Todd Cunningham

July 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Hip-hop artist and actor DMX pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of tax evasion Friday in New York City federal court and was freed after posting $500,000 bail.

By Todd Cunningham

3 minute read

July 13, 2017 | National Law Journal

Fantasy sports site operator DraftKings on Wednesday enlisted power attorney David Boies as it and FanDuel, a rival site with which it had hoped to merge, battled to have a potential class action suit brought by players dismissed in federal court in Boston.

By Todd Cunningham

4 minute read

July 13, 2017 | National Law Journal

DraftKings and FanDuel, operators of the two largest sites in the multibillion online fantasy sports industry, have abandoned their plans to merge in the face of pressure from the Federal Trade Commission.

By Todd Cunningham

6 minute read

July 12, 2017 | Daily Business Review

At tonight's Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Miami, umpire Angel Hernandez will work at first base. Hernandez recently sued MLB and commissioner Rob Manfred for racial discrimination.

By Todd Cunningham

4 minute read

July 12, 2017 | The Recorder

Prominent entertainment attorney Schuyler "Sky" M. Moore has joined Greenberg Glusker as a partner in its entertainment practice.

By Todd Cunningham

2 minute read

July 12, 2017 | The Recorder

With the finances of disgraced Fyre Festival concert promoter Billy McFarland very much in question, major investors in the concert-turned-fiasco are facing unexpected scrutiny and potential liability for the money lost.

By Todd Cunningham

4 minute read

July 11, 2017 | The Recorder

Disney has prevailed, at least for the moment, in a copyright complaint targeting its animated box-office hit "Zootopia."

By Todd Cunningham

11 minute read

July 11, 2017 | National Law Journal

U.S. newspaper publishers, who say they are chafing under the market power of Google and Facebook, are calling on Congress to allow them to negotiate collectively with the online giants. They want an antitrust exemption so they can compete more effectively with what they term a de facto "digital duopoly," which now dominates online advertising.

By Todd Cunningham

3 minute read

July 07, 2017 | The Recorder

There is labor peace in Hollywood now — with one notable and sticky exception. SAG-AFTRA negotiators reached a tentative deal for feature films and prime-time TV over the holiday with the major movie studios and networks. Pending the expected ratification, the agreement will cover the union's roughly 160,000 members and is in line with the pacts reached earlier by the directors and writers unions, each of which signed off on similar three-year deals which extend into 2020.

By Todd Cunningham

8 minute read

July 06, 2017 | The Recorder

Embattled singer-songwriter Kesha released her first new single in four years Thursday. It's a defiant and celebratory tune called "Praying," and is accompanied by an artsy music video and will be on an album called "Rainbow," set for an Aug. 11 release. It took some standout backup work from attorneys Dan Petrocelli and Bo Pearl, partners at O'Melveny & Myers, to clear the way for the track's release. And it may do the same for the career of Kesha, who has sold more than 60 million records worldwide, but has been largely off the radar since an ongoing legal battle with her former producer Dr. Luke exploded in 2013.

By Todd Cunningham

7 minute read