Perspective
Feb. 24, 2011
The 'Joint Employer’ Problem: Expanding Targets of Liability in Motion Picture Wage and Hour Cases
Studios and production companies are being targeted in "joint-employer" lawsuits. By Allen B. Grodsky of Grodsky & Olecki LLP.
When a studio or production company produces a motion picture, it almost always creates a single purpose entity to enter into contracts for the production. For example, if a studio were making a movie called "The Entertainment Litigator," it would almost certainly create a single purpose entity called something like "The Entertainment Litigator LLC," which would hire the cast and crew, contract with the unions, pay location...
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