Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-09-16T04:33:00-07:00Blog 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.TypePadWhy baseball players probably shouldn't go into the movie businesstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f44179de970b2010-09-16T04:33:00-07:002010-09-16T00:18:22-07:00By Eriq Gardner Professional baseball players are supposed to know a thing or two about laying off a bad pitch. Not Mike Lamb. The journeyman third-baseman, who has spent 10 seasons with seven pro teams, appears to have struck out...hollywoodreporterAttention client poachers: follow this case tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a75c49e4970b2009-12-17T14:16:52-08:002009-12-17T14:16:52-08:00By Eriq Gardner We've always been a little surprised by the lack of litigation when top talent clients switch representatives. It's no secret that Hollywood agents, lawyers and managers have become aggressive in poaching clients recently. Talking to the New...hollywoodreporterDo not talk about this post without the express written consent of Major League Baseballtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a544d219970b2009-09-03T16:53:09-07:002009-09-03T17:18:24-07:00By Eriq Gardner Major League Baseball enthusiasts can recite the televised disclaimer by heart: "Any rebroadcast, retransmission, or account of this game, without the express written consent of Major League Baseball, is prohibited." In past years, as professional sports organizations...hollywoodreporterMan fingered in Roger Clemens steroids book sues for defamationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a541e019970c2009-08-12T11:55:25-07:002009-08-12T11:55:25-07:00By Eriq Gardner A former Houston gym owner has filed a defamation lawsuit against Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group over the release of "American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime." In the complaint...hollywoodreporterManny Ramirez and the morals clausetag:typepad.com,2003:post-665129072009-05-08T09:11:28-07:002009-05-08T09:11:28-07:00By Eriq Gardner Hollywood lawyers can appreciate what the LA Dodgers are going through today upon hearing news that Manny Ramirez has been suspended 50 games for using a performing enhancing drug. For years, "moral clauses" in talent contracts have...hollywoodreporterSports leagues losing the battle to control fantasy leaguestag:typepad.com,2003:post-662110772009-04-30T13:53:59-07:002009-04-30T14:03:55-07:00By Eriq Gardner We don't know how many celebrities play fantasy sports, but they should pay attention to how courts keep chipping away some of their legal protections. On Tuesday, a Minnesota District Court granted CBS's summary judgment seeking a...hollywoodreporterJim Brown Runs To Court After Seeing Himself In Videogametag:typepad.com,2003:post-536238062008-08-05T01:33:43-07:002008-08-05T01:33:43-07:00By Eriq Gardner For those in sports and entertainment who didn't like the 8th U.S. Circuit Court decision that established that copyright law offers no protection over the names, nicknames, and likenesses of athletes (and perhaps a broader list of...hollywoodreporterSupreme Court Refuses Major League Baseball's Request To Examine Rights of Publicitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-507193002008-06-02T14:51:18-07:002008-06-02T14:51:18-07:00Posted by Eriq Gardner The Supreme Court has turned down a request to hear a dispute over whether a fantasy baseball operator violated the intellectual property rights of Major League Baseball. The league claimed domain over names and statistics. In...hollywoodreporterLawsuit Coming Over Ownership Of Sports Coverage?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-488474942008-04-22T10:17:57-07:002008-04-22T10:17:57-07:00Posted by Eriq Gardner Techdirt picks up an interesting lawsuit threat at the end of a NY Times article about how sports blogging is forcing leagues to consider their media access rules. Many media organizations have long had problems with...hollywoodreporterEchostar Catches Curveball Lawsuit From Major League Baseballtag:typepad.com,2003:post-475096182008-03-25T10:08:02-07:002008-03-25T10:08:02-07:00Posted by Eriq Gardner Just in time for the start of the season, Major League Baseball has pitched a lawsuit to Echostar Satellite. According to the summons, Echostar breached its contract by "failure to pay license fees...concerning telecast rights for...hollywoodreporter