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Power Lawyers 2022: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys
As Hollywood looks to rebound amid the new normal and reinvent its business practices, it’s the entertainment industry’s top attorneys who are settling strife between studios and stars, navigating big-ticket mergers and exploring issues involving NFTs and the metaverse.
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Elon Musk Sued by Twitter Investors Over Late Disclosure
Twitter investors who sold their shares in the 11 days that Elon Musk was late in notifying financial regulators that he’d acquired a considerable stake in the company have sued the Tesla CEO. They claim that Musk’s omission saved him roughly $143 million, while they missed out on significant profits when Twitter shares skyrocketed in […]
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Defamation Lawsuit Against Netflix Over ‘Afflicted’ Docuseries Allowed to Proceed
A state appellate court has turned down Netflix’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by subjects of docuseries Afflicted who say they were defamed when the show misrepresented their chronic illnesses. In a unanimous decision from the Second Appellate District, the panel ruled that the consent releases the subjects signed aren’t enforceable because they were […]
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Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard: Dueling Defamation Claims Go to Trial
In December 2018, at the height of the #MeToo movement, Amber Heard published an op-ed in The Washington Post calling out societal norms that prop up domestic abusers and knock down their victims. She rehashed in the column claims she made two years earlier about enduring extensive abuse earlier in life, implying that her ex-husband […]
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Elon Musk Sued by Twitter Investors Over Late Disclosure
Twitter investors who sold their shares in the 11 days that Elon Musk was late in notifying financial regulators that he’d acquired a considerable stake in the company have sued the Tesla CEO…
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Defamation Lawsuit Against Netflix Over ‘Afflicted’ Docuseries Allowed to Proceed
A state appellate court has turned down Netflix’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by subjects of docuseries Afflicted who say they were defamed when the show misrepresented their…
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Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard: Dueling Defamation Claims Go to Trial
In December 2018, at the height of the #MeToo movement, Amber Heard published an op-ed in The Washington Post calling out societal norms that prop up domestic abusers and knock down their…
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Disney Faces Legal Threats in Florida Over “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Fight
An escalating fight between Disney and Florida over the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill has pushed state lawmakers to threaten to strip the company of special privileges that essentially give it…
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How a New L.A. Law Firm Is Linking Hollywood and Social Action
In a Hollywood that has grown increasingly transient — where org charts have biannual overhauls and where agents become managers become producers become etc. — the entertainment law firms stand…
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Showtime Encounters Trademark Lawsuit Over ‘UFO’ Docuseries
Showtime Networks has been hit with a trademark infringement lawsuit over UFO, a J.J. Abrams-produced docuseries exploring the possible existence of alien life and the government’s role in…
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Michael Shamberg Loses Bid to Force Academy to Vote on His Oscars Proposals
Michael Shamberg, the Oscar-nominated producer of Erin Brockovich, Contagion and Django Unchained, has lost his bid to force the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to vote on his proposal…
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Hollywood’s Top Law Schools: 11 Colleges and Universities Where THR’s Power Lawyers Got Their Start
From California mainstays like UCLA and USC to East Coast Ivies such as Harvard and Cornell, these institutions are best poised to prepare the next generation of entertainment lawyers.
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Former ‘Property Brothers’ Producer to Pay $2.5M in Settlement With Reality TV Workers
Former Property Brothers producer Cineflix Media has settled a 2018 class-action lawsuit over claims freelancing Canadian factual and reality TV workers were denied proper pay, job security…
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Robert Kirkman’s ‘Walking Dead’ Profits Case Dealt Crushing Blow
Having to decide whether to knock down the cornerstones of a profit battle waged by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and several executive producers seeking a bigger stake in the hit…
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From Negotiating Justin Timberlake’s ‘Trolls’ Return to John Legend’s Catalog Sale: Meet the Top Music Lawyers of 2022
Handling everything from albums, tours and merchandise to brand partnerships and NFTs, these are the lawyers hired by the industry's biggest names.
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Britney Spears’ Attorney Explains Why He Took on the Out-of-the-Ordinary Case
For 13 years, nine months and 12 days, Britney Spears languished in a conservatorship as the whole world watched. Despite her legion of fans across the globe demanding for more than a decade that…
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