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Netflix Sued Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate By Ex-Employee Alleging Sexual Harassment
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Warner Bros. Discovery Sues the NBA After League Rejects Matching Rights Proposal
The company had sought to match a proposal from Amazon Prime Video, but the league said that it ”did not match the terms” of the deal.
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Business
Gina Carano’s Disney ‘Mandalorian’ Lawsuit Appears Headed Toward Trial After Judge Denies Dismissal
Carano sued Disney earlier this year over her termination from the Disney+ series, with Elon Musk backing the effort.
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General News
Harvey Weinstein Retrial Tentatively Set for November
Judge Curtis Farber estimated that jury selection could begin on Nov. 12 for the sexual assault case against Weinstein.
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Netflix Sued Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate By Ex-Employee Alleging Sexual Harassment
Netflix has landed in legal trouble over an alleged culture encouraging sexual harassment and decisions related to its vaccine mandate. In a lawsuit filed on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, former senior manager of risk management Jessica Combs claims that she was told she was terminated for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine but that it […]
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Warner Bros. Discovery Sues the NBA After League Rejects Matching Rights Proposal
Warner Bros. Discovery is pulling a Roone Arledge. The media company has filed suit against the NBA over the league’s decision to sell a package of rights to Amazon Prime Video. The suit was filed under seal Friday morning. “Given the NBA’s unjustified rejection of our matching of a third-party offer, we have taken legal […]
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Gina Carano’s Disney ‘Mandalorian’ Lawsuit Appears Headed Toward Trial After Judge Denies Dismissal
The lawsuit from actress Gina Carano against Disney and Lucasfilm appears set to move forward, after a federal judge declined to dismiss the suit. The move by Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett will likely mean that the suit goes to trial … or Disney and Carano come to terms on a settlement. Carano had sued Disney […]
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Harvey Weinstein Retrial Tentatively Set for November
A tentative new trial date has been set for Harvey Weinstein in New York, following the overturning of his 2020 rape conviction. In a hearing Friday, Judge Curtis Farber estimated that jury selection could begin on Nov. 12 for the new trial. In prior hearings, prosecutors have said they are investigating sexual assault claims from […]
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SAG-AFTRA Beats Lawsuits Challenging COVID Vaccination Rules
SAG-AFTRA has defeated a series of lawsuits over its COVID safety guidelines outlining terms to return to work, which for a time mandated vaccination against the virus. Dorian Kingi, a stuntman with credits on dozens of films who declined to get vaccinated due to his faith and other “science, political and philosophical reasoning,” brought in […]
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Will the ‘Rust’ Armorer Walk, Too?
Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has filed a motion for a new trial — or for a dismissal of her case — in the wake of new ballistics evidence and “egregious prosecutorial misconduct” that was revealed during Alec Baldwin’s trial last week. “Justice demands that Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s conviction be overturned immediately, ensuring that the legal system […]
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Verizon Hit With $2.6B Anti-Piracy Lawsuit From Major Record Labels
A collection of major record labels have sued Verizon for turning a blind eye to users who illegally download content, a significant effort to curb piracy against one of the leading gatekeepers of the internet. In a lawsuit filed on Friday in New York district court, the three major music conglomerates — Universal, Sony and […]
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Producers of Rebel Wilson Movie Sue Star Over Sexual Harassment, Embezzlement Claims
Rebel Wilson has been sued for defamation by three producers behind her directorial debut, The Deb, after she accused them of sexual harassment and embezzlement. In an Instagram video on Wednesday, Wilson said she reported the producers last year when she “found out not minor things, big things” related to “inappropriate behavior towards the lead […]
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Paramount-Skydance Deal Hit With Legal Salvo From Major Shareholder
Paramount Global may soon have to turn over records related to a bid by Skydance to take control of the company. In a much-expected revolt over treatment of minority investors, billionaire money manager Mario Gabelli on Friday filed a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court for access to Paramount’s books. The legal move could be a […]
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Judge Dismisses Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Trial
Alec Baldwin wept in court as a Santa Fe judge dismissed his involuntary manslaughter case on Friday after a day-long, dramatic and often bizarre hearing over how police and prosecutors treated a handful of bullets. “The late discovery of this evidence has impacted the fundamental fairness of the proceedings,” Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stated in […]
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Beastie Boys Sue Chili’s Parent Company For Copyright Infringement Over “Sabotage” Parody Ad
New York City rap icons Beastie Boys have filed a lawsuit against the parent company of Chili’s Grill & Bar for copyright infringement and violating the rap group’s trademark rights over a commercial for the chain that resembles their iconic 1994 “Sabotage” music video. The suit, filed against Brinker International in a New York Federal […]
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Alec Baldwin Files Motion to Dismiss ‘Rust’ Case Over New Evidence as Hearing Gets Underway
One mystery has plagued the Rust case from the very beginning: How did a live bullet ever get on a movie set to begin with? Alec Baldwin’s attorneys filed a motion Friday morning to have his involuntary manslaughter case dismissed based on what they say is evidence prosecutors withheld from them that may answer that […]
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Kevin Hart Sued for Botching Apology Meant to Vindicate Ex-Friend in Sex Tape Scandal
Kevin Hart is facing a lawsuit for allegedly failing to properly vindicate a former friend, who was charged by prosecutors for trying to extort the actor with a sex tape and is the subject of a Netflix docuseries over his involvement in the scandal. The complaint, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims Hart […]
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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Former Guitarist Sued by Daughter of Man He Allegedly Struck With SUV
A former member of the alt-rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers is being sued for negligence and wrongful death in a Los Angeles civil court after he allegedly hit a man while driving his SUV and using his cell phone. Josh Klinghoffer, who played guitar for the Red Hot Chili Peppers from 2009-2019 and is […]
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As Redbox Collapses, 1,000 Employees Haven’t Been Paid, Judge Says
The parent company of Redbox is shuttering as its former chief executive fields accusations that he mismanaged the business and failed to pay workers, whose health care benefits have been denied. A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday said he’d appoint a trustee to probe whether money meant to pay employees were misappropriated. Chicken Soup for […]
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Judge Dismisses ‘Fake Famous’ Idea Theft Lawsuit
A New York judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery from a producer, who claimed that he originated an idea for the premise behind HBO’s Fake Famous documentary and Max reality series FBoy Island. The producer, Jack Piuggi, said he shopped a reality TV show titled Instafamous, which was pitched as “a documentary-style TV […]
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