Ilan Haimoff is speaking on the LES Webinar Panel: Emerging Licensing Growth Areas for the Entertainment Industry This webinar will explore revenue exploitation for licensing in the entertainment industry, with focus on motion pictures, television, and new media. As part of the discussion, we will explore new and emerging trends as well as approaches to explo [...]

Cedar Boschan, Principal at GHJ, moderated the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Entertainment Law Section’s panel “Video Game Making Deal: Playing to Win” on July 16. With one of the largest royalty examination teams in the United States, GHJ examines third-party records, including video game records, to recover money and other valuable benefits while helpin [...]

In our last nonprofit blog “Risk Management for Nonprofits – How to Not Make the News,” Yulia Murzaeva noted seven commonly identified risk exposures that nonprofits are continuously faced with and should assess as part of their risk management strategy. This post will take a deeper dive into one of the most complex and highly targeted areas of risk management, Techno [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA, August 9, 2018… Effective January 1, 2019, GHJ (GHJ) is pleased to announce the promotion of Mari-Anne Kehler and Daniel Rowe to partner. Mari-Anne has over 30 years of experience and leads the Firm’s strategy, business development and marketing initiatives. Daniel has been at GHJ since 2014 and is a key member of the Tax Practice. These celebr [...]

GHJ Senior Managers Frances Ellington and Dan Li discussed the new federal tax laws and their affect on those working in Hollywood. The successful event hosted by, The Producers Guild of America Education Committee centered on the 2017 tax bill and provided freelance employees with insights on taxation and tax consequences.

As someone who was born and raised in Israel and now involved with the motion picture and television industry, I have come across Lana Melman and her efforts to combat the cultural boycott campaign against Israel and the negative social media attacks on artists who are involved with projects or performances there. I had the pleasure of meeting with Lana, who is a [...]

ASC 606 - Revenue from Contract with Customers represents the most significant change in accounting methodology in the past 20 years. The objective of the new guidance is to create and help standardize how revenues are recognized across all industries to improve comparability and transparency. ASC 606 has the potential to significantly impact the way that revenue has [...]

I recently served as Program Chair for a panel presented by the Entertainment Law Executive Committee of the Beverly Hills Bar Association. The program, titled Backend Optics: Profit Participations Through Different Lenses, was moderated by GHJ Principal Anita Wu and offered in-depth perspectives of a negotiator, auditor and litigator. With former experience at a maj [...]

Most companies are “elbows deep” in implementing the new revenue recognition standard. The new standard, ASC 606 - Revenue from Contract with Customers (which the FASB has been working on since 2014) represents the most significant change in accounting methodology in the past 20 years. The new standard is effective for private companies with annual periods beginning a [...]

As the world enters a new reality in wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, GHJ’s experts are looking at new legislation, critical information and COVID-19’s impact on businesses. Our professionals are able to assist you in handling this disruption by providing services that are focused on managing your organization now and in the weeks and months ahead.