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A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of embattled Hollywood exec David Bergstein after he failed to appear Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court to explain what assets he has to pay off ...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/entertainment-law-news-for-4-26-10/

Law enforcement has shut down Steven Seagal’s “Lawman” reality show after a former model sued him for allegedly attempting to make her his “sex toy.” Charlie Sheen’s lawyers are atte...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/entertainment-law-news-for-4-15-10/

AFTRA president Roberta Reardon and four other elected officials have penned an open letter to members calling for a “new and stronger national union” for all performers. The letter is the la...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/entertainment-law-news-for-4-8-10/

The Major League Baseball Players Association is thinking about filing a collusion grievance charging owners with conspiring against free agents last winter, according to the Associated Press.  ...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/mlbpa-threatening-to-file-grievance/

In a big blow to the “net neutrality” movement, a federal appeals court has ruled that the FCC lacks authority to require broadband providers to provide equal treatment to all Internet traffi...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/entertainment-law-news-for-4-6-10/

LL Cool J is complaining that Fox News is “misrepresenting” a 2008 interview he gave with another reporter to create the appearance he’s participating in a new show hosted by Sarah Palin. A...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/entertainment-law-news-for-your-april-fools-day/

Producer Craig Nevius has responded to the lawsuit filed against him by the estate of Farrah Fawcett. Nevius, who was sued for botching the documentary of the late actress and embezzling, claims ...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/entertainment-law-news-for-3-30-10/

Douglas E. Abrams, Sports in the courts: the role of sports references in judicial opinions, 17 VILLANOVA SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT LAW JOURNAL 1 (2010) Roger I. Abrams, Sports arbitration and enfor...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/new-sports-law-scholarship-2/

Many are eagerly awaiting a TV comedy series to be called “iCon” from a guy who once blogged pretending to be Steve Jobs. The show is “a scabrous satire of Silicon Valley and its most famou...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/entertainment-law-news-for-3-29-10/

The MPAA is objecting to two proposed boxoffice futures commodities exchanges, arguing in a letter to regulators that gambling on movie receipts would tarnish the reputation and integrity of the ...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/entertainment-law-news-for-3-26-10/

A draft of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement has leaked onto the Internet. The document shows that, among other things, ISPs would be required to adopt policies to address fil...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/entertainment-law-news-for-3-25-10/

An appeals court has lifted the FCC’s “cross-ownership” ban blocking media companies from owning a newspaper and a broadcast TV station in the same market. Relaxation of the rule was oppose...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/entertainment-law-news-for-3-24-10/

Florida International University College Of Law, 2010 Law Review Symposium Whither the Board?  The National Labor Relations Board at 75 As the National Labor Relations Board approaches its 75th ...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/fiu-law-review-hosting-labor-law-symposium-on-326-27/

Will video game publisher Electronic Arts sue over the way its “Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf” was depicted on a recent episode of “South Park”? A teenage ex-beauty queen is suing Disney and...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/entertainment-law-news-for-3-23-10/

A federal judge has given Google and Viacom 10 days to figure out what portions of their recently filed summary judgment motions to keep under seal. Google has been particularly anxious to keep i...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/entertainment-law-news-for-3-9-10/

RealNetworks has settled its dispute with the MPAA over a software that lets users make digital copies of DVDs. The company has agreed to abandon its antitrust claims and pay the movie industry $...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/entertainment-law-news-for-3-4-10/

When can we expect the anticipated copyright showdown between Rupert Murdoch and Google? Within a long profile of Murdoch and News Corp, a senior media executive who recently conferred with Murdo...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/entertainment-law-news-for-3-3-10/

A dispute over cable retrans fees threatens to remove ABC from Cablevision subscribers in the New York tri-state region just in time for the Oscars telecast. Cablevision says it’s not fair for ...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/entertainment-law-news-for-3-2-10/

This latest update of Sports Law Scholarship features, among others, the former President of SELS, Adam Wasch. His article is fantastic and I hope that you all have a chance to read it sometime. ...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/new-sports-law-scholarship/

AFTRA’s board has unanimously approved joint bargaining with SAG on the guilds’ TV-theatrical contracts set to expire June 30, 2011. Thousands of song copyrights are entangled in a complicat...

https://fiusels.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/entertainment-law-news-for-3-1-10/