Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-10-06T19:08:44-07:00Blog 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.TypePadBigamy investigation threatens TLC's 'Sister Wives'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f4e58204970b2010-10-06T19:08:44-07:002010-10-06T19:47:13-07:00By Matthew Belloni Will a Utah district attorney spoil the polygamy party at TLC? Only two weeks into the network's hit reality series "Sister Wives," the results of a felony bigamy investigation of the show's stars have been presented to...hollywoodreporterNBCU, BBC win 'stolen' TV idea casetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f4d5ee78970b2010-10-04T08:59:42-07:002010-10-04T08:59:57-07:00By Eriq Gardner A federal judge in New York has let NBC Universal, the BBC and the Travel Channel off the hook on allegations the studios were engaged in criminal racketeering by running a website that allowed people to submit...hollywoodreporterQ&A: Meet the lawyer trying to bring down 'Jersey Shore'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013486951ece970c2010-08-31T10:32:08-07:002010-08-31T10:32:09-07:00By Eriq Gardner Fans of MTV's "Jersey Shore" love the outsized personalities and the occasional fisticuffs. But it's hard to throw a punch without making some enemies, and chief among them might be New Jersey-based attorney Eugene Lavergne. He isn't...hollywoodreporterOscar crasher criminal charges droppedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f2b6b26e970b2010-08-02T10:53:55-07:002010-08-02T09:59:25-07:00By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: Criminal charges have been dismissed against the actor detained outside the Academy Awards in March for trying to attend without a ticket. Michael AvMen (aka Michael Avila), who filed a civil suit against the Academy in...hollywoodreporterMel Gibson Saga: When is it legal to record a conversation?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f26e5943970b2010-07-22T03:42:31-07:002010-07-21T23:25:38-07:00Today we've got another attorney guest post looking at a ripped-from-the-headlines issue: when can you record a phone conversation without telling the other person? Joshua Briones and Ana Tagoryan are lawyers in the LA office of DLA Piper... By Ana...hollywoodreporterCriminal charges filed against alleged Oscar trespassertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201348592c95c970c2010-07-20T15:45:15-07:002010-07-20T15:59:37-07:00By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: Bad news for the actor who traded lawsuits with the motion picture academy after being detained outside the Oscars in March. We've learned that the City of Los Angeles has filed criminal trespass charges against Michael...hollywoodreporterLindsay Lohan goes to jailtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201348590b25e970c2010-07-20T08:59:38-07:002010-07-20T13:30:01-07:00Lindsay Lohan showed up at a Beverly Hills courthouse this morning to surrender herself for a 90-day jail sentence. She arrived amidst a throng of media and onlookers, some of whom held signs reading, "Free Lindsay." She wasn't with attorney...hollywoodreporterSwitzerland frees Roman Polanskitag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f23ae54b970b2010-07-12T07:25:46-07:002010-07-12T07:27:22-07:00In a surprise decision, Swiss authorities have decided to release Roman Polanski and not send him back to the U.S. to face penalties stemming from a 1977 statutory rape conviction. The 76-year-old director has been held in detention since last...hollywoodreporterLindsay Lohan's new lawyer is a really new lawyertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20134854fa4a6970c2010-07-08T23:35:41-07:002010-07-09T00:45:37-07:00So Shawn Chapman Holley is out. Now meet Tiffany Esther Feder-Cohen, who reports say has been hired as Holley's replacement. Yes, she just passed the Californnia bar in November (Congrats Tiffany! Community Property was a total pain, right?), but now...hollywoodreporterIs Lindsay Lohan now uninsurable?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20134854190c6970c2010-07-07T08:45:27-07:002010-07-07T00:36:36-07:00By Matthew Belloni Judge Marsha Revel clearly has seen enough of the Lindsay Lohan downward spiral, sentencing the starlet to 90 days in jail for violating her probation stemming from a drunken driving arrest. But has Hollywood seen enough? Will...hollywoodreporter