Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-10-14T09:32:33-07:00Blog 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.TypePadMother of teen 'sex addict' sues 'Tyra' showtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20134882fdcd6970c2010-10-14T09:32:33-07:002010-10-14T09:32:33-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Next on "The Tyra Banks Show": TV producers who kidnap teenaged sex addicts? The mother of a 15-year-old self-proclaimed "sex addict" is suing Warner Bros. Entertainment, Tyra Banks and executive producers of her talk show for...hollywoodreporterActress sues over inclusion in Green Day musical promotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20134862ed81b970c2010-08-13T09:22:10-07:002010-08-13T09:22:10-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Producers of "American Idiot," the anti-establishment Broadway adaptation of a Green Day album, have been sued by a former cast member who isn't happy about the way she's been exploited. Morgan Weed, who served as an...hollywoodreporterClass action says media companies deploy 'zombie cookies'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013485c6aa24970c2010-07-28T10:43:39-07:002010-07-28T10:39:09-07:00By Eriq Gardner Some top entertainment companies are being accused of secretly spying on the online habits of their website users. A new class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in California targets NBC Universal, MTV Networks, Hulu, JibJab...hollywoodreporterMTV denies woman was drunk in 'Real World' lawsuit tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f1f798ac970b2010-06-30T11:20:54-07:002010-06-30T11:20:54-07:00By Eriq Gardner As "The Real World" kicks off its 24th season tonight with a return to New Orleans, the show's producers are fighting back against a woman who claims she was humiliated on the previous Washington D.C. season. Viacom,...hollywoodreporter'Female Forces' lawsuit is next on A&E dockettag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013484ecd23f970c2010-06-25T11:09:29-07:002010-07-08T13:10:56-07:00By Eriq Gardner There's something about A&E's distinctive brand of reality TV — voyeuristic and willing to explore touchy subjects like drug addiction, health issues and Steven Seagal — that has made it a prime target for lawsuits. The latest...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 Hollywood scriptwriters base a story on their own family?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013482e7dcf6970c2010-06-03T10:12:02-07:002010-06-04T05:36:20-07:00By Eriq Gardner A Nevada woman claims her privacy was violated when her uncle — a successful Hollywood scriptwriter — authored a movie allegedly based on her own personal issues. Alix Daily is suing Peter and Leslie Tolan, Capacity Pictures,...hollywoodreporterGoogle Buzz could cause legal problems in Hollywoodtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a88d3501970b2010-02-11T09:22:53-08:002010-02-11T09:22:53-08:00By Eriq Gardner Google has been taking a lot of heat since Tuesday's launch of a new social-networking feature called Buzz that allows users to post status updates to contacts and make comments on other people's updates. Most controversially, Google...hollywoodreporterPrivacy Wars: Netflix, Facebook and the 'Brokeback Mountain Effect'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a763a959970b2009-12-18T09:15:05-08:002009-12-18T10:18:45-08:00By Eriq Gardner Will "Brokeback Mountain" shape rules concerning the responsibility of websites to guard user privacy? The debate over privacy on the Internet got much louder yesterday when a group of privacy advocate organizations filed a complaint with the...hollywoodreporterIs Arnold's new anti-paparazzi law unconstitutional?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a5e0ea86970b2009-10-13T09:42:26-07:002009-10-13T09:42:26-07:00By Eriq Gardner Since giving up an acting career for life in California's governor's mansion, Arnold Schwarzenegger has made it one of his political missions to make life tough for intrusive paparazzi. Schwarzenegger has enacted laws that expand privacy protections...hollywoodreporter