Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-10-04T11:15:11-07:00Blog focusing on breaking legal news in entertainment and media. THR Esq. offers analysis on how industries in Hollywood are impacted and influenced by the law. Published by The Hollywood Reporter.TypePadHow Mark Zuckerberg could sue over 'Social Network'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f4d63eac970b2010-10-04T11:15:11-07:002010-10-04T11:15:12-07:00By Eriq Gardner Each and every day, it becomes less likely that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will sue producers of "The Social Network." If he wanted to file a splashy lawsuit, he probably would have already, and, as we've reported,...hollywoodreporterLionsgate battling distributor over 'Saw 3D' tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f4b49416970b2010-09-29T10:16:50-07:002010-09-29T10:58:26-07:00By Eriq Gardner As Lionsgate prepares to release the next chapter in its lucrative "Saw" franchise, the studio is dealing with a nightmare situation involving one of its European distributors. Yesterday, Lionsgate went to a California judge seeking declaratory relief...hollywoodreporterThe filmmaker who became a legal spytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013485525297970c2010-07-09T12:50:27-07:002010-07-09T12:50:27-07:00By Eriq Gardner Here's a fascinating story. Documentary filmmaker Jason Glaser, who went to Nicaragua to interview people about pesticide exposure on Dole banana plantations, testified Thursday in a civil lawsuit that he was an undercover operative for a Texas...hollywoodreporterCourt details long, strange road to 'Easy Rider' sequeltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20134854b8eea970c2010-07-08T12:00:54-07:002010-07-08T12:13:35-07:00By Eriq Gardner Considering the lack of courtroom success that Hollywood studios have had lately, perhaps the best legal strategy is to hide. Consider Polestar Entertainment, a film production company that has just escaped a $700,000 default judgment for allegedly...hollywoodreporterWoman claims 'Death at a Funeral' ripped from her own funeral mishapstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20134853c8ad6970c2010-07-06T12:53:30-07:002010-07-06T12:05:52-07:00By Eriq Gardner Some lawsuits are just better than others. Here's a one-of-a-kind gem. A woman is demanding $20 million in damages from Sony Pictures, Chris Rock and other producers of the April comedy "Death at a Funeral," claiming they...hollywoodreporterTrade secret war over Hollywood set locations tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f1f133ce970b2010-06-29T12:40:18-07:002010-06-29T12:17:02-07:00By Eriq Gardner A lot of people would love to see their home used as the set location for a big Hollywood movie. Sure, it's a nuisance, but property owners get a great story to tell their grandkids and, with...hollywoodreporter'Hurt Locker' producers drop First Amendment bomb on Iraq War vettag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f0eda161970b2010-06-14T11:04:37-07:002010-06-14T11:09:48-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Producers of "The Hurt Locker" are firing back against the Iraq War veteran who claimed that his life story was ripped off to create the Academy Award-winning drama. Master Sgt. Jeffrey S. Sarver filed his case...hollywoodreporterCan a science-fiction movie infringe a tech patent? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a6fd5813970b2009-12-02T10:10:03-08:002009-12-02T10:10:26-08:00By Eriq Gardner Imagine if NASA sued Stanley Kubrick for "2001: A Space Odyssey" claiming dominion over space travel. Or, better yet, fancy the patent-holding inventor of virtual environments going to court to claim James Cameron's "Avatar" is a rip-off....hollywoodreporterMPAA chief speculation, more fun than a Saturday night movietag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a6012a01970b2009-10-20T10:04:40-07:002009-10-20T10:04:40-07:00By Eriq Gardner One of the hottest guessing games in Hollywood at the moment is who the MPAA will tap as its new chief. THR brings word that former Democratic Rep. Harold Ford Jr. has emerged as the early front-runner...hollywoodreporter