The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers

The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers
Author: Thomas A. Crowell
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136067507

* How can you use a state's film tax credits to fund your film? SEE PAGE 63. * You have an idea you want to pitch to a production company; how do you safeguard your concept? SEE PAGE 77. * How can you fund your production with product placement? SEE PAGE 157. * How do you get a script to popular Hollywood actors and deal with their agents? SEE PAGE 222. Find quick answers to these and hundreds of other questions in this new edition of The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers. This no-nonsense reference provides fast answers in plain English-no law degree required! Arm yourself with the practical advice of author Thomas Crowell, a TV-producer-turned-entertainment-lawyer. This new edition features: * New sections on product placement, film tax credits and production incentive financing, Letters of Intent, and DIY distribution (four-walling, YouTube, Download-to-own, Amazon.com, iTunes, and Netflix) * Updated case law * Even more charts and graphics to help you find the information you need even more quickly. This book is the next best thing to having an entertainment attorney on retainer!

The Pocket Lawyer

The Pocket Lawyer
Author: Marilyn D. Sullivan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1997
Genre: Attorney and client
ISBN:

At last-- legal solutions without lawyers...fees...courts!

The Pocket Lawyer for Comic Book Creators

The Pocket Lawyer for Comic Book Creators
Author: Thomas A. Crowell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2014-07-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780415661805

"Since the publication of its first edition in 2007, "The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers" has quickly become one of the best-selling legal guides for independent filmmakers. Now in its second edition, "The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers" is used as a textbook in film and law schools across the country, and graces the desks of indie filmmakers and studio executives alike. Backstage Magazine calls it "An [an] excellent, potentially career-saving resource." The book's hands-on, straightforward style demystifies the complex world of contracts and copyrights so critical to the business success of any independent film. Its revolutionary combination of graphics, cross-referencing, and step-by-step explanations have been praised by filmmakers for helping them find the information they need at a glance without having to read the book cover to cover"--

Architect's Legal Pocket Book

Architect's Legal Pocket Book
Author: Matthew Cousins
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2011-05-23
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135140979

A little book that’s big on information. The Architect’s Legal Pocket Book is the definitive pocket reference guide on legal issues for architects and architectural students. This handy pocket book provides key legal principles and the latest legal developments that will help you quickly understand the law and where to go for further information. This book covers a wide range of subjects focused on the UK including building legislation and the Localism Bill, negligence, liability, planning policy and development, listed buildings, party wall legislation and rights of light. Illustrated with clear diagrams and featuring key cases, this pocket book is an invaluable source of practical information and a comprehensive guide of the current law for architects. The Architect’s Legal Pocket Book is written in a format that has already proved hugely popular throughout the construction industry and is a book no architect should be without. Matthew Cousins is a practicing architect and member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He is an established author with a Diploma in Law from City University.

Pocket Guide to Legal Research

Pocket Guide to Legal Research
Author: William H. Putman
Publisher: Delmar Pub
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2008
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781418053765

Designed as a comprehensive resource, The Pocket Guide to Legal Research is a desk reference for use by paralegal students, practicing paralegals, legal assistants, and attorneys. The easy to understand format allows the user to quickly obtain the answer to many commonly encountered research questions regarding case, statutory, secondary authority, Internet research, and legal citation. Complete with a glossary of relevant legal research, and appendices covering court opinion, elements of statute, and a research source chart; The Pocket Guide to Legal Research is the most comprehensive guide available on legal research. Written in a non-technical manner, this book will ease the transition from student to professional, and will remain a valuable resource in a legal setting.

The Pocket Guide to Legal Writing

The Pocket Guide to Legal Writing
Author: William H. Putman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This reference resource, designed as a desk book for use by legal students, practicing paralegals, legal assistants, and attorneys, allows the user to quickly obtain answers to the most commonly encountered questions in legal writing.

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law
Author: Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
Total Pages: 662
Release: 1996
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780877796046

A search only dictionary on the FindLaw web site that includes 10,000 definitions of legal terms.

Know Your Rights

Know Your Rights
Author: CHRISTIAN. WEAVER
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021-09-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781788166492

Words and Phrases Legally Defined

Words and Phrases Legally Defined
Author: David Hay
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1990-07-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780406996251

Words and Phrases enables the practitioner to have at all times the precise meaning of a particular word or phrase. Definitions are taken from the Acts of Parliament, Halsbury's Laws of England, leading textbooks and verbatim judgments from all over the Commonwealth.

Tomorrow's Lawyers

Tomorrow's Lawyers
Author: Richard Susskind
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-01-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780199668069

From the bestselling author of The End of Lawyers?, this book predicts fundamental and irreversible changes in the legal world and offers essential practical advice for those who intend to build careers and businesses in law. A definitive guide to the future for aspiring lawyers, and for all who want to modernize today's legal and justice systems.