Topic: Jonathan Handel

Federal prosecutors have decided not to press criminal charges against school officials who surreptitiously used a webcam on a school-issued laptop to monitor a student's activities in his home. That decision could send the wrong signal to other school districts regarding ...
We all know about the writers' strike losers: Whether it's industry news or gossip, veteran entertainment journalist Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily Web site is rarely without insults, er, analysis. "I feel like I am having an affair with Nikki ...
Hollywood Producers Make New Offer to Striking Writers; Guild Calls It a RollbackHollywood studios presented a new contract offer to striking film and TV writers Thursday that the studios said would pay writers millions of dollars extra for shows created for the ...

Hollywood Strike Talks Break Off

After four weeks on the picket lines, the Writers Guild of America has received a new proposal from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The news comes nearly four weeks after some 12,000 Hollywood writers walked off the job ...
"The two parties wouldn't have agreed to come back to the table if there wasn't reason for optimism," says Jonathan Handel, an attorney with TroyGould in Los Angeles and a former associate counsel for the Writers Guild of America. On ...