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  Force Majeure Clauses Are Taking Center Stage In Uncertain Times

  By Michelle Davis

  Force majeure is lurking in the shadows of the Hollywood strikes, offering struggling studios a potential lifeline out of debt. But the best attorneys and the strongest contracts are proactive, rather than reactive. Thus, consider the following drafting tips to strengthen your force majeure language now, in the calm before the next storm.

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  Impact of New U.S. Guidance for O-1B Visa On TV and Movie Industries

  By George Ernst

  This year’s update from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service for O-1B visa petitions has knock-on effects for the movie and TV industries. The update has clarified the correct standard of adjudication for an individual with both elements of an O-1B artist and O-1B motion-picture-and-television-industry (MPTV) classification, meaning situations where a foreign national will be working in the U.S. as an artist, but some of their work will be in MPTV.

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  Termination Notices and Copyright Act Claims Accruals

  By Thomas Kjellberg and Robert W. Clarida

  Termination is not automatic. It may be effected only through affirmative action on the part of the author or his or her statutory successors, who must serve an advance notice, signed by or on behalf of all of those entitled to terminate the grant, on the current copyright owner within specified time limits and under specified conditions.

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• Players On The Move

  By Entertainment Law & Finance Staff

  A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.

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