DOCSLIB.ORG

Taking the Business out of Work Product Michele M

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Taking the Business out of Work Product Michele M University of Miami Law School University of Miami School of Law Institutional Repository Articles Faculty and Deans 2011 Taking the Business Out of Work Product Michele M. DeStefano Beardslee University of Miami School of Law, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.miami.edu/fac_articles Part of the Civil Procedure Commons, and the Litigation Commons Recommended Citation Michele M. DeStefano Beardslee, Taking the Business Out of Work Product, 80 Fordham L. Rev. 2791 (2011). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty and Deans at University of Miami School of Law Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Articles by an authorized administrator of University of Miami School of Law Institutional Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. TAKING THE BUSINESS OUT OF WORK PRODUCT Michele DeStefano Beardslee* Over the past fifteen years, a common set of questions has surfaced in different areas of scholarship about the breadth of the corporate attorney's role: Should the corporate attorney provide business advice when providing legal advice? Should the corporate attorney provide counsel related to other disciplines such as public relations, social responsibility, morals, accounting, and/or investment banking? Should the corporate attorney prevent corporate wrongdoing? Questions like these resound in the scholarship addressing the risks and benefits of multi-disciplinary partnerships, gatekeeping, moral counseling, ancillary services, and the applicationof the attorney-clientprivilege. When looked at in combination, these segregated discussions equate to an unidentified but burgeoning debate about the proper role of the corporate attorney and whether a distinction can or should be made between doing business and practicing law. This debate also exists in court opinions assessing the reach of recent SEC regulations, the work product doctrine, and the attorney-client privilege. Indeed, the application of the doctrine assessing these issues provides a lens through which to view the tensions created by the increasingly transdisciplinaryand globalized role of the corporateattorney and the changing contours of litigation. To that end, by analyzing a sampling offederal court opinions that address the work product doctrine in the context of work related to public relations, this Article seeks to show that variations in how the doctrine is applied reflect disagreement about how expansive the role of today's corporate attorney and the definition of litigation should be. Further,given thatjudges can make decisions about work product protection based on their often narrow view of the proper role of an attorney as opposed to a businessperson, this Article argues that distinguishingbetween business and law when analyzing the work product doctrine is not only arbitraryand impossible in the corporate law context, but also inappropriate. This is clear when considering the history and purpose of the work product doctrine and the current application of the corporateattorney-client privilege. * Associate Professor of Law, University of Miami, School of Law. I thank Michael Bossone, Sergio Campos, Michael Graham, Bruce Green, Dennis Lynch, Austen L. Parrish, Andrew Perlman, Margaret Raymond, Robert Eli Rosen, and Gregory C. Sisk for advice and feedback. Also, I thank Peter Cunha for his research assistance. 1869 1870 FORDHAMLAWREVIEW [Vol. 79 Therefore, the more elementary goal of this Article is to offer a refined approach to the work product doctrine in the corporate law context to better align it with the reality of corporate practice, corporate litigation, and the expanded role of the corporate lawyer in today's society. Although this Article offers a preliminary recommendation for a new work product test, its primary recommendation is that courts take the business prong out of the work product analysis entirely so that (1) courts do not attempt to make a distinction between business and law when analyzing whether work is protectable and (2) the application of the doctrine does not hinge on a judge's view of how expansive corporatepractice or litigation is or should be. The more ambitious goal of this Article, however, is to urge those in the legal profession to begin a comprehensive discussion about the proper role of the corporate attorney and to consider whether, as the responsibilities and expectations of corporate lawyers grow, and as our definition of litigation expands, the law's protective doctrines shouldfollow suit. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. ..................................... ...... 1871 I. THE ROLE OF THE CONTEMPORARY CORPORATE ATTORNEY............ 1874 A. The Changing Realityfor the CorporateAttorney and the Illusive DistinctionBetween Business and Law..... .... 1874 B. The BurgeoningDebate Over the Role of the Corporate Attorney .................... ................ 1882 1. Multi-Disciplinary Partnerships ........... ....... 1882 2. Gatekeeping .................................... 1883 3. Moral Counseling ....................... .... 1885 4. Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege....... ......... 1887 5. Summary ............................ ..... 1890 II. OVERVIEW OF THE WORK PRODUCT DOCTRINE ................ 1890 A. BriefHistory of the Work ProductDoctrine ..... ........ 1891 B. The Work ProductDoctrine Today ..................... 1894 1. The Basics ............................ ....1 895 a. What the Work ProductDoctrine Generally Protects....................... ........ 1895 b. Work Product vs. the Attorney-Client Privilege......... 1896 2. General Area of Debate: "In Anticipation of Litigation" or "Preparation for Trial " ................. ..... 1 900 a. Temporal Question.................. ....... 1901 b. The "PrimaryMotivating Purpose" Test, the "Because of" Test, and the Ordinary Course of Business Exception .......................... 1903 c. Materials Preparedby the Attorney Versus Materials PreparedBy Others . ............... 1907 III. THE WORK PRODUCT DOCTRINE AS APPLIED TO WORK RELATED TO PUBLIC RELATIONS .......................... ...... 1 909 2011] TAKING THE BUSINESS OUT OF WORK PRODUCT 1871 A. The "PrimaryMotivating Factor" Test.................................. 1910 B. The "Becauseof' Test................... ........ 1912 C. The Ordinary Course ofBusiness Exception..... ....... 1 917 IV. ANALYSIS AND PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ................................. ..... 1922 A. Analysis ........................................ 1922 B. Possible Solutions and PreliminaryRecommendations ......... 1929 1. Analysis of Solutions Offered By Others ...... ..... 1931 2. Tentative Preliminary Recommendation ............ 1934 CONCLUSION ............................................. 1936 INTRODUCTION Although it may not be identified as such, a debate about the proper role of the corporate attorney has burgeoned over the past fifteen years. Arguably, the literature analyzing whether lawyers should be able to form multi-disciplinary partnerships; whether general counsels should act as gatekeepers; whether the attorney-client privilege should attach to communications with in-house counsel or apply to corporations at all; whether the attorney-client privilege should protect communications with third party consultants; and whether lawyers should provide moral counseling or ancillary services like public relations (PR) advice or financial consulting can all be encapsulated into one overarching debate about the proper role of the corporate attorney and whether a distinction can or should be made between the business of law and the business of business.' This debate is exemplified in the application of the work product doctrine. To date, however, scholars have not focused on this aspect of the doctrine. Instead, work product doctrine scholarship typically centers on analyzing the historical policy goals of the doctrine and the pros and cons of a broad versus a narrow shield. 2 This Article, however, takes a different tack and has different objectives. Through the exploration of a sample of federal opinions that address the work product doctrine in the context of PR work, 3 this Article seeks to make two showings. First, in analyzing the work product doctrine in the corporate context, courts attempt to make a distinction between business and law that is not only arbitrary and impossible to apply but also inappropriate given both the doctrine's history and the current application of the corporate attorney-client privilege. 1. See infra Part 1. 2. For just such an analysis, see generally Claudine Pease-Wingenter, Prophetic or Misguided?: The Fifth Circuit's (Increasingly) Unpopular Approach to the Work Product Doctrine, 29 REv. LITIG. 121, 125-40 (2009). 3. A search of Westlaw and LexisNexis turned up twenty-four cases that addressed work product in the context of public relations (PR), advertising, or marketing. In thirteen of these cases, judges provided work product protection to the work related to legal PR and in five of these cases, judges determined that the attorney-client privilege applied to the communications involving PR. This Article considers most of these cases in its analysis. 1872 FORDHAMLAW REVIEW [Vol. 79 Second, courts base the work product decision on their view of corporate practice, corporate litigation, and the role of the corporate attorney-which, in the legal PR context, appears to be quite narrow. Both of these contentions appear true regardless of which of the two main work product
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Breaking Bad and Cinematic Television
    temp Breaking Bad and Cinematic Television ANGELO RESTIVO Breaking Bad and Cinematic Television A production of the Console- ing Passions book series Edited by Lynn Spigel Breaking Bad and Cinematic Television ANGELO RESTIVO DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS Durham and London 2019 © 2019 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid- free paper ∞ Typeset in Warnock and News Gothic by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Restivo, Angelo, [date] author. Title: Breaking bad and cinematic television / Angelo Restivo. Description: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019. | Series: Spin offs : a production of the Console-ing Passions book series | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018033898 (print) LCCN 2018043471 (ebook) ISBN 9781478003441 (ebook) ISBN 9781478001935 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN 9781478003083 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Breaking bad (Television program : 2008–2013) | Television series— Social aspects—United States. | Television series—United States—History and criticism. | Popular culture—United States—History—21st century. Classification: LCC PN1992.77.B74 (ebook) | LCC PN1992.77.B74 R47 2019 (print) | DDC 791.45/72—dc23 LC record available at https: // lccn.loc.gov/2018033898 Cover art: Breaking Bad, episode 103 (2008). Duke University Press gratefully acknowledges the support of Georgia State University’s College of the Arts, School of Film, Media, and Theatre, and Creative Media Industries Institute, which provided funds toward the publication of this book. Not to mention that most terrible drug—ourselves— which we take in solitude. —WALTER BENJAMIN Contents note to the reader ix acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 The Cinematic 25 2 The House 54 3 The Puzzle 81 4 Just Gaming 116 5 Immanence: A Life 137 notes 159 bibliography 171 index 179 Note to the Reader While this is an academic study, I have tried to write the book in such a way that it will be accessible to the generally educated reader.
    [Show full text]
  • Modus Operandi Films and High Point Media Group Present
    Modus Operandi Films and High Point Media Group Present A film by Craig McCall Worldwide Sales: High Point Media Group Contact in Cannes: Residences du Grand Hotel, Cormoran II, 3 rd Floor: Tel: +33 (0) 4 93 38 05 87 London Contact: Tel: +44 20 7424 6870. Fax +44 20 7435 3281 [email protected] CAMERAMAN: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff page 1 of 27 © Modus Operandi Films 2010 HP PRESS KIT CAMERAMAN: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff www.jackcardiff.com Contents: - Film Synopsis p 3 - 10 Facts About Jack p 4 - Jack Cardiff Filmography p 5 - Quotes about Jack p 6 - Director’s Notes p 7 - Interviewee’s p 8 - Bio’s of Key Crew p10 - Director's Q&A p14 - Credits p 19 CAMERAMAN: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff page 2 of 27 © Modus Operandi Films 2010 HP PRESS KIT CAMERAMAN : The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff A Documentary Feature Film Logline: Celebrating the remarkable nine decade career of legendary cinematographer, Jack Cardiff, who provided the canvas for classics like The Red Shoes and The African Queen . Short Synopsis: Jack Cardiff’s career spanned an incredible nine of moving picture’s first ten decades and his work behind the camera altered the look of films forever through his use of Technicolor photography. Craig McCall’s passionate film about the legendary cinematographer reveals a unique figure in British and international cinema. Long Synopsis: Cameraman illuminates a unique figure in British and international cinema, Jack Cardiff, a man whose life and career are inextricably interwoven with the history of cinema spanning nine decades of moving pictures' ten.
    [Show full text]
  • Manuel De Pedrolo's "Mecanoscrit"
    Alambique. Revista académica de ciencia ficción y fantasía / Jornal acadêmico de ficção científica e fantasía Volume 4 Issue 2 Manuel de Pedrolo's "Typescript Article 3 of the Second Origin" Political Wishful Thinking versus the Shape of Things to Come: Manuel de Pedrolo’s "Mecanoscrit" and “Los últimos días” by Àlex and David Pastor Pere Gallardo Torrano Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/alambique Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, European Languages and Societies Commons, Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Commons, and the Other Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Gallardo Torrano, Pere (2017) "Political Wishful Thinking versus the Shape of Things to Come: Manuel de Pedrolo’s "Mecanoscrit" and “Los últimos días” by Àlex and David Pastor," Alambique. Revista académica de ciencia ficción y fantasía / Jornal acadêmico de ficção científica e fantasía: Vol. 4 : Iss. 2 , Article 3. https://www.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/2167-6577.4.2.3 Available at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/alambique/vol4/iss2/3 Authors retain copyright of their material under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License. Gallardo Torrano: Catalan Apocalypse: Pedrolo versus the Pastor Brothers The present Catalan cultural and linguistic revival is not a new phenomenon. Catalan language and culture is as old as the better-known Spanish/Castilian is, with which it has shared a part of the Iberian Peninsula for centuries. The 19th century brought about a nationalist revival in many European states, and many stateless nations came into the limelight.
    [Show full text]
  • The Book of Common Prayer
    The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David According to the use of The Episcopal Church Church Publishing Incorporated, New York Certificate I certify that this edition of The Book of Common Prayer has been compared with a certified copy of the Standard Book, as the Canon directs, and that it conforms thereto. Gregory Michael Howe Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer January, 2007 Table of Contents The Ratification of the Book of Common Prayer 8 The Preface 9 Concerning the Service of the Church 13 The Calendar of the Church Year 15 The Daily Office Daily Morning Prayer: Rite One 37 Daily Evening Prayer: Rite One 61 Daily Morning Prayer: Rite Two 75 Noonday Prayer 103 Order of Worship for the Evening 108 Daily Evening Prayer: Rite Two 115 Compline 127 Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families 137 Table of Suggested Canticles 144 The Great Litany 148 The Collects: Traditional Seasons of the Year 159 Holy Days 185 Common of Saints 195 Various Occasions 199 The Collects: Contemporary Seasons of the Year 211 Holy Days 237 Common of Saints 246 Various Occasions 251 Proper Liturgies for Special Days Ash Wednesday 264 Palm Sunday 270 Maundy Thursday 274 Good Friday 276 Holy Saturday 283 The Great Vigil of Easter 285 Holy Baptism 299 The Holy Eucharist An Exhortation 316 A Penitential Order: Rite One 319 The Holy Eucharist: Rite One 323 A Penitential Order: Rite Two 351 The Holy Eucharist: Rite Two 355 Prayers of the People
    [Show full text]
  • * Hc Omslag Film Architecture 22-05-2007 17:10 Pagina 1
    * hc omslag Film Architecture 22-05-2007 17:10 Pagina 1 Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination: Set Design in 1930s European Cinema presents for the first time a comparative study of European film set design in HARRIS AND STREET BERGFELDER, IMAGINATION FILM ARCHITECTURE AND THE TRANSNATIONAL the late 1920s and 1930s. Based on a wealth of designers' drawings, film stills and archival documents, the book FILM FILM offers a new insight into the development and signifi- cance of transnational artistic collaboration during this CULTURE CULTURE period. IN TRANSITION IN TRANSITION European cinema from the late 1920s to the late 1930s was famous for its attention to detail in terms of set design and visual effect. Focusing on developments in Britain, France, and Germany, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the practices, styles, and function of cine- matic production design during this period, and its influence on subsequent filmmaking patterns. Tim Bergfelder is Professor of Film at the University of Southampton. He is the author of International Adventures (2005), and co- editor of The German Cinema Book (2002) and The Titanic in Myth and Memory (2004). Sarah Street is Professor of Film at the Uni- versity of Bristol. She is the author of British Cinema in Documents (2000), Transatlantic Crossings: British Feature Films in the USA (2002) and Black Narcis- sus (2004). Sue Harris is Reader in French cinema at Queen Mary, University of London. She is the author of Bertrand Blier (2001) and co-editor of France in Focus: Film
    [Show full text]
  • Adapting to Climate Change: a Business Approach
    AdApting to climAte chAnge: A Business ApproAch TRATEGY S By Frances G. Sussman senior economist, icF internAtionAl, And J. Randall Freed senior Vice president, icF internAtionAl MARKETS AND BUSINESS AdApting to ClimAte ChAnge: A Business Approach Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change by Frances G. Sussman Senior economiSt, ICF international, and J. Randall Freed Senior Vice PreSident, ICF international April 2008 The authors would like to thank Kathryn Maher, of ICF International, who provided valuable research assistance for this paper, and Anne Choate and Susan Asam, also of ICF International, who provided helpful comments. We would also like to thank Andre de Fontaine and Vicki Arroyo of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and Truman Semans, formerly of the Pew Center, as well as several anonymous peer reviewers and members of the Pew Center’s Business Environment Leadership Council (BELC), for helpful comments and suggestions. Contents Introduction 1 I. Climate Change: A Range of Risks and Opportunities 3 II. The Case for Business Adaptation: What is at Risk? 7 III. The Risk Disk and The Adaptation Challenge 11 IV. Meeting the Challenge: Screening for Climate Impacts and Adaptation 15 Question 1. Is climate important to business risk? 16 Question 2. Is there an immediate threat? Or are long-term assets, investments, or decisions being locked into place? 17 Question 3. Is a high value at stake if a wrong decision is made? 18 V. Case Studies: Three Business Responses to Climate Risks 19 Entergy Corporation: A Climate Wakeup Call— The First Step Was Admitting There Was a Problem 20 The Travelers Companies, Inc.: An Ounce of Prevention— Linking the Interests of Homeowners, Business, and Insurance Providers 23 Rio Tinto: Reappraising “Normal”— Designing to Weather, Climate, and Climate Change 26 VI.
    [Show full text]
  • Information to Users
    INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfihn master. UMI fihns the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter 6ce, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely afreet reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e.g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, beginning at the upper left-hand comer and continuing from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. Each original is also photographed in one exposure and is included in reduced form at the back of the book. Photographs included in the original manuscript have been reproduced xerographically in this copy. Higher quality 6” x 9” black and white photographic prints are available for any photographs or illustrations appearing in this copy for an additional charge. Contact UMI directly to order. UMI A Bell & Howell Information Company 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 USA 313/761-4700 800/521-0600 A PEOPLE^S AIR FORCE: AIR POWER AND AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE, 1945 -1965 DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Steven Charles Call, M.A, M S.
    [Show full text]
  • 21-Days-Of-Prayer-Guide-85X11.Pdf
    DAY ONE 1.6.20 Why 21 Days Hey everyone, this is Pastor Steve and I am so glad that you are participating in 21 days of prayer and fasting. Our aim in this season as a church is to pursue a Jesus-centered life together. You are listening to the Prayer Guide for Day 1. Each day we will send you a brand-new audio prayer guide with scripture, a short devotional thought, and a guided prayer time… So let’s jump in! Scripture And behold, a hand touched Devotional Thought Reading me and set me trembling on my Daniel 10:10-14 hands and knees. And he said You may remember these verses we have to PUSH, to Pray Until to me, “O Daniel, man greatly from yesterday’s message. I Something Happens. We have to loved, understand the words that wanted to start our 21 days keep praying until God gives us I speak to you, and stand upright, with a reminder of why we are clarity on His answer. for now I have been sent to you.” doing this. We are in this season And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. Then because we want to pursue the Over the next 21 days, you are he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for Jesus centered life together. going to be tempted to give up, from the first day that you set your But you may wonder, why 21 to give in. If you are fasting, you heart to understand and humbled days? The reason is simple, this are going to feel the pressure of yourself before your God, your is a biblical time period of prayer, what you are abstaining from words have been heard, and I have from the book of Daniel… the begin to creep up on you.
    [Show full text]
  • The Emergence of Abstract Film in America Was Organized by Synchronization with a Musical Accompaniment
    EmergenceFilmFilmFilmArchiveinArchivesAmerica, The Abstract Harvard Anthology Table of Contents "Legacy Alive: An Introduction" by Bruce Posner . ... ... ... ... ..... ... ... ... ... ............ ....... ... ... ... ... .... .2 "Articulated Light: An Appendix" by Gerald O'Grady .. ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... .... .3 "Cinema as a An Form: Avant-Garde " Experimentation " Abstraction" by Vlada Petric .. ... 3 "A New RealismThe Object" by Fernand Leger ... ........ ... ... ... ...... ........ ... ... ... ... .... ... .......... .4 "True Creation" by Oskar Fischinger .. ..... ... ... ... ... .. ...... ... ....... ... ........... ... ... ... ... ... ....... ... ........4 "Observable Forces" by Harry Smith . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ......... ... ... ... .......... ...... ... ... ... ......5 "Images of Nowhere" by Raul Ruiz ......... ... ... ........ ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... .... ... ... ... 5 `TIME. .. on dit: Having Declared a Belief in God" by Stan Brakhage ..... ...... ............. ... ... ... .. 6 "Hilla Rebay and the Guggenheim Nexus" by Cecile Starr ..... ... ...... ............ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...7 Mary Ellen Bute by Cecile Starr .. ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ............ ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... .............8 James Whitney studying water currents for Wu Ming (1973) Statement I by Mary Ellen Bute ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ...... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ..
    [Show full text]
  • 2019Devotional.Pdf
    2 DAY ONE: APRIL 1, 2019 Introduction to Walking with Jesus Steve Vaughan, Executive Pastor Adult Ministries and Missions Romans 8:31-39 One thing I can say is an absolute in my life is that Easter and the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ makes me exceedingly happy and full of joy. When I wake up on Easter morning, it is different than every other morning of the year. There is expectation, not for an event about to happen, but for the privilege and joy of celebrating the most glorious event that has ever occurred in history. I literally cannot wait for the first person who comes up to me and proclaims, “He is risen!” just so I can loudly and proudly proclaim, “He has risen indeed!” Actually, I am not sure why we don’t do this all of the time and every day. It is exhilarating! Those simple words remind us of the reality that we find ourselves. As believers, we are loved, redeemed, and sanctified through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It reminds us of Paul’s words in Romans 8, “we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Imagine if we truly lived every day of our lives living out this truth, living in the joy and expectation of who we have become, and now are, through the person of Jesus Christ.
    [Show full text]
  • Following Is a Listing of Public Relations Firms Who Have Represented Films at Previous Sundance Film Festivals
    Following is a listing of public relations firms who have represented films at previous Sundance Film Festivals. This is just a sample of the firms that can help promote your film and is a good guide to start your search for representation. 11th Street Lot 11th Street Lot Marketing & PR offers strategic marketing and publicity services to independent films at every stage of release, from festival premiere to digital distribution, including traditional publicity (film reviews, regional and trade coverage, interviews and features); digital marketing (social media, email marketing, etc); and creative, custom audience-building initiatives. Contact: Lisa Trifone P: 646.926-4012 E: [email protected] ​ www.11thstreetlot.com 42West 42West is a US entertainment public relations and consulting firm. A full service bi-coastal agency, ​ 42West handles film release campaigns, awards campaigns, online marketing and publicity, strategic communications, personal publicity, and integrated promotions and marketing. With a presence at Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, Venice, Tribeca, SXSW, New York and Los Angeles film festivals, 42West plays a key role in supporting the sales of acquisition titles as well as launching a film through a festival publicity campaign. Past Sundance Films the company has represented include Joanna Hogg’s THE SOUVENIR (winner of World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic), Lee Cronin’s THE HOLE IN THE GROUND, Paul Dano’s WILDLIFE, Sara Colangelo’s THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER (winner of Director in U.S. competition), Maggie Bett’s NOVITIATE
    [Show full text]
  • Loki Production Brief
    PRODUCTION BRIEF “I am Loki, and I am burdened with glorious purpose.” —Loki arvel Studios’ “Loki,” an original live-action series created exclusively for Disney+, features the mercurial God of Mischief as he steps out of his brother’s shadow. The series, described as a crime-thriller meets epic-adventure, takes place after the events Mof “Avengers: Endgame.” “‘Loki’ is intriguingly different with a bold creative swing,” says Kevin Feige, President, Marvel Studios and Chief Creative Officer, Marvel. “This series breaks new ground for the Marvel Cinematic Universe before it, and lays the groundwork for things to come.” The starting point of the series is the moment in “Avengers: Endgame” when the 2012 Loki takes the Tesseract—from there Loki lands in the hands of the Time Variance Authority (TVA), which is outside of the timeline, concurrent to the current day Marvel Cinematic Universe. In his cross-timeline journey, Loki finds himself a fish out of water as he tries to navigate—and manipulate—his way through the bureaucratic nightmare that is the Time Variance Authority and its by-the-numbers mentality. This is Loki as you have never seen him. Stripped of his self- proclaimed majesty but with his ego still intact, Loki faces consequences he never thought could happen to such a supreme being as himself. In that, there is a lot of humor as he is taken down a few pegs and struggles to find his footing in the unforgiving bureaucracy of the Time Variance Authority. As the series progresses, we see different sides of Loki as he is drawn into helping to solve a serious crime with an agent 1 of the TVA, Mobius, who needs his “unique Loki perspective” to locate the culprits and mend the timeline.
    [Show full text]