Are you an independent film producer who's had to postpone or cancel a shoot? Do you run a production company figuring out payroll when there is no longer any income? Are you an event producer who's had to cancel events and are wondering what expenses you can recover, or what is protected by insurance?

Longtime friend of Slamdance and entertainment attorney David Albert Pierce discusses what you legally can and should do to protect yourself, your production, your company, or your employees in light of these unprecedented circumstances.

*Adapted from the live stream legal clinic held on April 9th, 2020. Watch the video here.

David Albert Pierce

David Albert Pierce is the Managing Member of Pierce Law Group LLP, a full-service boutique law firm established in 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, serving the creative community and emerging start-up companies, with a specialty in representing indie filmmakers. David’s legal practice includes entertainment law, intellectual property (copyright, trademarks, right of publicity), film finance, production counsel, and labor & employment issues with an emphasis on film, television and new media.

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