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HOLLYWOOD
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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.
HOLLYWOOD
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January 30, 2023
Bulgari’s Billion-Dollar Family Feud
A contentious divorce, dueling heirs, a mysterious banker, and a secret marriage? Enter David Boies…
HOLLYWOOD
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January 30, 2023
Mark Cuban’s Crypto Garbage & Boies v. Brady
David Boies opens up about his novel legal stratagem to sue the bejesus out of Tom Brady, Gisele, and Larry David over FTX’s collapse—and why he’s coming for Mark Cuban next.
HOLLYWOOD
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January 23, 2023
S.B.F.’s Judge & Baldwin’s Secret Weapon
News and notes on Bankman-Fried’s mystery financial backers, Baldwin’s manslaughter case, and the Biden administration’s legal war with Hollywood.
MEDIA
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January 16, 2023
Vince McMahon’s Stone Cold Legal Stunner
After subduing the board and body-slamming his critics, the pro wrestling outfit’s controlling shareholder appears unstoppable. Could a long-shot shareholder lawsuit unwind his power before a sale?
HOLLYWOOD
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January 9, 2023
Inside Disney’s Covid Soap Opera
A controversial lawsuit featuring a “General Hospital” star who found god over Covid vaccines may put Hollywood itself on trial.
HOLLYWOOD
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January 2, 2023
The Copyright Death (and Rebirth) of Mickey Mouse
Yes, the earliest version of Disney’s most iconic character will be out of copyright soon. But you may be surprised by what happens thereafter.
HOLLYWOOD
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December 26, 2022
Will S.B.F. Make a Deal?
Bar heavies and white shoe litigators weigh in with their most provocative legal predictions for 2023: on the future of Hollywood M&A, Murdoch’s defamation headache, Trump’s obstruction jeopardy, and more.
SILICON VALLEY
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December 19, 2022
Elon’s Legal Road to Perdition
The explosion of litigation stemming from Musk’s rampage at Twitter—mass firings, gag orders, jilted shareholders and vendors—threatens to expedite the company’s astounding downfall into the hands of its creditors. Too bad he’s fired so many lawyers.
SILICON VALLEY
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December 12, 2022
Lina Khan’s Long-Game Microsoft Deal Killer
Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision deal may be defensible from an antitrust perspective. But Biden’s F.T.C. has an overwhelming advantage: time.