Category: Television
Television
The Lowdown on Tax Credits
Zachary Tarica is the CEO of The Forest Road Company, a specialty film financing company that...
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Christine Torres on How She Became a TV Writer After Being a District Attorney
Christine Torres (WGA, west) is a writer, producer, and consultant who develops film, documentary,...
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‘Oh, Really?’ President, With Loads of Deceit But Little Law on Her Side, Tries to Trump Rival With Baby Bump. Will It Topple Her House of Cards?
In our ‘Oh, Really?’ feature, the Biederman Blog’s editors — voracious consumers of all matters...
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You know where SpongeBob works as a cook, right? That’s also why an appellate court fried up real eateries’ hopes to be called ‘The Krusty Krab’
To the imaginary denizens of Bikini Bottom, including cartoon legend SpongeBob SquarePants, the...
Read More‘Oh, really?:’ Legal ethics get flipped aside by smarmy lawer in comedic ‘Bob’s Burgers’
In our ‘Oh, Really?’ feature, the Biederman Blog’s editors — voracious consumers of all matters...
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Olivia de Havilland’s legal feud with TV show? It’s gone with the wind, after appellate judges in Calif. toss iconic actress’ publicity rights suit
Ah, so it is Tinsel Town true: Even icons of the silver screen can take a contrarian view of a...
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Even as stars rip Hollywood on its brightest night for its sexism and racism, IMDb site, a judge rules, can post thespian ages, a practice that women say harms careers
Although Hollywood gave full-throated cry at the Academy Awards over the weekend to its aspiration...
Read MoreCalif. appeals court sees ‘Simpsons’ mob lampoon as protected satire, sends out character actor’s beef with cartoon show for a shine boxing
The notorious criminal Henry Hill, as played by actor Ray Liotta, once summarized a key wiseguy...
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CBS TV fails to shake off defamation suit over ‘docu-series’ suggesting brother played fatal role in killing of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey two decades ago
Cold case solved? Not quite. There may be at least a new-ish and widely publicized theory about a...
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No ‘fake news’ here: 15th annual ‘Entertainment and Media Law Conference’ will tackle Trump Administration’s legal ‘disarray’ for media, entertainment industries
The Media Law Resource Center and Southwestern Law School have hosted for 15 years the...
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Federal judge answers Cartoon Network’s legal prayer for relief, strikes down $75-million ‘Black Jesus’ infringement claim by ‘Saint Solomon’
Praise be, the folks at the Cartoon Network may be saying under their breath. That’s because...
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When ’empires’ clash, the First Amendment rules. And a Fox TV show comes out on top in a trademark name tiff
Empire — say the word aloud and it conjures multiple pop-culture references, many from the movies....
Read More‘Oh, really?:’ TV’s ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ creates fictional mayhem with the law, legal education. But it also speaks hard truths about justice
In our ‘Oh, Really?’ feature, the Biederman Blog’s editors — voracious consumers of all matters...
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For little Cindy Lou, raunchy play is a fair-use parody, judge finds, declining to be writer’s Grinch
Although countless children have embraced the notion advanced by Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr....
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Who gets last laugh in battle over Conan jokes?
U.S. judge, ruling jests can get ‘thin’ copyright protection, advances to trial a writer’s suit...
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Lionsgate hit with a $5.8 million ‘Biggest Loser’
Arbitrator rules studio undercut profit potential of fitness guru Jillian Michaels’ recorded...
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‘Empire’ strikes back in City of Brotherly Love
U.S. judge in Philly becomes latest of several to reject claims about originality of hit TV series...
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As star marks abound, are they too ordinary?
With billions of dollars at stake, celebrities’ lawyers have been beating down the door at a...
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EU court details tech, profit infringement perils
Copyright violations can occur too readily and for makers’ improper advantage when razzle-dazzle...
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With tech-streamers’ rise, will law jobs change?
The industry headlines tell a persuasive tale. Netflix: The most feared force in Hollywood?...
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A writers’ strike averted, troubling trends pers
When Hollywood gets the sniffles, its lawyers can feel like they’re suffering a major bout of...
Read More‘Oh, Really?’ A ‘Night Of’ ethics, evidence woes
In our ‘Oh, Really’ feature, the Biederman Blog’s editors and alumni— voracious consumers of trendy matters — cast a curious, skeptical, fun and smart end-of-the-week eye on popular culture and its entertaining products,...
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Calif. tosses angry actor’s talent-act claim
Star’s manager prevails in beef over commissions, representation Thomas Gibson‘s acting career,...
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Appellate court rejects cable license for FilmOn
In its long-running bid to transform broadcasting, controversial firm fails to persuade judges to...
Read MoreOh, Sheldon, go ahead, sing the darn cat song
Court swats away suit over Warm Kitty, as sung on Big Bang Theory Actor Jim Parsons has turned the misanthropic, mischievous, and often malevolent character of Sheldon Cooper, uber nerd and brilliant physicist, into not just an...
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