Labor/Employment,
Entertainment & Sports
Jul. 20, 2013
Unpaid internship suit could turn Hollywood on its head
They knew what they were getting into - and they never complained. Nobody pulled the wool over their eyes; nobody defrauded them. Nobody told them they would be getting paid.
Edwin F. McPherson
Partner
McPherson LLP
Email: emcpherson@mcpherson-llp.com
Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA
Ed specializes in music copyright litigation, general entertainment litigation, and crisis management.
We are lawyers. We have an ongoing responsibility to uphold "the law." Some of us try to push the limits of the law; others defend those limits. Fortunately, most of us do not abuse the law, whether technically correct - or technically allowed - or not.
I have been fortunate enough to practice law in the entertainment industry for the better part of the last 31 years. I say "fortunate" because, when I was getting out of law school, everyone wanted to practice "entertainment...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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