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Tax Law
Was The 'Coyote vs. Acme' Movie Canceled For Tax Purposes?
Studios generally do not make movies just lto create tax write-offs. Wile E. Coyote had no comment. The Road Runner was traveling and unavailable for comment at press time. -
Copyright, Intellectual Property, Movies, Technology
Warner Bros., MGM, Universal Collectively Pull Nearly 2,000 Films From Netflix
Short-sighted studios are ruining the market for consumers... and themselves. - Sponsored
How Transactional Lawyers Can Better Serve (And Maintain) Their Clients
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9th Circuit, Cartoons / Comics, D.C. Circuit, Football, Law Professors, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Pictures, Rape, Stephen Reinhardt, Trials
Morning Docket: 01.11.13
* “Almost anything associated with him is necessarily of concern.” Thanks to the D.C. Circuit, Osama bin Laden’s death photos may never see the light of day, no matter how many FOIA requests you file. Sorry, you’ll have to settle for the Oscar-nominated film Zero Dark Thirty. [McClatchy Newspapers]
* Some would argue that the opinions written by Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the Ninth Circuit are like Lex Luthor’s ring in that they keep the heirs of Superman’s co-creator at bay like kryptonite. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* Ay dios mio, al parecer esta es una gran noticia para la escuela! Yale Law has hired Cristina Rodríguez, an expert in immigration law, as its first Hispanic professor in a tenured position. [National Law Journal]
* Prosecutors established probable cause in the Aurora movie theater shooting case and James Holmes has been ordered to stand trial, but his lawyers aren’t ready to enter his likely NGRI plea yet. [Bloomberg]
* Everyone saw this coming, but that doesn’t mean they have to be any less disgusted by it: Jerry Sandusky filed a motion to get a new trial just three months after being sentenced for his sex abuse conviction. [CNN]
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Cars, Celebrities, Drugs, Federal Government, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Politics, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 09.27.11
* How lucky for us that the Senate decided to avoid a government shutdown, but the third time is not the charm when it comes to the taxpayers’ money. [New York Times] * Did DSK get a blowie in his official capacity as Managing Director of the IMF? That might be what he has to […]
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Celebrities, Entertainment Law, Lunacy, Munger Tolles & Olson, Television
Lawsuit of the Day: Charlie Sheen's WINNING Case?
Watch out, Warner Bros. and Munger Tolles: the machete-wielding, tiger-blood-fueled Charlie Sheen is coming after you. The seemingly deranged actor, who was recently fired from the CBS hit show “Two and a Half Men,” has filed a $100 million lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Chuck Lorre, the studio and executive producer of the show, respectively. […] -
Celebrities, Entertainment Law, Fame Brief, Lunacy, Munger Tolles & Olson, Television
Busy Lawyer's Guide to Charlie Sheen's Bitchin' Termination Letter
You don’t have to be a total bitchin’ rock star from Mars to have predicted that Warner Bros. — the company that produces Two and a Half Angry Men and, not un-coincidentally, Looney Tunes — would fire Charlie Sheen from the show. And on Monday, that’s exactly what happened. Writing on behalf of Warner Bros., […]