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Entertainment & Sports,
Contracts,
Civil Rights

Apr. 5, 2018

Inclusion riders: Cause of the day or here to stay?

Like many things, the issue will come down to negotiation power, leverage, fear of negative publicity and loss of potential revenue at the box office by the studios for failure to act equitably.

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Inclusion riders: Cause of the day or here to stay?
France McDormand accepting the Best Actress Oscar for her role in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," at the 90th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, March 4. (New York Times News Service)

Two little words sent big reverberations throughout the Hollywood community and beyond at the conclusion of this year's Best Actress Frances McDormand's Oscar Award-winning acceptance speech: "inclusion rider."

Simply stated, an inclusion rider, or "equity clause," is a contractual provision that actors and actresses with requisite bargaining leverage can demand to have placed in their contracts that mandate a certain level of divers...

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