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Fashion & Apparel Law Blog
Some Press is Bad Press: False Light in the Modeling Industry
By Ramela Ohanian, Eric Abramian*
This was first published in the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Global Fashion Lawyer. Appearance is arguably the most important aspect of modeling. Whether a model is practicing poses in the…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
Nevada Supreme Court Concludes Anti-SLAPP Statute Protects Anti-Developer Comments on Nextdoor
Today, we depart from our regularly scheduled sign-litigation programming to explore a development in the realm of Anti-SLAPP statutes—laws protecting the public from “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.” If you’re…
The Faculty Lounge
The 2020 Election Litigation Isn’t Quite Over
In February and March 2020, the Trump reelection campaign -- officially, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. -- filed defamation actions against three leading news outlets: CNN, the Washington Post,…
Pannone Corporate News and Opinion
Social spats – the dangers of using Instagram in defamation cases
The high-profile spat between Dolce and Gabbana and Diet Prada continues to create quite a stir among fashion circles – long after the now-infamous D&G ad campaign in 2018, which…
The IP Law Blog
The Briefing by the IP Law Blogs: “Inspired By” Characters – Defamation Lawsuit As a Spinoff Part I
By Scott Hervey
This episode is part one of a two-part series of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog in which Weintraub Tobin attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss defamation lawsuits in movies and TV…
The IP Law Blog
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: “Inspired By” Characters – Defamation Lawsuit As a Spinoff Part II
By Scott Hervey
In this second of two episodes on this topic, Weintraub Tobin attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss defamation lawsuits in movies and TV that deal with “Inspired by” characters. Read Scott Hervey’s…
Entertainment Law Resources
Cuyuga Nation Loses Defamation Lawsuit Against Showtime’s Billions
Cuyuga Nation Loses Defamation Lawsuit Against Showtime’s Billions The Indian tribe Cuyaga Nation and tribal council member Clint Halftown sued Showtime alleging that an episode of the television series Billions falsely portrayed…
Angela Reddock-Wright Blog
Starbucks Customer GoFundMe Invasion of Privacy-Defamation Suit – KCBS-2-LA (March 5, 2021)
Angela Reddock-Wright discusses the “Starbucks Customer GoFundMe Invasion of Privacy-Defamation Suit" – KCBS-2-LA (March 5, 2021) The post Starbucks Customer GoFundMe Invasion of Privacy-Defamation Suit – KCBS-2-LA (March 5,…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What Happened on Remand: Anderson Family Allowed to Proceed with Defamation Suit Against Columbus TV Station. Anderson v. WBNS-TV, Inc.
Further update: after the case was reversed and remanded, the trial court again granted summary judgment to WBNS on the Andersons’ defamation claim, and on March 29, 2021, the Tenth…
@theBar
Smartmatic v. Fox News – @theBar Podcast
Click here to listen: The Smartmatic v. Fox News Edition – February 18, 2021 In the most recent edition of the Chicago Bar Association’s podcast, host Jonathan Amarilio and co-host…