The hit television series “Homeland” may have found itself in the middle of an international legal brawl, say Lebanese officials. The Lebanese minister of tourism has expressed disapproval and vowed legal action against the four time Emmy award winning drama. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lance Armstrong made news on Aug. 23rd when he announced he would no longer challenge the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) findings that he had used performance enhancing drugs (P.E.D.s) (including EPO). He declined to take part in an arbitration hearing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most of us have heard about it, if not experienced it or even done it ourselves. People tend to get caught up in the emotion of a sporting event and say (by say I mean scream) things, mainly expletives, without […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A February 3rd FCC Memorandum Opinion and Order upheld a Chicago Television Station’s decision to withhold images of aborted fetuses from the normal light-hearted content of SuperBowl advertisements, and in so doing, raised some interesting legal issues. Randall Terry’s dispute […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Offendables: Thomas, Breyer Team Up with Schwarzenegger One of them is verbose, the other is not. One has millions of dollars invested in as many as 60 diverse assets, the other has a modest retirement account among only 6 assets. One does not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Like my article on Gucci Mane, this piece has been a long time coming. Indeed, the opportunities to analyze interesting legal issues that involve musicians on my “Please Stop Performing” list arise with dismaying rarity. So understandably, the discovery that Nikki Minaj […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Steven Spielberg has bought the screen rights to “WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy,” causing media speculation that the director intends to adapt the controversial story for the big screen. Spielberg’s company DreamWorks, will back the production, based on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two updates. First, When future generations of law students read media cases, they’ll have to do without an opinion on the tweets of Courtney Love. She settled her twitter suit for a mere $430,000. In January, I blogged about how […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“The Hurt Locker” won big last year, taking home the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. Yet, right before Hollywood’s big night in March 2010, Iraq war veteran Jeffrey Sarver filed a lawsuit claiming that the film was about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
French fashion house Christian Dior has fired its creative director, British fashion designer John Galliano, just days before Paris fashion week and their presentation of his Fall/Winter line. Dior acted swiftly amidst a five-day media firestorm in response to multiple […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…