Todd Cunningham

July 06, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Given the recent sharp increase in the volume and venom of President Donald Trump's shots at the media, is the timing right for journalists to consider suing him for issuing defamatory statements?

By Todd Cunningham

5 minute read

July 05, 2017 | National Law Journal

Given the recent sharp increase in the volume and venom of President Donald Trump's shots at the media, is the timing right for journalists to consider suing him for issuing defamatory statements?

By Todd Cunningham

6 minute read

July 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The cable TV channel Fight Network has prevailed in a trademark dispute with CSI Entertainment, which was seeking to protect its trademarks Fight Sports and Fight Sports Network.

By Todd Cunningham

8 minute read

June 30, 2017 | The Recorder

A class action suit claiming that the NFL's exclusive DirecTV package violated antitrust law was sacked by a federal court judge Friday, who saw no evidence of conspiracy, collusion or significant harm to football fans or bars showing the games.

By Todd Cunningham

4 minute read

June 30, 2017 | The Recorder

Paul McCartney has settled his legal battle with Sony/ATV over the rights to the songs he wrote while he was a member of the Beatles, and in the process struck a blow for artists' rights.

By Todd Cunningham

11 minute read

June 30, 2017 | National Law Journal

Rupert Murdoch and 21st Century Fox are "fit and proper" bidders to take over the United Kingdom's Sky Broadcasting, U.K. regulators say, but another ruling on that front may have left the corporate suitors fit to be tied. British authorities have asked for another six months to determine whether Fox's $15.4 billion bid to acquire the 61 percent of Sky that it doesn't own would compromise quality in the U.K.

By Todd Cunningham

3 minute read

June 29, 2017 | National Law Journal

Disney's upcoming “Star Wars” prequel about the young Han Solo is — by light years — the most potentially lucrative movie ever to switch directors in the middle of shooting.

By TODD CUNNINGHAM

7 minute read

June 29, 2017 | National Law Journal

ABC-TV and a food producer in South Dakota have agreed to an undisclosed settlement in a case stemming from television news reports that allegedly called the meat company's product "pink slime."

By Todd Cunningham

4 minute read

June 29, 2017 | The Recorder

Disney's upcoming "Star Wars" prequel about the young Han Solo is—by light years—the most potentially lucrative movie ever to switch directors in the middle of shooting. A Millennium Falcon-size headache would seem a real possibility for Michael Johnson and Sam Fischer of Ziffren Brittenham LLP, the legal team that would in theory rework the contracts of the exited directing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Then there would be getting the new director, Oscar-winner Ron Howard, under contract and up and running, satisfying the Directors Guild of America and sorting out the credits issue; and keeping on track the most prestigious and lucrative properties owned by Lucasfilm and Disney.

By Todd Cunningham

5 minute read

June 26, 2017 | The Recorder

SAG-AFTRA's roughly 160,000 members have been asked to authorize their negotiators to call for a strike in an effort by the actors union to jump-start its stalled contract talks with Hollywood movie and television producers.

By Todd Cunningham

15 minute read