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Music Mondays: Gap Band Heir Sue BMG Over 7 Years of Unpaid Royalties

The Hollywood Lawyer

Their lawsuit requests defendants pay their attorney fees, compensatory damages, and an audit of royalty payments since 2015. Two of the three members of “Gap Band,” Robert and Ronnie Wilson’s heir’s suit alleges BMG is in breach of contract over unpaid royalties.

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Film Fridays: Lawsuit Between Producers Over Unpaid Commissions on Chris Pine Film

The Hollywood Lawyer

The plaintiffs seek unspecified compensatory damages and restitution for unpaid commissions on the $2.05 million they raised. Allegedly Rescue Dog was promised a […]. The post Film Fridays: Lawsuit Between Producers Over Unpaid Commissions on Chris Pine Film appeared first on THE HOLLYWOOD LAWYER.

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Chancery court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over defamation tort claims.

Day on Torts

Plaintiff’s complaint sought compensatory damages for defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It also sought punitive damages, injunctive relief, and a declaratory judgment that defendants had violated certain statutes. internal citations omitted).

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

Dirty World Entertainment. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. Specifically, § 230 precludes courts from entertaining claims that would place a computer service provider in a publisher’s role. We discussed this issue in relation to the Sixth Circuit’s arguments in Jones v. America Online, Inc.,

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