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How the New 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract Affects Performers and Advertisers

June 8, 2022 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line The 2022 Commercials Contract increases session, usage, and pension & health fees, but by the lowest incremental amount in over a decade. Fee caps, a simplified compensation structure and unlimited editing rights balance out these increases by offering savings in other areas Continue Reading

Alert, The Fine Print: Stay in Compliance without Losing Your Edge - June 8, 2022

SAG-AFTRA’s Influencer Agreement and Waiver to the Commercials Contract

April 13, 2022 by Patrick Quinn

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Trends in Marketing Communications Law - April 13, 2022

SAG-AFTRA and JPC Allow for Mandatory Vaccine Policies on Production Sets

September 27, 2021 by Catherine Nagle

The Bottom Line Agencies and advertisers producing commercials under SAG-AFTRA may require mandatory vaccination for talent, subject to compliance with union protocols.Virtual auditions must be made available when an audition location requires proof of vaccination in order to enter.SAG-AFTRA’s Continue Reading

Alert, Demystifying COVID-19 Complexities and Thriving in Uncertain Times - September 27, 2021

Westlaw | SAG-AFTRA Welcomes the Influencer

April 30, 2021 by Catherine Nagle

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Are Your Influencers Putting You at Risk?, Publication - April 30, 2021

SAG-AFTRA Welcomes the Influencer

April 13, 2021 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line SAG-AFTRA now covers influencer-produced advertising under its new Influencer Agreement with the goal of bringing influencers into the union’s membership.The Influencer Agreement applies to audio and video content produced by signatory influencers for non-union advertisers. It Continue Reading

Alert - April 13, 2021

Hollywood Attempts to Reopen Production After COVID-19 Shutdown

October 6, 2020 by Patrick Quinn

7th Edition: Trends in Marketing Communications Law The dominant storyline for Hollywood in 2020 has been how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Travel restrictions and bans on non-essential work paused nearly all film and television production for several months throughout the spring and Continue Reading

Trends in Marketing Communications Law - October 6, 2020

SAG-AFTRA’s New Letter of Adherence Shakes up Advertising Industry

October 6, 2020 by Patrick Quinn

7th Edition: Trends in Marketing Communications Law As commercial productions resume after being on pause due to COVID-19 shutdowns, advertising agencies that are not signatories to the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) Commercials Contract Continue Reading

Trends in Marketing Communications Law - October 6, 2020

Production Industry Recommends Guidelines for Returning to Work

June 17, 2020 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line Entertainment production has resumed in California amid the COVID-19 pandemic after the Department of Public Health approved the “back to work” recommendations that an industry-wide Task Force had previously submitted to state governments. However, many of the thorniest issues, such Continue Reading

Alert - June 17, 2020

SAG-AFTRA and the JPC Issue Temporary Waiver Regarding Stock Footage in Commercials

April 9, 2020 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line Given the uncertain duration of the coronavirus pandemic, there is no expiration date for this Section 7 stock footage waiver.The Union must provide the JPC with 14 days’ notice of termination in order to bring the waiver period to an end.Until then, the Union Continue Reading

Alert - April 9, 2020

SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract’s Low-Budget Digital Waiver Updated for 2020

January 16, 2020 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line Effective on January 1, 2020, the LBD Waiver has been modified, most significantly, to shift the budget threshold from $50,000 per commercial, regardless of the number produced during any one production day, to a budget of $100,000 in the aggregate per production day.It is too early Continue Reading

Alert - January 16, 2020

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