Comments on: Cast of ‘Modern Family’ Sues 20th Century Fox http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/07/25/cast-of-modern-family-sues-20th-century-fox/ Legal Industry News Fri, 17 May 2013 21:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zafar Hasan http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/07/25/cast-of-modern-family-sues-20th-century-fox/comment-page-1/#comment-75013 Zafar Hasan Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:11:12 +0000 http://www.jdjournal.com/?p=46611#comment-75013 Posted by Zafar Hasan: As a former associate at Foley Lardner, I can confirm that you cannot simply cancel contracts because you do not like them. On the contrary, there needs to be some kind of basis for canceling the agreement. After all, the cast members thought the agreement was fine before they knew the show would be such a hit. Now that it has become a hit, of course they don't like the transaction they cut. That said, if they hold the line and act in concert, law notwithstanding, they will likely accomplish the goal of re-negotiation. Zafar Hasan Posted by Zafar Hasan: As a former associate at Foley Lardner, I can confirm that you cannot simply cancel contracts because you do not like them. On the contrary, there needs to be some kind of basis for canceling the agreement. After all, the cast members thought the agreement was fine before they knew the show would be such a hit. Now that it has become a hit, of course they don’t like the transaction they cut.

That said, if they hold the line and act in concert, law notwithstanding, they will likely accomplish the goal of re-negotiation. Zafar Hasan

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