DJ Pauly D is Being Sued by His Former Representation

Posted by on Apr 15, 2012 in Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Entertainment, News, Television | 0 comments Pauly Delvecchio, better known as DJ Pauly D, is being sued by International Creative Management (ICM) for breach of contract among other causes of action. Pauly D, best known for Jersey Shore and his new spin-off The Pauly D Project, was represented by ICM following the first season of Jersey Shore. The complaint filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that Pauly D was originally...
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Actress Sues Vodka Company for Misappropriation of Likeness in Rape Ad

Posted by on Apr 14, 2012 in Art, Entertainment, Film, News, Television | 1 comment On March 29, 2012, actress Alicyn Packard filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Moet Hennessy USA over a controversial advertisement for Belvedere Vodka used earlier last month on Belvedere’s Facebook and Twitter pages. The ad in the middle of all this controversy is one where a man is smiling and holding a woman who looks upset with the following words depicted in the ad...
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Hulu Users Filed Class Action Lawsuit Against Hulu Claiming The Online Video Hub Used “Zombie Cookies” to Track Users’ Online Activities

Posted by on Apr 13, 2012 in Art, Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Entertainment, Film, News, Television | 0 comments The bad just got worse for the popular website Hulu. Hulu has been defending against a class action lawsuit filed by Hulu users who claim the popular website has been tracking its users’ online activity with cookies and other identifiers that are placed on users’ computers. These cookies are sometimes called “zombie cookies” because they reappear even when Hulu users clear the...
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Producer Seeks $1Million in Damages For Intentional Name Misspelling in Movie Credits

Posted by on Apr 11, 2012 in Art, Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Entertainment, Film, News | 0 comments How much is a name worth? Well, if you are film producer Bob Van Ronkel, it is worth $1 Million (or at least according to the complaint he recently filed in Los Angeles Superior Court). Mr. Von Ronkel’s lawsuit lists causes of action for breach of written contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fraud in the inducement, negligent misrepresentation, injunctive...
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Actress’s Lawsuit Against IMDb.com and Amazon.com is One Step Closer to Trial

Posted by on Apr 10, 2012 in Business Transactions, Entertainment, Film, News, Television | 0 comments On March 30, 2012, the Washington Federal Court Ninth Circuit made several findings in the case of Huang Hoang, who has been making headlines in the entertainment industry for her lawsuit last October claiming website IMDb.com and its parent company Amazon.com are liable to her for damages because they had revealed her true age of 40 years old. Ms. Hoang, who is better known in the entertainment...
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