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Shou Zi Chew
Eriq Gardner January 15, 2025
News and notes on two of the most consequential legal battles that the entertainment industry has countenanced in years, both of which are nearing their conclusions right now.
Justin Baldoni
Eriq Gardner January 8, 2025
New combatants have joined the escalating battle between the movie star and her director, who’s upping the ante with a somewhat dubious $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times for journalistic malpractice.
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Eriq Gardner December 27, 2024
Lively may have fired the first shot in this Hollywood P.R. legal war, and Bryan Freedman has already threatened to sue Baldoni and Abel and Nathan's foes into oblivion. But an August 14 memo from Steph Jones to Wayfarer may help illustrate where this is headed.
Prince Harry
Eriq Gardner December 26, 2024
It’s been nearly 30 years since Rupert Murdoch’s News Group tabloid empire allegedly first hacked Prince Harry’s voicemail messages. But rather than settle, like Hugh Grant and Sienna Miller, the Duke of Sussex is putting The Murdoch Machine on trial. I spoke with a U.K. lawyer for a preview of the legal drama.


Harmeet Dhillon
Eriq Gardner December 18, 2024
News and notes on two legal developments likely to spoil Christmas in Hollywood: the potential mandate of Trump’s new D.E.I. antagonist at D.O.J. and a bipartisan bill that could cause real headaches for the streamers.
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Eriq Gardner December 11, 2024
A suite of cases involving Netflix, TikTok, and CNN hint at the future of First Amendment litigation under Trump 2.0.
Scarlett Johansson
Eriq Gardner December 4, 2024
Scarlett Johansson’s legal dustup with OpenAI last May opened the gates for voice-stealing claims from other actors. Now the fate of an entire entertainment sector may hinge on a pair of imminent decisions.
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Eriq Gardner November 27, 2024
A group of angry investors is suing Fox News, claiming that its pandering to right-wing conspiracies saddled the company with legal costs they should have avoided. Murdoch is claiming free speech outweighs fiduciary responsibility, and many in the media are hoping he wins.


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Eriq Gardner November 20, 2024
Here’s an unscripted plot twist: Netflix has become a villain in its own documentary film, about a fertility specialist who secretly inseminated his patients, after disclosing the names of the doctor’s children without their consent. A lawsuit, now headed to a jury trial, raises the provocative question: Did they have a constitutional right to remain private?
Julianna Margulies and George Clooney in "ER"
Eriq Gardner November 13, 2024
Warner Bros. TV has fired back at Sherri Crichton’s lawsuit over Max’s new medical drama, ‘The Pitt,’ which she claims is little more than an ‘ER’ knockoff. Max claims that Sherri is trying to monopolize the medical genre. But it’s not that simple.
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