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  • Cross v. Facebook, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Internet Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom | Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-08-09
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Punzalan Law, Mark L. Punzalan; Cole Law Group, Todd G. Cole for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Perkins Coie, Michael B. Garfinkel, Eric David Miller, Julie Erin Schwartz, Lauren B. Cohen; Durie Tangri, Sonal Naresh Mehta for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. A148623, A149140

    Rap artist's claims that Facebook wrongfully refused to remove negative Facebook posts involved matters of public interest (Richman, Acting P.J.)

  • August 2, 2017 | The Recorder

    Behind the Bid: How Lawyers Brought Olympics Back to LA

    Eleven years is a long time to wait for anything, but the legal team behind Los Angeles' bid for the 2028 Summer Games, which was blessed by the International Olympic Committee this week, has given every indication that it can go the distance.

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  • July 27, 2017 | The Recorder

    Big Law Partner Gets Emmy Nod for Munich '72 Documentary

    David Ulich's film chronicles the massacre of the Israeli Olympic team.

    1 minute read

  • Jordan-Benel v. Universal City Studios, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-06-20
    Practice Area: Copyrights | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-06-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Dorothy W. Nelson, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glen Lance Kulik (argued) and Patricia Brum, Kulik Gottesman Siegel & Ware LLP, Sherman Oaks, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Kelli L. Sager (argued), Jason Harrow, and Karen A. Henry, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 15-56045

    Claim for breach of implied-in-fact contract based on unauthorized use of screenplay does not arise from protected free speech activity (Pregerson, J.)

  • Daniel v. Wayans

    Publication Date: 2017-02-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Entertainment and Sports Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-02-09
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reisner & King, Adam J. Reisner, Tessa M. King; Benedon & Serlin, Melinda W. Ebelhar and Douglas G. Benedon for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Venable, William J. Briggs II, Celeste M. Brecht and Eric J. Bakewell for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. B261814 Consolidated with B263950

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 1193 PIERRE DANIEL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARLON WAYANS, Defenda

  • In re: AOG Entertainment, Inc., et al,1 Debtor, 16-11090

    Publication Date: 2016-10-04
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Simon Robert Fuller: Timothy W. Walsh, Esq., Darren Azman, Esq., of Counsel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY. Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in Possession: Matthew A. Feldman, Esq., Paul V. Shalhoub, Esq., Matthew Freimuth, Esq., Andrew S. Mordkoff, Esq., of Counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for the Ad Hoc Group of First Lien Lenders: Lee R. Bogdanoff, Esq., David A. Fidler, Esq., Whitman L. Holt, Esq., of Counsel, Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, Los Angeles, California. Counsel for Crestview Media Investors, L.P.: Eric D. Winston, Esq., of Counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, California, Scott C. Shelley, Esq., of Counsel, New York, NY. Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors: Craig A. Wolfe, Esq., Jason R. Alderson, Esq., of Counsel, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 16-11090

    Cite as: In re: AOG Entertainment, Inc., 16-11090, NYLJ 1202769152392, at *1 (Bankruptcy, SDNY, Decided September 16, 2016) 16-11090 Bankruptcy Ju