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The Writers Guild of America will wage its legal battle against several major talent agencies in federal court, dropping a state-level suit and filing counterclaims on Monday in federal suits brought by the talent shops over the contested practice of agents collecting payments from pairing TV writers with studios… Read this piece in its entirety…
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A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday threw out a $147.5 million defamation suit brought by Joe Arpaio against The New York Times, saying the former sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County had come “nowhere close” to proving a crucial aspect of his case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Georgia-based comedians behind “Vape: The Musical” asked a New York federal court on Friday to declare their play eligible for protection from copyright infringement claims by the creators of “Grease,” claiming their story is a parody of the iconic theatrical production… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Netflix Inc. and the production company behind the streaming service’s “Afflicted” series allegedly tricked the subjects of the documentary into participating and then smeared them as crazy for insisting that they suffer from chronic ailments, according to a suit lodged Wednesday in California state court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A New York federal judge has said the U.S. departments of State and Defense can’t reduce the rate at which the court ordered them to produce documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act request centering on the killing of Saudi-born, U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 