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Foreign Filming Creates Challenges For Lawyers

By Kellie Schmitt
November 29, 2005

Entertainment lawyer Patricia Mayer recently juggled phone calls about a French movie deal with a German lawyer in Poland, a London-based sales agent and a Japanese distributor. “You end up on the phone at 6 a.m. talking to the German lady, then at 6 in the evening talking to the Japanese client ' the only time you can all get on the phone is midnight,” says Mayer, a partner with Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp in Los Angeles.

As Hollywood filmmakers increasingly shift production abroad, they're creating myriad opportunities for U.S. entertainment lawyers. While the so-called “runaway” productions are bleeding thousands of U.S. industry jobs, the migration is a boon for entertainment-law practices that thrive on international legal complexities.

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