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Hit Mexican Film Pulled Pending Legal Challenge
Posted on 8 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MEXICO CITY - (AP) A theater chain halted screenings Monday of an acclaimed documentary about the failings of Mexico's justice system pending a court ruling on a complaint from a prosecution witness. The film, "Presunto Culpable" ("Presumed... Read More

Tags: "Presumed Guilty" , Interior Department , theater chain , documentary , Zuniga , Presunto Culpable , Cinepolis , Mexico , Litigation , lawsuit , Mexican film , Mexico's justice system

NYC Court Limits What Filmmaker Must Give Chevron
Posted on 16 Jul 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - (AP) A federal appeals court on Thursday limited the amount of raw footage that a filmmaker must release from his documentary about a legal fight between Chevron and Ecuadoreans over oil contamination. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals... Read More

Tags: Ecuador , documentary , Joseph Berlinger , Litigation , lawsuit , Chevron , 2nd Circuit , First Amendment

Michael Moore Sues Over 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Profits
Posted on 9 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - (AP) Michael Moore has crunched the numbers and concluded he is owed millions of dollars more for his film "Fahrenheit 9/11." The documentary filmmaker sued financiers Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein in Los Angeles on Monday... Read More

Tags: documentary , Weinstein , Michael Moore , Litigation , "Fahrenheit 9/11" , lawsuit