The Hollywood Reporter

July 24, 2015

9:08pm PT by

Eriq Gardner

MPAA Targets MovieTube Websites in New Piracy Lawsuit

Legal action calls for ad service providers, social media services and others to stop facilitating websites streaming movies still in theaters.

THR, Esq.

July 24, 2015

1:11pm PT by

Austin Siegemund-Broka

Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh, Film Financier Duke It Out In New Lawsuits

RKA Film Financing calls the Relativity CEO a "con man" in its second lawsuit against him; Relativity claims the backer is trying to disrupt talks with new investors.

July 23, 2015

5:48pm PT by

Austin Siegemund-Broka

The Turtles Lose Bid to Halt SiriusXM's $210M Settlement With RIAA

The recent settlement doesn't warrant the lifting of the stay on the band's similar lawsuit, rules a California judge.

July 23, 2015

3:47pm PT by

Austin Siegemund-Broka

TV Biopic of Surfing Family Threatened In Life Rights Lawsuit

The matriarch of the "first family of surfing" says Lionsgate is developing the project with Jennifer Lawrence attached to produce but without her husband's life rights.

July 23, 2015

1:43pm PT by

Eriq Gardner

Bill Cosby Seeks to Enforce Confidentiality With Accuser Who Settled

Cosby's attorneys say Andrea Constand has been tweeting about him and that her attorney should have told a court reporter the deposition was confidential.

July 22, 2015

12:48pm PT by

Austin Siegemund-Broka

'The Black Dahlia' Producers Sue Nu Image Claiming Unpaid Profits

Moshe Diamant and Rudy Cohen's lawsuit is the latest in several years to target the company's accounting.

July 21, 2015

5:32pm PT by

Austin Siegemund-Broka

Jay-Z NFL

Hollywood Docket: DC Comics Hopes Trademark Suit Will Be Kryptonite to Clothing Company

The week's entertainment law news includes a win for Jay Z over his sound engineer and arbitration for the Hollywood lawyer accused of turning a client into his sex slave.

July 21, 2015

3:31pm PT by

Eriq Gardner

Academy's Method of Restricting Oscar Statuette Sales Upheld in Court

If Oscar winners want to sell their trophies, they have to offer them to the Academy for $10. A judge looks at Victorian era land disputes and fruit salad jars to figure out whether this is enforceable.

July 20, 2015

3:06pm PT by

Eriq Gardner

Bill Cosby's Attorney Vows to Investigate Deposition Release

Was The New York Times accurate in reporting that Cosby's deposition was never sealed?

July 20, 2015

11:34am PT by

Eriq Gardner

Fox News Battles Lindsay Lohan in Court Over Statement Her Mom Is An "Enabler"

Lohan worries that Fox News audiences got the overall impression she "might become the next celebrity to join the obituary list."

July 17, 2015

11:41am PT by

Eriq Gardner

Rolling Stone Argues University of Virginia Vouched for Discredited Rape Story

The publication responds to a $7.5 million lawsuit and shares a confidential letter it sent to an attorney for Dean Nicole Eramo.

July 16, 2015

1:55pm PT by

Austin Siegemund-Broka

'Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller Wins Dismissal of Teen Dancer's Assault Lawsuit

Paige Hyland claimed the show's instructor hurled a chair at her; the judge disagreed.

July 16, 2015

1:08pm PT by

Eriq Gardner

TV Streamer Gets Huge Victory on Road to Compulsory License to Broadcast Networks

FilmOn wins a potential landmark ruling — one that will set up a high-stakes appellate showdown with the broadcast establishment.

July 16, 2015

10:43am PT by

Eriq Gardner

ICM Interns Settlement Given Final Approval By Judge

The nod on a $725,000 deal comes after an important appeals court ruling.

July 15, 2015

11:58pm PT by

Austin Siegemund-Broka

'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Filmmakers Claim They're Owed $3M in Profits Lawsuit

The producers, writers and a director of the 1990s franchise say a rights holder won't pay them according to their contracts.