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A Production Lawyer's Guide to Obtaining E&O Insurance and Preventing Litigation

Errors-and-omissions insurance (also known as 'E&O' or producers liability insurance) is an inevitable part of every film and TV producer's life. It is required for the sale and distribution of virtually all film productions and television shows in North America ' and the requirement is becoming global. The goal of the article is to allow production counsel to spot the issues and to develop a sense of what is risky or not in the course of bringing a film or television production to fruition.

29 minute read June 26, 2008 at 11:16 AM
By
Debra Hodgson
A Production Lawyer's Guide to Obtaining E&O Insurance and Preventing Litigation

Errors-and-omissions insurance (also known as 'E&O' or producers liability insurance) is an inevitable part of every film and TV producer's life. It is required for the sale and distribution of virtually all film productions and television shows in North America ' and the requirement is becoming global.

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