A recent series of class action lawsuits has highlighted tensions over the calculation of gross receipts and contingent, back-end compensation in the motion-picture industry. This is not, however, a ...

Much can be learned about the entertainment industry by comparing how those who perform services or license rights in their works are compensated under agreements to which they are a party. Some ...

The first CEO of Gaumont International Television is suing the company — now called Gaumont Television USA — claiming that it deprived her of “millions of dollars in bargained-for contingent ...

Much can be learned about the entertainment industry by comparing how those who perform services or license rights in their works are compensated under agreements to which they are a party. Some ...

Katie O'Connell Marsh says she is owed millions in contingent compensation. By Ashley Cullins Veteran TV executive Katie O’Connell Marsh says she is being shorted millions in profits from series ...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that retention bonuses contingent on continued employment and performance are not "wages" under the Massachusetts Wage Act (the Wage Act). This decision ...

“If we are truly serious about raising standards in our industry, a formal ban of contingent compensation agreements is the right thing to do,” Mr. Bailey continued. “We can live with regulation and ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: A recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court limits the scope of the Wage Act to exclude sick time payments and potentially other types of contingent compensation.