Don’t expect a quick final judgment in the legal battle over the Golden Globe Awards—but do expect the losing side to appeal.

Although the courtroom portion of the high-profile two-week trial concluded Friday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which owns the annual awards show, and Dick Clark Productions, which produces it, are further apart than ever. Executives are barely civil to one another, even when standing outside the courtroom.

Robert Kirkman, the comic book writer who created The Walking Dead and the hit AMC television series by the same name, is firing back at the lawsuit filed Thursday by childhood friend and collaborator Tony Moore, who claims he was duped into signing away his rights to the lucrative franchise.

In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Kirkman, repped by attorney Allen Grodsky, writes:

Robert Kirkman, the famed comic book writer who helped create AMC's hit zombie series The Walking Dead, has been sued by a childhood friend and collaborator who claims he is entitled to as much as half the proceeds from the lucrative franchise.

A federal judge in Louisiana is allowing Kevin Costner to pursue counterclaims against fellow actor Stephen Baldwin and investor Spyridon Contogouris in an ongoing lawsuit over whether Costner and his partners "orchestrated a nefarious scheme" to gain sole interest in oil spill cleanup technology in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Separating oil from water is tough. But severing a liability release provision from a joint venture agreement can be just as difficult. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman ruled that the liability section of the parties' agreement clearly covers the activities that prompted Baldwin and Contogouris to file their lawsuit.

Capitol Films' attempt to recover $20 million in insurance money for having to replace Samuel L. Jackson on the 2009 film Black Water Transit has been rejected by a California appeals court.

A month before shooting was to begin on the movie, Capitol learned that Jackson couldn't perform because of a back injury that required surgery. The film company was left with three options -- replace him, postpone the shoot or to abandon the project. Capitol wanted to go the latter course but was told by its insurer, USSIC, that because Jackson wasn't injured during principal photography, Capitol couldn't shut down the film. Instead, Capitol recast the role with Laurence Fishburne, incurred $20 million in losses and eventually sued its insurance broker, Aon/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services, for negligence and breaches of contract and fiduciary duty.

The trial court threw out the claims because they were barred by a two-year statute of limitations, which Capitol appealed, leading to a decision Tuesday by California's Court of Appeals to uphold the trial judge's verdict.

Which celebrities are buried in the state of Indiana? 

This is a trick question. Most deceased public figures are not technically buried there. They only enjoy phenomenal legal rights in the state.

Indiana allows celebrities or their estates to protect -- regardless of where they were born -- name, voice, signature, photograph, image, likeness, distinctive appearance, gestures or mannerisms.

But this still isn't enough, so the state with the nation's strongest personality rights is on the verge of passing a new amendment.

An Australian man has failed to convince a federal judge that his marketing plan was stolen and became the basis for a number of top reality TV contest shows, including American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance and America's Got Talent.

In a development that could shake the art world, trend-setting collector Dean Valentine has agreed to pay famed painter Mark Grotjahn to end a lawsuit over enforcement of the California "resale royalty" law.

According to the terms of the settlement, Valentine will fork over 5 percent of his proceeds for selling Grotjahn artwork, plus he will pay some of the artist's attorney fees. The deal comes a few weeks before a jury trial was scheduled to begin in this closely-watched case and as other big-name artists fight for the right to collect royalties from art collectors and auction houses.

Now that Huang Hoang has been outed as the actress who sued IMDb for publishing her age, the case continues on the substantive issues. On Monday, the lawsuit got a tentative trial date. Assuming there is no settlement, summary judgment outcome or any unforseen delays, the attorneys for the parties expect to have a one or two-day jury trial that begins January 7, 2013.