, has a great post about identical or similar movie titles: Reuse and Confuse? […]
Porky’s Dethroned !
Since its release in 1982, the coming of age comedy Porky’s has had the distinction of being the most successful […]
Collecting Entertainment Law Questions and Answers 11.08.10
A round-up of questions and answers provided by entertainment law blogs (readers should note that the links below are to […]
The Battle for Middle Earth
While Tolkien fans may be excused for thinking that the battle for Middle Earth was fought and won in the […]
Chilean Miners: Now That They’re Out, What Rights Can They Sell?
Andrew Potter, writing in Maclean’s last month, while ruminating on the plight of the Chilean miners trapped by a cave-in, […]
Poll Results from Heenan Blaikie’s Film Industry Financing Panel at TIFF
(L-R: Clark Hallen, Rob Friedman, Joe Drake, Laurie May, Daniel Steinman and John Nendick) As Paul mentioned in […]