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OCTOBER 14, 2022

Scott Rudin has settled a 2020 lawsuit for $6.3M between him and the ad agency SpotCo. According to the lawsuit, the ad agency claimed Rudin had failed to pay back up to $6.3 million in advertisement work. SpotCo claimed they did work for Rudin’s Broadway shows, including “The Waverly Gallery,” “To Kill A Mockingbird,” “King […].

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Screenwriter Nicole Gilbert-Daniels is suing Lionsgate Entertainment and Starz over their highly-recognized series “P-Valley,” which premiered in 2020 and resembled her play, “Soul Kitten Cabaret,” from 2011.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Paramount has sued its insurance company, Federal Insurance Company, over breach of contract for not covering Covid-19 costs on Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 7. in February 2020, then in March 2020, and twice in October 2020 because of illness among crew covered under its insurance plan. […].

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DECEMBER 2, 2023

Written by Eduardo Silva de Freitas (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Xandra Kramer (Erasmus University Rotterdam/Utrecht University) & Jos Hoevenaars (Erasmus University Rotterdam), members of the Vici project Affordable Access to Justice, financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), www.euciviljustice.eu.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Apple is taking a 2020 Kickstarter-backed action-comedy named “Apple Man” to court in a new 467-page lawsuit. Apple wants its trademark registration denied. Apple claims this is about their brand association.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

JANUARY 5, 2021

.” Sweeney claims that Wayne quietly sold his masters earlier this year, “Specifically in or about June of 2020, Lil Wayne was able to sell the Young Money masters to Universal Music Group for in excess of $100 million,” reads the complaint. As such, the information so provided should never be construed as legal advice.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

MAY 14, 2021

This year the show saw a 60% drop in viewership over 2020 and provide a $20-million rebate to NBC to alleviate the […]. Times investigation into the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s membership and financial and ethical practices.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

JANUARY 10, 2022

Kieran Hebden, UK electronic producer Four Tet, will sue his former label Domino over breach-of-contract for removing his albums from all streaming platforms. The post Music Mondays: Four Tet Sues Former Label Over Breach-of-Contract appeared first on THE HOLLYWOOD LAWYER.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

AUGUST 1, 2022

The “Unofficial Bridgerton Musical Album Live in Concert” is facing a Netflix lawsuit for producing the show based on the network’s 2020 show “Bridgerton.” ” The unsanctioned show by songwriters Barlow and Bear debuted in Washington, DC, at the Kennedy Center.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

JULY 15, 2022

Starz Entertainment sued MGM in 2020, and their lawsuit has been allowed to move forward. The lawsuit claims MGM is guilty of breach of contract for allowing its catalog of film and TV shows to run on platforms like Amazon Prime and Epix, a rival to Starz, while Starz maintains exclusive rights to more than […].

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The Hollywood Lawyer

JULY 8, 2022

NBCUniversal attempt to trademark “Dunder Mifflin” was rejected in 2020 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office because it was previously registered in 2014 by Jay Kennette Media Group.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

JANUARY 8, 2021

As more and more movies intended for theatrical release were pushed to 2021, the only two films that had a release in 2020 were Tenet and Wonder Woman 1984, and a few movies went straight to s treaming, including Hamilton and Soul , that were released to Disney+.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

DECEMBER 7, 2020

In 2020, Chance The Rapper released The Big Day , his first studio album. Critics lauded the new record, but fans were not as supportive, and tour ticket sales were down. Chance fired his former manager, Pat Corcoran, in April. ” for being fired after the album failed to drive sales in April. www.thehollywoodlawyer.com.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Pavlu was in the hospital when he got the news that he’d been fired on December 14, 2020. Pavlu says Universal fired him after developing COVID19 and needing to take a leave from the show, Hacks. Afterward, Palau texted the Unit […].

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MARCH 8, 2021

The pandemic caused The Chicks’, formerly known as Dixie Chicks, to cancel their 2020 tour across North America. The band’s touring company Tunashoe Tours has now sued WRB Underwriting over breach of contract for $6.6 […]. They went to their insurance companies to recover their losses, and all paid out except U.K.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

39] This risk is exacerbated by the fact that typically, ‘defect liability periods’ in turnkey contracts begin from the time that a contractor has completed a certain portion of the work, such as from when they attain a Provisional Certificate from the client. [40] Challenges of Financing. 9] NITI Aayog Model Contract (n 2) xvi. [10]

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The Hollywood Lawyer

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Covid-19 created a massive revenue loss for movie theaters and movie studios in 2020, and now Warner Bros’ has decided to release its entire 2021 film catalog worldwide on WarnerMedia streaming and HBO Max. As such, the information so provided should never be construed as legal advice. www.thehollywoodlawyer.com.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Covid-19 created a massive revenue loss for movie theaters and movie studios in 2020, and now Warner Bros’ has decided to release its entire 2021 film catalog worldwide on WarnerMedia streaming and HBO Max. As such, the information so provided should never be construed as legal advice.

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