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'Happy Days' Cast Sues Over Merchandise Sales
Posted on 24 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - (AP) Members of the "Happy Days" cast sued CBS Corp. on Tuesday, alleging they're not getting a cut of the money made in sales of DVDs, lunch boxes, board games and other merchandises related to the television show. The plaintiffs... Read More

Tags: merchandise , Henry Winkler , Patricia Bosley , Erin Moran , Paramount , Tom Bosley , Don Most , Marion Ross , Anson Williams , Litigation , CBS , Ron Howard , lawsuit

Bret Michaels Sues Tony Awards Over 2009 Mishap
Posted on 29 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - (AP) Bret Michaels sued CBS Broadcasting and the organizers of the Tony Awards on Friday over a 2009 mishap that resulted in him being hit in the head by a set piece, claiming the accident contributed to a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed... Read More

Tags: Tony Awards , Bret Michaels , Litigation , CBS , lawsuit , Poison

Charlie Sheen Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against Warner Bros.
Posted on 11 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - (AP) Charlie Sheen brought his verbal war against Warner Bros. and the executive producer of "Two and a Half Men" to the courtroom on Thursday, filing a $100 million lawsuit seeking to recoup his salary and wages for the... Read More

Tags: Singer , Sheen , Lorre , Warner Bros. , Cryer , "Two and a Half Men" , Litigation , CBS , lawsuit , Weitzman

Bret Michaels' Lawsuit Over Tonys Accident Moved To New York
Posted on 11 Jul 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - (AP) Bret Michaels' lawsuit over an accident at the 2009 Tony Awards that the singer claims nearly killed him should be heard in New York where the accident happened, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled. It makes more sense for... Read More

Tags: Tony Awards , Bret Michaels , Litigation , CBS , lawsuit , Poison

DLA Piper: California Federal Court Finds 1st Amendment Does Not Preclude Sporting Event Participants From Asserting Right-of-Publicity Claims Against Broadcasters
Posted on 30 May 2014 by DLA Piper

By Matt Ganas | On April 11, 2014, a California federal court issued a First Amendment ruling that has potentially significant implications for broadcasters in the sports-media industry. Specifically, the Northern District of California’s Judge... Read More

Tags: NBC Universal Media , National Collegiate Athletic Association , Zacchini v. Scripps–Howard Broadcasting Co. , Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press , Turner Broadcasting , A&E Television Networks , Antitrust , Fox Broadcasting , sports , California , Discovery Communications , National Public Radio , broadcasting , DLA Piper , right of publicity , Privacy , Litigation , CBS , Inc. , sports law , In re NCAA , NCAA , First Amendment , media , ABC , In re NCAA Student-Athlete Name & Likeness Licensing Litigation

Warner Bros. Attorney: Charlie Sheen's 'Moral Turpitude' Was Grounds For Firing
Posted on 9 Mar 2011 by Gregg Lawson

LOS ANGELES - Facing the threat of litigation from Charlie Sheen and his lawyer, the attorney for Warner Bros. Television said in a letter that the " Two and a Half Men " stars' "moral turpitude," which includes furnishing cocaine... Read More

Tags: Chuck Lorre , Charlie Sheen , Sheen , Warner Bros. , TMZ , "Two and a Half Men" , Litigation , CBS , lawsuit , Tiger Blood , moral turpitude

Why TV Shows About the Supreme Court Tank
Posted on 29 Sep 2010 by Michelle Olsen, Appellate Daily

This post first appeared on Appellate Daily . ABC has tried. CBS has tried. Now, NBC is trying-to launch a drama series about the Supreme Court, that is. The ABC and CBS experiments failed and the latest, NBC's Outlaw , looks doomed as well. Why... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , NBC , TV , Litigation , CBS , ABC , SCOTUSblog

Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against CBS Game Show The Price Is Right
Posted on 18 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - Carney R. Shegerian, an employee rights attorney and founder of Shegerian & Associates, has announced the filing of a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of model Shane Stirling against the television game show The Price Is Right alleging... Read More

Tags: Santa Monica lawyers , Santa Monica law firms , Discrimination , new lawsuit filings , The Price Is Right , Shane Stirling , Litigation , CBS , lawsuit , Shegerian & Associates