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Britney Spears Taps CPA to Take Over as Conservator of Her Estate
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Philadelphia Phillies Owner Must Testify in Legal Fight Between Film Producers
Thanks to a new ruling in Los Angeles Superior Court, tobacco magnate and Philadelphia Phillies owner John S. Middleton will have to give sworn testimony about his son’s drinking habits. The unusual decision comes in the midst of a nasty legal fight between John P. Middleton and former business partner Roy Lee, the veteran producer […]
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‘The Morning Show’ Season 2 Delays Trigger $44M Lawsuit
When you have top-notch stars like Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell in a show, you want to insure their presence on set. The production vehicle behind The Morning Show has $125 million in cast coverage, plus more for imminent peril to their shooting location. But the Apple+ series is now finding it difficult […]
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Hollywood Docket: The Studios’ Latest Piracy Battle Targets Altered Carbon Service
Hollywood’s major studios and streamers are taking on yet another alleged content pirate. This time they’re suing a service called Altered Carbon and the man they believe is running it, who they describe as a “recidivist mass infringer.” “Plaintiffs tried to get [Jason] Tusa to stop without the need for court intervention by confronting him […]
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Britney Spears Taps CPA to Take Over as Conservator of Her Estate
Just over a month after Britney Spears gave a bombshell statement expressing publicly for the first time that she wants her longstanding conservatorship come to an end, she’s formally asking…
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Philadelphia Phillies Owner Must Testify in Legal Fight Between Film Producers
Thanks to a new ruling in Los Angeles Superior Court, tobacco magnate and Philadelphia Phillies owner John S. Middleton will have to give sworn testimony about his son’s drinking habits. The…
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‘The Morning Show’ Season 2 Delays Trigger $44M Lawsuit
When you have top-notch stars like Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell in a show, you want to insure their presence on set. The production vehicle behind The Morning Show has…
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Hollywood Docket: The Studios’ Latest Piracy Battle Targets Altered Carbon Service
Hollywood’s major studios and streamers are taking on yet another alleged content pirate. This time they’re suing a service called Altered Carbon and the man they believe is running it, who…
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Appeals Court Says Streamers Must Fight Tax Battle in State Court
Every few months brings a new class action against Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ from American cities and towns looking to raise revenue by taxing these streamers. The municipalities are…
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Bill O’Reilly Looks to Stop Accuser From Appearing on ABC’s ‘The View’
Bill O’Reilly is looking to enforce the confidentiality provision of a 2004 settlement agreement and stop his former producer Andrea Mackris from disparaging him in interviews. After hearing…
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What the $200M ‘Walking Dead’ Settlement Says About TV’s Future
Will we ever see another SEC filing drop like the one on Friday by AMC revealing a $200 million settlement resolving Frank Darabont‘s profits from developing The Walking Dead? It’s not merely the…
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Fox News Settles Harassment Suit From Britt McHenry
Fox News has settled a harassment and retaliation suit filed by on-air contributor Britt McHenry in late 2019. “While Fox News is confident it would have prevailed in the lawsuit, we are…
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Instagram Asks Court to Delete Users’ Suit Over Embed Feature
Instagram users unhappy that their images have been embedded on third-party sites can’t sue the app over it, at least that’s what the social media giant is trying to convince a California…
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Showtime’s Win in ‘Billions’ Battle Affirmed by Appeals Court
Showtime’s defeat of a lawsuit over Billions brought by a hedge fund performance coach has been affirmed by a federal appeals court. In December 2018, Denise Shull sued Showtime, CBS…
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Feds Ask: Should Netflix Air Emergency Alerts?
Will your favorite Netflix show be interrupted with screeching noises and then urgent news from the nation’s leaders sometime in the future? That’s a possibility Congress could soon hear about…
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AMC to Pay Frank Darabont, CAA $200M in Settlement of ‘Walking Dead’ Profits Fight
The long-running legal battle over Frank Darabont’s profits from The Walking Dead has come to an end, with AMC Networks making a nine-figure payout to the former showrunner and his…
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