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Eriq Gardner

Former legal editor-at-large at The Hollywood Reporter; now Founding Partner and National Correspondent for Puck, reporting on the intersection of law, media, Hollywood, and Wall Street.

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Tiger Woods and ex girlfriend Erica Herman at the 2022 US Open in New York City.
HOLLYWOOD • March 20, 2023
The Tiger Woods Legal Sand Trap
A new suit over ex Erica Herman and a Hobe Sound mansion could open the floodgates for litigious exes waiting to take a swing at their former celebrity flames.
The wallet buster for Fox and the Murdochs in Dominion v. Fox News will whittle down to two calculations: putative damages, and alleged “diminution of enterprise value.”
HOLLYWOOD • March 13, 2023
Inside the Murdoch-Dominion Settlement Chatter
Right now, either Dominion or Fox is misjudging the financial situation. So which side is it?
WBD C.E.O. David Zaslav and chairman of Liberty Media John Malone.
HOLLYWOOD • March 6, 2023
A Zaz Legal Melee For the Ages
Bricklayers, government workers, the Newhouses, ‘Batgirl,’ and Chris Wallace’s CNN+ deal are all factoring into two suits contesting the formation of Warner Bros. Discovery—and, more bizarrely, contesting each other!
HOLLYWOOD • February 27, 2023
An Obama-Fugees-DiCaprio Legal Riddle for the Ages
Will the former president have to testify in rapper Pras Michel’s trial?
The late Viacom chairman and C.E.O. Sumner Redstone in 2008.
HOLLYWOOD • February 27, 2023
A Redstone, a Porn Star, and a Cat-Kidnapper Walk into a Bar…
It’s springtime for defamation. From Hollywood A-listers to NFL legends, QAnon conspiracists to YouTubers and even chess grandmasters, everyone is seemingly in court these days over what someone else said.
Delaware Supreme Court judge Eric Davis will have to determine whether Fox News host Maria Bartiromo’s comments about Dominion voting machines were a false assertion of fact or some sort of color commentary.
HOLLYWOOD • February 20, 2023
Will Fox News Win Its Legal War?
Yes, Tucker and Hannity’s texts look bad for Fox. But the nuances of the Dominion case are more complicated than the sensational headlines.
Alex Spiro, a superstar Quinn Emanuel partner, is representing Tesla.
HOLLYWOOD • February 20, 2023
Elon’s Next Big Case
Tesla’s racial harassment imbroglio will call into question the carmaker’s culture and public animosity against its C.E.O. It will also highlight the bravery and temerity of a former elevator operator.
The saga of Jaden Rashada, one of the nation’s top football recruits, has illuminated what the future of NCAA might look like.
HOLLYWOOD • February 13, 2023
Is This the End for the NCAA?
Colleges are losing the battle over student-athlete pay. Now come the bigger legal challenges, over wages, unionization, and multi-million dollar deals that will transform the competitive landscape. Can the NCAA survive?
Shari Redstone, Paramount Global’s controlling owner, is facing not one but two advanced shareholder lawsuits over how she melded CBS and Viacom a few years ago.
HOLLYWOOD • February 6, 2023
Shari Redstone’s Secret Letter
Two lawsuits and a “careless” private email promise an inside look at Paramount’s M&A ambitions—including, potentially, Shari’s plans for CBS.
The prospect of A.I. taking human jobs has escalated rapidly, so it’s no surprise that it’s caught the attention of Hollywood guilds, which are about to negotiate new overall deals with studios.
HOLLYWOOD • February 6, 2023
Chat GPT Is Coming for Hollywood
Artificial intelligence is already threatening to replace animators, impersonate actors, and make thousands of jobs obsolete. The industry’s biggest union just took its first step to fire back.
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