Reinhart attorneys provide our entertainment and media industry clients with a full suite of services that encompasses a broad range of legal solutions including labor and employment law, contract development and negotiation, intellectual property, litigation and other business solutions. Our entertainment and media lawyers' scope of experience includes general entertainment law, chain-of-title and rights clearances, tax and union corporate structure and financing. Whether film, television, theatre, radio, music, publishing, gaming and visual arts, Reinhart is dedicated to providing everyone in the industry, from impresarios, producers, distributors, sales agents and representatives to talent writers and video game developers, customized and responsive legal services.
As a premier entertainment and media law firm in the Midwest, Reinhart's Entertainment and Media Law attorneys are up-to-date on the status of Wisconsin's new film production and video game development tax credits.
Wisconsin has developed one of the nation's most aggressive tax incentive packages for motion picture production and video game development. As of January 1, 2008, the tax credits apply to up to 25% of above-the-line costs incurred while shooting in Wisconsin. This includes credits for salary and wages paid to people working on a film; production expenses such as lighting and makeup and a film company's expenditures in the first three years of conducting business in Wisconsin.
Reinhart serves as Film Wisconsin's preferred provider of entertainment legal services. Film Wisconsin advocates for the entertainment industry in the global marketplace and provides information and resources as a technical assistance organization for individuals and organizations engaged in film, television, advertising, documentary, corporate video, video gaming and still photography production in the state.
Our attorneys have represented:
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Film distributors
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International sales agents
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Video game developers
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Software developers, vendors and purchasers
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Record labels
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Music publishers and artists
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Actors
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New York Times best-selling authors
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World class art museums
Reinhart's Entertainment and Media legal practice and related experience represents the dramatic impact technology and media have in today's economy. Our attorneys fully grasp the business convergence of software, the Internet, technology, entertainment/media and advertising law.
Reinhart attorneys assist agencies and businesses with advertising legal issues, such as:
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Claim substantiations and false advertising
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General advertising and trademark law
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Internet marketing, e-advertising and ecommerce laws
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Brand management legal services
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Media industry legal issues, including Wisconsin's entertainment tax credits