GHJ Entertainment Practice Partner Ilan Haimoff talks with Jennifer Clymer of the Motion Picture and Television Fund in our latest Media Clips podcast. Find out about the great work the Motion Picture and Television Fund is doing to support the entertainment community in living and aging well with dignity and purpose. Click here to listen.

I recently helped host GHJ’ 2018 Nonprofit Conference: The Future of Nonprofit Innovation and Technology. As a board member of two nonprofit organizations, Hillsides and Executive Service Corps Los Angeles, the conference had very useful information that can be shared with my boards. Partnering with the Board The conference kicked off with our keynote speaker Jus [...]

Originally published on Berbay Marketing and PR Every legal professional knows the importance of branding, yet few firms do it successfully. Determining your brand and internal culture is no easy task, but it is essential if you want your firm to thrive. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Mari-Anne Kehler, chief marketing and strategy officer at the Los Angeles [...]

Click here to listen to GHJ discuss how to predict the future through ultimates, projections and future cash flow analyses. How do these ratios and percentages help estimate future activity for your business?

Whether you are an investor or a member of a corporation, when you hire a production company to provide production services for a motion picture, original television project or original online content, there are several things to think about before and after signing that production services agreement. Make sure the agreement is specific The agreement should specify [...]

Our latest Media Clips Blog Podcast gives an overview of blockchain and cryptocurrency investing in the Entertainment and Media industry. Click here to hear from GHJ partner Ilan Haimoff and Josh Lawler of Zuber Lawler and Del Duca LLP on key areas of opportunities and risks for investors and how entertainment companies can prepare themselves for the future.

Introduction Companies such as Nestlé and Kellogg are investing in low FODMAP products to deal with the demand from over 40 million North Americans and many more people worldwide living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). While the awareness of FODMAP diets and their benefits is limited in the United States, the awareness in Australia is widespread and encourages [...]

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) has made significant changes to the tax laws, including the enactment of sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2, also known as the Opportunity Zones (OZ), in order to encourage investment into distressed and low-income communities throughout the United States. Under the OZ program, investors may generally defer tax on prior capital gains [...]

Background As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) enacted at the end of 2017, a new Internal Revenue Code Section 199A (“Section 199A”) was created to provide a 20-percent deduction for owners of pass-through entities (partnerships, S-Corporations and sole proprietors) for taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017. Although the goal of Section 199A is to pro [...]