Eriq Gardner
Founding Partner and National Correspondent at Puck
Founding Partner and National Correspondent, @PuckNews. I mostly write and speak about legal affairs. Contact: eriq AT https://t.co/SayAXHiPVY
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1 month ago |
puck.news | Eriq Gardner
A few days ago, Leslie Sloane became the first person to attempt to fully extricate herself from the Blake Lively- Justin Baldoni legal quicksand. Sloane, Lively's publicist, filed a motion aimed at dismissing the often-baffling 224-page complaint that Bryan Freedman, Baldoni's attorney,lodged weeks ago in a New York federal court. Represented by Sigrid McCawley at Boies Schiller, Sloane makes both compelling and questionable arguments to break free.
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2 months ago |
puck.news | Eriq Gardner
It was only a matter of time before Donald Trump's newly empowered allies came after journalists. You could sense the discomfort in media quarters two weeks ago as word spread that casino mogul and Trump fundraiser Steve Wynn had petitioned the Supreme Court to review a defamation case he filed against The Associated Press in 2018.
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2 months ago |
puck.news | Eriq Gardner
If you want a sense of how Trump 2.0 might collide with Hollywood, head to the federal courthouse in downtown L.A., where lawyers for The Walt Disney Co. and actor Rockmond Dunbar are presently debating whether to go straight to trial. Disney, you'll recall, fired Dunbar from the TV series 911 in September 2021 after he refused to get a Covid vaccine. The actor told Disney he belonged to the Congregation of Universal Wisdom, and that he considered it sacrilegious to ingest unnatural substances.
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2 months ago |
puck.news | Eriq Gardner
The lawsuit claiming Warner Bros. has lost foreign rights to the Superman character could affect much more than this summer's planned relaunch of the franchise. Of course, most of the headlines about the case have centered on the ramifications for James Gunn's anticipated July 11 tentpole, Superman, which is intended to jumpstart the studio's revamped DC universe. But Friday's complaint, filed by longtime Warners nemesis Marc Toberoff, could be legal kryptonite for other studios, too.
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2 months ago |
puck.news | Eriq Gardner
Hollywood breakups are commonplace, yet occasionally a partnership crumbles so spectacularly that it calls for a full-scale mobilization of lawyers, spin doctors, and shrinks. Such was the case in 2019, when John P. Middleton, the scion of a tobacco empire and part-owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, sued Roy Lee, the producer behind hits like The Departed, It, and this weekend's Companion.
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By the way, Sony’s case was argued by Davida Brook, who represents Dominion in all its defamation battles. Notably, today’s hearing came less than 24 hours after the Trump E.O. targeting her firm. She’s a rock star. Totally unflappable.
🚨 CBS has just lost the right to distribute Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Judge grants preliminary injunction to Sony. 🚨
Some big things happening of late in the A.I. copyright wars. Where things stand, the key debate that may turn it all, and why the situation may eventually resemble the hot mess that is college sports. My latest… https://t.co/5ZMIM7ow33
The AP wins injunction! https://t.co/ID0dlEsiEQ
