Hollywood Docket Top 5: Lady Gaga vs. producer; Polanski vs. judicial system; Snooki booked

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Hollywood Docket Top 5: Lady Gaga vs. producer; Polanski vs. judicial system; Snooki booked

Fri Mar 19, 2010 @ 10:18AM PST
  • A music producer has filed a $35 million lawsuit against Lady Gaga for squeezing him out of a lucrative career after he co-wrote some of her songs. [AP]
  • Roman Polanski's attorneys have filed a new appeal asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial misconduct in his 32-year-old sex case. [AP]
  • The FCC has set a deadline of May 3 to submit complaints about the proposed Comcast acquisition of NBC Universal. [LAT] 
  • Verizon has filed a complaint at the International Trade Commission hoping to block Cablevision from important digital set-top boxes it believes are patent-infringing. [Light Reading] 
  • Snooki from MTV's "Jersey Shore" has been charged for selling alcohol to minors at a party at her house, resulting in the death of a teenager in a drunk driving accident. [Radar

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