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HOLLYWOOD
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May 23, 2022
Gloria Allred Finally Gets Her Bill Cosby Showdown
A civil trial is about to begin against Cosby. Here’s why Allred, not the disgraced comic, might take the witness stand.
SILICON VALLEY
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May 16, 2022
Elon’s Other Legal Headache
While Musk plays hardball with Twitter, risking a lawsuit from the board, Texas threatens to transform his free speech utopia into a forcibly unconstrained, heavily regulated hellhole.
HOLLYWOOD
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May 16, 2022
Johnny Depp’s #MeToo Game Theory
This week’s cross-examination of Amber Heard is being watched, crucially, by a nearly all-male jury. But the real decision before the jury is far more complicated than the he-said-she-said case that’s being tried in the press.
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Eriq Gardner
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The Rainmaker is focused on how the players in Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Washington, and Wall Street are leveraging the courts (and their expensive lawyers!) for their own gain. It's brought to you by Eriq Gardner, America's foremost expert on media and entertainment law.
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HOLLYWOOD
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May 9, 2022
Copyright Law Is a Joke—Literally
For years, streaming services ignored joke writers when clearing rights, until a cartel of comedians (yes, really) filed a potentially transformative lawsuit. Lawyers for Pandora say it’s a conspiracy.
WASHINGTON
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May 9, 2022
Was Politico’s Supreme Court Leaker an Inside Man?
Four reasons why the media speculation may be overlooking a more mysterious culprit. Plus, what the legal fallout could mean for Julian Assange and James O’Keefe.
HOLLYWOOD
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May 2, 2022
The Hollywood A.I.-I.P. Supernova
Will the robots replace us all one day? Who knows, but chances are they will eventually learn how to create a superhero movie. Ergo, the start of one of the great legal debates in Hollywood history.