Entertainment Law

Take Two: Tom Cruise Using Same Powerhouse Attorney Used for Nicole Kidman Divorce – ABC News

A source familiar with the actor confirmed Wasser has taken the case, adding that a yet to be chosen New York attorney will also join the Cruise legal team. When asked if Cruise would try to move the case from … Continue reading

Dish Network drops AMC from service – Los Angeles Times

AMC disputes Dish’s reasons for dropping the channels and claims that the real reason has to do with a legal fight the two companies are engaged in. In 2008, AMC sued Dish for breach of contract regarding a distribution agreement. … Continue reading

CBS, "Happy Days" actors in settlement talks: sources – msnbc.com

“It would likely be a shocking and costly development if courts started interpreting contract language to require a separate merchandising revenue for the use of actors’ likenesses on video packaging,” said Jay Dougherty, professor of entertainment law for …

CNN, Fox fumble the call, capping months of media misperception – Los Angeles Times

A momentous Supreme Court decision collided with a breathless, speed-obsessed media culture Thursday, resulting in botched cable TV coverage of the ruling on President Obama’s healthcare law, a boast by a wire service of beating the competition by mere …

NBC Names Savannah Guthrie as ‘Today’ Co-Host – Time

Guthrie, 40, is NBC’s chief legal analyst, a role that she will continue, and had been co-host of the “Today” show’s third hour for the past year (the show currently stretches to four hours). She’s been at NBC since 2007. … Continue reading

Crownover Blevins adds entertainment law attorney – Nashville Post

I want to subscribe for 2 FULL YEARS of Nashville’s breaking business and political news. Save 10% off the regular subscription price. I want to subscribe for 3 FULL YEARS of Nashville’s breaking business and political news. Save 20% off … Continue reading

Q&A: What does the health care law mean for you? – Houma Courier

WASHINGTON — Free vaccines for kids, cheaper drugs for the elderly and many other benefits of President Barack Obama’s health care law are already out there. More are coming, like a guaranteed right to buy health insurance even for patients … Continue reading

Q&A: What does the health care law mean for you? – Daily Comet

WASHINGTON — Free vaccines for kids, cheaper drugs for the elderly and many other benefits of President Barack Obama’s health care law are already out there. More are coming, like a guaranteed right to buy health insurance even for patients … Continue reading

Assassin’s Creed 3 marketing violates Federal Law – In Entertainment

The reason there’s an issue this time is because it’s been said to break Federal law. The reason for this is because if there is any inappropriate use of the American flag then this is said to break the Flag … Continue reading

Health-care law: What’s it mean for you? – Daily Comet

But carrying out the law will be a mad scramble for states, especially Republican-led ones where officials had hoped this day wouldn’t come. And the court added a new complication by giving individual states more leeway to turn down the … Continue reading