(Preston v. Ferrer) Congratulations to my friend and colleague Joe Schleimer, who successfully argued the case of Preston v. Ferrer before the United States Supreme Court. The Court ruled today in favor of Joe’s client Arnold Preston (also an entertainment attorney), holding that when parties agree to arbitrate all questions arising under a contract, [...]
A Chicago man has filed a lawsuit against the producers of the Blue Man Group theatrical act. His suit claims that he was chosen by the performers to participate in their “esophagus video” gag. The actors held the man in place, and allegedly “forced the esophagus cam into his mouth, and while he struggled to [...]
Within 48 hours striking screenwriters will vote on a tentative deal reached late last week between their union, Writer’s Guild of America, and TV and Film networks and producers. If the rank-and-file vote in favor of the proposed deal, writers could be back to work as early as Tuesday or Wednesday.
Details of the proposed agreement [...]
Actor Randy Quaid has been fined in the amount of $81,572, and banned from the stage actors’ union, Actor’s Equity Association for life, following the union’s investigation and a hearing to examine his alleged bad behavior during the unsuccessful Seattle run of “Lone Star Love”, a country musical based on Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives [...]
Actor Randy Quaid has been fined in the amount of $81,572, and banned from the stage actors’ union, Actor’s Equity Association for life, following the union’s investigation and a hearing to examine his alleged bad behavior during the unsuccessful Seattle run of “Lone Star Love”, a country musical based on Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of [...]
William Patry is copyright counsel to Google, and a scholar of copyright law. He has recently posted a piece on his blog about Copyright protection for jokes. Very informative and interesting!