Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-09-24T15:00:00-07:00Blog 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.TypePad'Thats Hot': Paris Hilton settles Hallmark lawsuittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f48ec236970b2010-09-24T15:00:00-07:002010-09-24T14:59:39-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Paris Hilton will be getting a little something in the mail from Hallmark this year. Hilton has settled a lawsuit against the company over a controversial greeting card (right) that featured a scene seemingly ripped from...hollywoodreporterCharlie Crist blames consultants for campaign ad lawsuittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f2d7fe31970b2010-08-04T11:28:28-07:002010-08-05T07:06:12-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Court papers reveal that Florida governor Charlie Crist is blaming media consultants for his senatorial campaign's use of the Talking Heads song "Road to Nowhere," which led to a messy lawsuit. In May, Talking Heads singer...hollywoodreporterQ&A: 'Crude' director Joe Berlinger on his epic battle with Chevrontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20134856ea4c4970c2010-07-14T16:11:03-07:002010-07-15T11:04:51-07:00By Eriq Gardner Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments over whether it should compel filmmaker Joe Berlinger to turn over to Chevron more than 600 hours of raw footage taken for a documentary on oil pollution in...hollywoodreporterWeinstein Co. loses key ruling in battle with soul singertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013480d57ab2970c2010-05-14T17:10:30-07:002010-05-14T17:15:10-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: A federal judge in Tennessee has rejected a bid by the Weinstein Company to dismiss a lawsuit from Grammy-winning singer Sam Moore that contends the 2008 film "Soul Men" violated Moore's trademarks and rights of publicity....hollywoodreporterWhy Hollywood should be very nervous about Elena Kagantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ed70d9b1970b2010-05-10T09:31:45-07:002010-05-11T10:21:14-07:00By Eriq Gardner RELATED: Justice Stevens, the man who saved Hollywood from itself Hollywood may have some reason to be nervous about President Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to be the next U.S. Supreme Court justice. Not a whole lot...hollywoodreporterWhat the tabloid media knows (and Gawker doesn't) about celebrity sex tapes and stolen iPhonestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ed0e6ad3970b2010-04-29T11:58:05-07:002010-04-29T12:47:58-07:00By Eriq Gardner One of the interesting things about Gawker's letter to police in the wake of a raid in the lost iPhone investigation is the identity of the letter-writer. The missive arguing that police had violated California's strong journalist...hollywoodreporter'South Park' censors mentions of Prophet Muhammedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ecde5646970b2010-04-22T10:42:47-07:002010-04-22T10:42:47-07:00By Eriq Gardner Comedy Central has reacted with extreme caution to an implicit death threat against "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. After the 200th episode of the show aired, showing the prophet Muhammed in a bear suit,...hollywoodreporter'Hurt Locker' lawsuit claims breach of agreement with U.S. militarytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201310f5a9964970c2010-03-03T13:15:42-08:002010-03-03T13:15:42-08:00By Eriq Gardner We've tracked down a copy of the complaint filed today in New Jersey District Court by the Iraq war veteran who claims producers of "The Hurt Locker" ripped off his life story. As we've noted, Master Sgt....hollywoodreporterThe most Hardcore obscenity decision evertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2012877897743970c2010-02-10T09:57:05-08:002010-02-10T11:13:32-08:00By Eriq Gardner A little-noticed Court of Appeal decision last week may not be as shocking as some of the acts of degradation it discusses, but it deserves some edge-of-your-seat attention. The 11th Circuit has ruled that hard-core materials published...hollywoodreporterJudge SLAPPs Joe Francis, rules Playboy model's claims relevant to 'treatment of women' tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a8759b9f970b2010-02-08T10:31:21-08:002010-02-08T10:30:31-08:00By Eriq Gardner "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis has been given a SLAPP by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge in a defamation case that stemmed from him allegedly punching a Playboy model. Former Playmate of the Year Jayde...hollywoodreporter