Eriq Gardner
Founding Partner and National Correspondent at Puck
Founding Partner and National Correspondent, @PuckNews. I mostly write and speak about legal affairs. Signal: EriqG.99
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1 week ago |
puck.news | Eriq Gardner
You may recall the headlines about Sewell Setzer III, the Orlando ninth-grader who tragically took his own life after becoming infatuated with an A.I. chatbot. Sewell’s family filed a lawsuit in October, blaming Character.AI for his death. The devastating story raised all sorts of troubling questions about technology and mental health—and led to an even thornier First Amendment challenge in court.
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2 weeks ago |
puck.news | Eriq Gardner
Perhaps it was inevitable that Taylor Swift would be pulled into the legal slugfest between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Both sides understand the power of public perception—which, of course, includes the millions of Swifties who would walk barefoot across broken glass for the world’s most bankable pop star. The moment Swift became even tangentially connected to the mess over It Ends With Us, her ticket to deposition-ville was all but punched.
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3 weeks ago |
puck.news | Eriq Gardner
When I first read Jon Voight’s plan to rescue Hollywood, I’ll admit that I felt some shock. Not because he’s stumping for pie-in-the-sky tax incentives for domestic production—everyone in town wants that. Nor because he’s calling for tariffs, which might be ludicrous, but nevertheless rest comfortably beside Diet Coke and gauche interior design on Donald Trump’s shortlist of enduring passions. No, what stopped me was Voight’s call to revive the long-buried “fin-syn” rules.
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1 month ago |
puck.news | Eriq Gardner
Ever since the so-called “Reality Reckoning” of 2023, when Bethenny Frankel and a few fellow Bravo-verse insurgents decided that tequila-fueled humiliation should come with worker protections, NBCUniversal and its unscripted partners have drawn from a familiar arsenal of corporate containment. They’ve denied that reality stars are employees, and funneled complaints into the black hole of arbitration.
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1 month ago |
puck.news | Eriq Gardner
The seemingly endless, $8 billion merger of Skydance and Paramount remains the hottest topic in the media business—and with good reason. Every week seems to bring a fresh complication. The F.C.C. is dragging its feet on regulatory approval, and Donald Trump’s lawsuit over 60 Minutes’s election coverage lurks in the background. Is there some kind of détente on the horizon, or will the whole thing collapse under the weight of legal and political theatrics? The pressure is starting to show.
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Blake Lively attorney response in thread. Rare public statement from him. 👇
Wow! Justin Baldoni's lawyer is accusing Blake Lively's team of extorting Taylor Swift. Holy shit! https://t.co/MeOTD06f5U
A witness tampering charge involving Taylor Swift turns up the case from hot to thermonuclear. Blake Lively's team disputing the alleged extortion, naturally.
Wow! Justin Baldoni's lawyer is accusing Blake Lively's team of extorting Taylor Swift. Holy shit! https://t.co/MeOTD06f5U
Forget tariffs. Here’s the part of the Jon Voight plan to save Hollywood that may shake up the entertainment and media industry—with surprising appeal to someone like Trump. My latest… https://t.co/Vu551fwJnB
