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Jonathan Handel

Jonathan Handel is an American entertainment lawyer, journalist, author and commentator.[1][2][3]

Jonathan Handel
Jonathan Handel
EducationHarvard University (AB, JD)

Handel is an expert on entertainment labor, having reported extensively on the WGA, SAG-AFTRA, DGA, IATSE and other unions.[4] He has previously served as outside Special Counsel to SAG-AFTRA, and on the legal staff of the WGA.[5][6][7][8][2]

Prior to this, he was a journalist at The Hollywood Reporter, and has also written for the Los Angeles Times, Variety and Puck.[9][10][11] Additionally, he has authored five books and is an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School and lecturer in law at the USC Gould School of Law.[12][13]

He currently practices entertainment and technology law at TroyGould and serves as an executive at WIO.[14][15]

Education and career

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Handel studied Applied Mathematics, graduating from Harvard College in 1982, and Harvard Law School in 1990.[16][17]

He began his law career clerking for Judge Irving Goldberg on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Dallas, TX.[18]

In 1991, he was selected to serve as a federal associate independent counsel to investigate alleged White House political misconduct related to the search of then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton's passport files.[19][2][20][21]

In the months prior to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Handel began publishing a series of blogs on the Huffington Post, leading to him becoming recognized as an expert regarding Hollywood unions.[2][22][23][24]

From 2010 to 2020, Handel was a journalist at The Hollywood Reporter.[25][26]

In 2020, he was appointed as outside Special Counsel to SAG-AFTRA.[8]

As of 2022, Handel serves as an executive at WIO, an entertainment software company.[27][28][29]

Handel regularly provides legal analysis for media outlets such as The New York Times, BBC, Reuters, NBC, CNN, ABC and CBS.[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]

Residuals

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Handel is an expert on entertainment royalties, having authored the only book on residuals.[38][39][40]

Personal

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Handel is the son of late sociologist Gerald S. Handel.

Works

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  • Entertainment residuals: a full color guide, Hollywood Analytics, 2014[39]
  • The New Zealand Hobbit crisis: how Warner Bros. bent a government to its will and crushed an attempt to unionize The hobbit, Hollywood Analytics, 2013[41]
  • Entertainment labor: an interdisciplinary bibliography, Hollywood Analytics, 2013[42]
  • Hollywood on strike!: an industry at war in the internet age, Hollywood Analytics, 2011[43]
  • How to write loi's and term sheets, Jonathan Handel, 2009[44]

References

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  1. ^ Rose, Lacey. "The Hollywood Strike's Winners". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  2. ^ a b c d Navarre, Jayne L. (2010). Social.lawyers : transforming business development (2010-2011 ed.). [Eagan, Minn.]: West. ISBN 978-0-314-93267-9. OCLC 698625345.
  3. ^ "TroyGould Attorney Handel to Teach at UCLA Law School". www.metnews.com. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  4. ^ "Videos". FOX 11 Los Angeles. 2023-06-29. Archived from the original on 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  5. ^ Political economy of media industries : global transformations and challenges. Randy Nichols, Gabriela Martínez. New York, NY. 2020. ISBN 978-0-429-46933-6. OCLC 1118978699.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ Cieply, Michael (2013-02-07). "Documents on New Zealand Labor Talks Related to Films May Be Made Public". Media Decoder Blog. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  7. ^ "troygould". www.troygould.com.
  8. ^ a b McNary, Dave (2020-09-09). "SAG-AFTRA Taps Journalist Jonathan Handel as Special Counsel". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  9. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2020-06-19). "Writers Guild Scores $5.25 Million Interest Award From Disney on Fox Animation Residuals". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  10. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2009-06-11). "Why the film biz still has far to go". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  11. ^ "Film school's ties with Matthew Modine face scrutiny in heated SAG-AFTRA election". Los Angeles Times. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  12. ^ "adjunct prof". swlaw.edu.
  13. ^ "law lecturer". usc.edu. 17 December 2014.
  14. ^ "entertainment exec". hollywoodreporter.com. 31 January 2022.
  15. ^ "entertainment exec 1". backstage.com.
  16. ^ Robb, David (2020-09-09). "Former THR Labor Reporter Jonathan Handel Joins SAG-AFTRA As Outside Special Counsel". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  17. ^ "Jonathan Louis Handel # 150126 - Attorney Licensee Search". apps.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  18. ^ Elliott, William D. (2013). "Judge Irving L. Goldberg and The Federal Tax Law". Texas Tech Law Review: 994.
  19. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (2020-09-09). "SAG-AFTRA Names Jonathan Handel as an Outside Special Counsel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  20. ^ Johnston, David (1995-12-01). "File Search In 1992 Race Wasn't Illegal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  21. ^ "ref/archive". Archived from the original on 2018-02-16.
  22. ^ "Was This Strike Necessary? | Which Way, L.A.?". KCRW. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  23. ^ "Directors uncertain about their contract talks". Los Angeles Times. 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  24. ^ "Jonathan Handel | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  25. ^ "reports". muckrack.com.
  26. ^ "Jonathan Handel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  27. ^ Tran, Diep (February 2, 2022). "Want to Make Sure You're Getting the Right Residuals? This New Tool Can Help". Backstage. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  28. ^ Ahearn, Victoria (February 14, 2022). "Canadian composer launches software to track TV airings". Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  29. ^ Kilkenny, Katie (2022-01-31). "Hollywood Start-Up Plans to Track Unpaid Residuals, Royalties". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  30. ^ "Tesla driver charged with manslaughter in deadly Autopilot crash raises new legal questions about automated driving tech". NBC News. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  31. ^ Carr, David (2008-02-12). "Who Won the Writers Strike?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  32. ^ "Harvey Weinstein scandal puts nondisclosure agreements in the spotlight". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  33. ^ "Uber fights California efforts to regulate its self-driving cars". www.cbsnews.com. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  34. ^ "Fox Tells Time Warner Cable to Halt Channel Streams to IPad". Bloomberg.com. 2011-03-30. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  35. ^ "Hollywood actors, studios agree to extend talks". Reuters. 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  36. ^ Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Winery Battle, Scientologist Rape Case, Kate Moss Talks Depp Trial, retrieved 2022-07-26
  37. ^ Low, Elaine. "Scarlett Johansson's 'Black Widow' lawsuit against Disney could remake studio-talent deals in the streaming era, top Hollywood attorneys say". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  38. ^ "residuals in dictionary". merriam-webster.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020.
  39. ^ a b Handel, Jonathan (2014). Entertainment residuals : a full color guide. Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-4414-3935-2. OCLC 932128926.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  40. ^ Fisk, Catherine (2017-05-02). "The Writer's Share (The Donahue Lecture)". Rochester, NY. SSRN 2961875. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  41. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2013). The New Zealand Hobbit crisis : how Warner Bros. bent a government to its will and crushed an attempt to unionize The hobbit. Pip Bulbeck, Warner Bros. Los Angeles, Calif.: Hollywood Analytics. ISBN 978-0-615-73100-1. OCLC 824738370.
  42. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2013). Entertainment labor : an interdisciplinary bibliography. Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-4414-3978-9. OCLC 835633311.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  43. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2011). Hollywood on strike! : an industry at war in the internet age. Los Angeles: Hollywood Analytics. ISBN 978-1-4382-3385-7. OCLC 708263713.
  44. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2009). How to write loi's and term sheets. Los Angeles, CA: Jonathan Handel. ISBN 978-1-4414-7578-7. OCLC 662606582.
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