Planning for the future is important, especially when it comes to finances and marriage, which is exactly where a prenup vs. postnup comes in. You might be wondering if you should get a postnuptial agreement vs prenuptial agreement. Maybe you’re engaged and considering a prenup or already married and... read more
By Jay V. Surgent, Esq. The prosecutor has asked, through your lawyer, whether you would come in and talk. The meeting has a name, the proffer, and a letter comes before it. Read the letter twice. What the Letter Says The government agrees not to use your statements in... read more
By Jay V. Surgent, Esq. A letter arrives on the letterhead of the United States Attorney’s Office. It says that you are a target of a federal grand jury investigation, and it lists one or more sections of Title 18 of the United States Code. It tells you that... read more
A production company in Los Angeles brings its paper to a New Jersey shoot. The director of photography works through her loan-out company. Her deal memo promises the loan-out its full fee. A year later, the CPA tests every loan-out payment for the credit. Nobody withheld anything from hers.... read more
A producer finds a warehouse stage in Kearny. The ceiling clears a lighting grid. The rent fits the budget. Her line producer builds the budget at thirty-five percent, the New Jersey rate he has heard about. The stage sits about nine miles from Columbus Circle. The rent, the lumber,... read more
On June 30, 2025, New Jersey amended its film and digital media tax credit. The law is P.L. 2025, c.81. It applies to applications submitted after June 30, 2025. The amendment raised a studio partner’s rate inside the thirty-mile radius around Columbus Circle from thirty-five percent to forty. A studio partner... read more
A filmmaker forms a company for her first feature. She files the certificate of formation herself. It names her production company as the only member. The state record is correct. Then she applies online for the new company’s employer identification number. She answers each question honestly. The IRS notice... read more
An actor negotiates the right to approve any still of her used in the key art. The clause goes into her agreement. Then the picture shoots. Fourteen months later, a marketing vendor in another state builds the poster from a frame grab. Nobody at the vendor has seen a... read more
Independent films get made by people who show up for nothing. A classmate runs sound for a week. A cousin drives the van. Three students from the director’s program work the whole shoot for a credit and lunch. Every one of them is glad to be there. Two bodies... read more
Two days before the shoot, a rental house sends its lease agreement, an insurance checklist, and a credit card authorization form. The producer signs all three in about four minutes, because without them the lights stay in the warehouse. That afternoon the broker sends the insurance certificate. It shows... read more
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