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Proposed SEC Exemptive Order makes Finders who follow new proposed rules Eligible for success-based fees. by Marc Jacobson             How Filmmakers Currently Raise Capital.  Often, when a filmmaker starts raising money for a film, she enters into one or more finder’s fee agreements.  These agreements typically provide that...

At 40% cash rebate, it is one of the highest in the world. By Marc Jacobson, Esq. The beautiful country of Greece, which some consider to be the cradle of civilization, recently increased its cash rebate for film and TV production to 40% of qualifying expenses, up from 35%....

A New York court recently decided that even though the defendant employer didn’t sign the plaintiff’s employment contract, a claim against the employer for unpaid severance embodied in the agreement was validly presented.  Lord v. Marilyn Model Management, Inc., 2019 Slip Op 05093 (App. Div....

Help your clients make money from their works This is a big year for copyright in the United States. For the first time in 20 years, on Jan. 1, 2019, works first published in the United States in the early 20th century fell into the public...

A prominent photographer was engaged by the defendants to create images to use in a certain specified manner.  At the conclusion of the term of the license agreement, the defendants continued to use the images beyond the scope of the license, and for purposes not...

Film remains a director’s medium, considering that the director will always give shape and vision to the writer’s words. Film remains a director’s medium, considering that the director will always give shape and vision to the writer’s words. Further, the director is frequently involved in the...