COURT SAYS DOCUMENTARY MAKER CAN’T CLAIM PRESS SHIELD
Documentary filmmakers must establish that they have retained editorial independence throughout the making of their films if they wish to be protected by press shield laws, a federal court ruled on Thursday as it ordered director Joe Berlinger to turn over some 600 hours of outtakes from his 2009 documentary, Crude, to Chevron. The film […]
COURT OVERTURNS FCC INDECENCY FINE
January 5, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
In yet another blow to conservative parents’ groups and religious organizations battling what they consider indecent content on broadcast television, a federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a $1.2 million fine that the Federal Communications Commission had imposed following ABC’s 2003 telecast of an NYPD Blue episode that included a brief shot of a woman’s […]
ICAHN SAYS RESULT OF LAWSUIT ALL-IMPORTANT IN LIONSGATE TAKEOVER
December 8, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Carl Icahn has conceded that in order for him to win a proxy battle next week to put five nominees of the board of Lions Gate Entertainment, he must win a lawsuit in New York in which he seeks to undo a debt-for-equity transaction by the company that increased the stake of Mark Rachesky while […]
