Welcome back to The Rainmaker, a private email about money, power, fame, and, most of all, the law. In today’s edition, a monumental legal setback for Netflix as the streamer faces a first-of-its-kind trial and a provocative question: Does Hollywood have an Ava DuVernay problem? Also this week: Michael Rubin, Rupert Murdoch, Sophie Turner, David Boies, Jeffrey Kessler, Robert Kindler, and whether Kevin McCarthy will be the guy who delays the Sam Bankman-Fried trial.
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Happy Monday, I’m Eriq Gardner.
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Welcome back to The Rainmaker, a private email about money, power, fame, and, most of all, the law. (Puck just celebrated its second anniversary, so share this link with a friend to get them 25% off.)
In today’s edition, a monumental legal setback for Netflix as the streamer faces a first-of-its-kind trial and a provocative question: Does Hollywood have an Ava DuVernay problem?
Also this week: Michael Rubin, Rupert Murdoch, Sophie Turner, David Boies, Jeffrey Kessler, Robert Kindler, and whether Kevin McCarthy will be the guy who delays the Sam Bankman-Fried trial.
But first…
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| Here Come the Video Game Strikes… |
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| While the WGA has a tentative deal with the studio-streamers, there’s more labor strife on the horizon. For decades, workers in the video game industry have contended with grueling work hours, substantial wage disparities, pervasive sexual harassment, and... |
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| The Ava DuVernay/Netflix Suit No One Talks About |
| Inside the complex libel fight over the portrayal of Linda Fairstein, the prosecutor-turned-novelist, in the acclaimed Central Park Five film, ‘When They See Us.’ Could this impact the streamers’ risk tolerance, and the future of docudramas? |
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| You’d think that in the wake of the Dominion lawsuit, which cost Fox News $787 million, Hollywood would be more sensitive to high-stakes libel showdowns. And yet, this past week, hardly anyone seemed bothered by a federal judge ordering Netflix to trial over Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us, a 2019 docudrama about the notorious Central Park jogger case. Astonishingly, the defamation case barely... |
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| FOUR STORIES WE’RE TALKING ABOUT |
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| The I.P.O.-looza |
| Plus, Iger’s $60B gamble and Murdoch’s legacy. |
| WILLIAM D. COHAN |
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| Lachlan’s Dowry |
| Lachlan is the last Murdoch standing. What now? |
| DYLAN BYERS |
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