Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-09-04T08:00:00-07:00Blog 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.TypePadClass action claims Disney stiffed financial analysts on overtime tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f3bc3203970b2010-09-04T08:00:00-07:002010-09-08T17:36:50-07:00By Matthew Belloni UPDATED POST EXCLUSIVE: Some of the Disney employees who make sure A-list stars get paid accurately by the studio are now suing claiming—yes, you guessed it—that they weren't paid accurately by the studio. A class action has...hollywoodreporterWhy more talent agents might soon be defecting to rival agenciestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f32bcae4970b2010-08-23T06:10:00-07:002010-08-22T23:46:44-07:00By Eriq Gardner We might be on the verge of an important court decision that could make it easier for agents and other Hollywood representatives to jump from one employer to another. In April, Matthew Baldwin, a sports agent who...hollywoodreporterSex harassment suit hits Spike's 'Surviving Disaster'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f30b95d6970b2010-08-17T06:42:00-07:002014-01-15T15:26:21-08:00By Eriq Gardner Updated: Sexual Harassment lawsuit naming the host of Spike TV's "Surviving Disaster" is dismissed. The host of Spike TV's "Surviving Disaster" has been targeted in a sexual harassment lawsuit. Cade Courtley, the former Navy Seal and host...hollywoodreporterSAG settles foreign levies class actiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f3097f7b970b2010-08-13T05:35:00-07:002010-08-12T23:40:14-07:00By Matthew Belloni The Screen Actors Guild has reached a tentative settlement of the class action lawsuit accusing it of withholding millions of dollars of overseas distribution revenues from members, the last of the major guilds to make a deal...hollywoodreporterVideo game designer-turned-space traveler awarded $28 million by jurytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f2b913e0970b2010-07-30T11:40:39-07:002010-07-30T11:40:39-07:00By Eriq Gardner Famed video game designer Richard Garriot has just taken one hell of a trip. Two years ago, the man behind blockbuster role-playing games Ultima and Tabula Rasa spent $30 million of his own money to be a...hollywoodreporterJimmy Fallon show hit with sex discrimination claimtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f2b10ef7970b2010-07-29T16:02:24-07:002010-07-29T16:02:24-07:00By Eriq Gardner It's getting downright steamy in Hollywood these days. Charges of sexual harassment have recently been levied against Casey Affleck, Viacom's Sumner Redstone and former ABC exec Stephen McPherson.Now a veteran stage hand says he lost his job...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...hollywoodreporterDirectors Guild slams judge for Viacom/YouTube decisiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013484e56f7c970c2010-06-24T16:01:44-07:002010-06-24T16:08:08-07:00By Matthew Belloni Reaction is coming in from the content community to yesterday's ruling in favor of Google in Viacom's $1 billion copyright litigation over YouTube. Now the Directors Guild of America is about to issue a statement predicting a...hollywoodreporterRosenberg denied! Judge set to dismiss lawsuit by SAG hardlinerstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f1887c18970b2010-06-21T10:21:30-07:002010-06-21T12:26:05-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: The Los Angeles Superior Court is about to close the door on an insurgency from a group of hard-liners at the Screen Actors Guild. The court has issued a tentative ruling dismissing a complaint by former...hollywoodreporterFired staffer accuses ESPN of locker room mentality (video)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201348486b4fe970c2010-06-17T10:00:56-07:002010-06-17T10:02:22-07:00By Eriq Gardner Disney brass have their hands full of sex harassment allegations these days. They're knee deep in ABC's fight with "Desperate Housewives" co-star Nicollette Sheridan. But quickly heating up is ESPN's battle with former production assistant Brooke Hundley,...hollywoodreporter