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

January 16, 2020 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee on Broadcast Talent Union Relations (JPC) made a splash two years ago when they modified the 2016 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (Commercials Contract) by introducing the “Low Budget Digital Waiver” (2017 LBD Waiver). The 2017 LBD Continue Reading

Alert - January 16, 2020

SAG-AFTRA Imposes New Restrictions on Third-Party Signatories through New Letter of Adherence

October 24, 2019 by Megan O'Malley

The Bottom Line The terms of the LOA are set to become effective on January 1, 2020. This deadline gives the signatories, advertisers and non-union agencies limited time to assess how the LOA’s new restrictions will impact their respective roles in the production process, and chart their best Continue Reading

Alert - October 24, 2019

Are (More) Good Things on the Horizon for SAG-AFTRA Agencies and Advertisers?

May 24, 2018 by Patrick Quinn

5th Edition: Trends in Marketing Communications Law Heading into the last round of collective bargaining that resulted in the 2016 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (Commercials Contract), signatory advertising agencies and advertisers voiced concerns about the challenges they faced when competing Continue Reading

Trends in Marketing Communications Law - May 24, 2018

SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract Modified to Provide “Free Bargaining” as to Compensation for Low-Budget Digital Productions

October 24, 2017 by Patrick Quinn

The Bottom Line Effective immediately, the SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract has been modified to include a waiver allowing for "free bargaining" of economic terms for digital productions with a budget of $50,000 and under. A mid-contract waiver of this magnitude is rare and signals a clear Continue Reading

Alert - October 24, 2017

Will WGA/DGA “Pattern” Head Off Potential Hollywood Strike As SAG-AFTRA Approaches Deadline For New CBA?

June 21, 2017 by Catherine Nagle

The Bottom Line Although early signs indicate that SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP should be able to reach a new collective bargaining agreement relatively smoothly, if the union determines that the new media environment requires substantial changes specific to actors’ needs, Hollywood could be in for the Continue Reading

Alert - June 21, 2017

ANA Advertising Law & Public Policy Conference

March 27, 2017 by Megan O'Malley

Davis+Gilbert is a proud sponsor of the 2017 Association of National Advertisers Advertising Law & Public Policy Conference to be held in Washington, D.C. on March 28-29. Session Overview Ronald R. Urbach, chairman of Davis+Gilbert and co-chair of the firm’s Advertising + Marketing Continue Reading

Event - March 27, 2017

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