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[down arrow] A jury decides he's not liable for misconduct against his ex-assistant, but his firm has to pay $1.26 million--and he can't claw back those 5 million frequent flyer [...]

On Oct. 15, about 25 protesters gathered in front of Los Angeles County Superior Court, brandishing signs that read 'Hold Hollywood Accountable' and 'Let Charlotte Speak.' Inside, Judge Christopher Lui [...]

WHY IT MATTERS The Dawson's Creek star sued SiriusXM and its Stitcher unit for breach of contract over a podcast deal. The suit, filed Aug. 26, alleges Van Der Beek [...]

Columbia Law School grad Jennifer Ridha was on the defense team for the Oscar winner's son Cameron during his 2009-10 prosecution for possession of meth. Then she was caught smuggling [...]

In the spring of2009, Cameron Thor, one of the industry's most beloved teachers, drove a 13-year-old into the Malibu hills, where she says a horrific sexual assault occurred. Five years [...]

When Scarlett Johansson sued Disney on July 29 over her Black Widow pay, one community in Hollywood took the development especially personally: the ranks of transactional attorneys who negotiate deals [...]

CASE Gerard Butler vs. Olympus Has Fallen producers WHY IT MATTERS The action star filed a lawsuit July 30 alleging that he's owed $10 million from the 2013 movie that [...]

Fast Company senior writer Nicole LaPorte was the first out of the gate with an Operation Varsity Blues book deal, and now her Guilty Admissions: The Bribes, Favors, and Phonies [...]

Attorney Charles Flarder discloses in his new Gawker Slayer book that he was asked in 2018 by the workplace equity foundation to take a case to the Supreme Court On [...]

During the early days of the pandemic, the prospect of workers suing businesses for not protecting them from the virus was so great that many corporations lobbied for tort protection, [...]

As Johnny Depp appears in a London courtroom throughout July to take on the U.K. publisher of The Sun for characterizing him as a 'wife beater,' the actor finds himself [...]

Hollywood talent lawyers get 5 percent of their clients' pay. Everyone knows this, and virtually no one puts it in writing. But decades of gentlemen's agreements could haunt industry dealmakers [...]

[up arrow] Chicago prosecutors drop all charges against the Empire actor over his claims about being a victim of a hate crime. Please Note: Illustration(s) are not available due to [...]

[down arrow] The Supreme Court declines to hear the 102-year-old legend's appeal over her depiction on FX's Feud, ending the legal fight over historical drama on TV. Please Note: Illustration(s) [...]

[down arrow] The actor loses his appeal to avoid appearing in person in a Massachusetts courtroom Jan. 7 to face claims of sexual assault. Please Note: Illustration(s) are not available [...]

Bill Cosby is still fighting his conviction from behind bars, but, regardless of the final outcome, it will likely prove costly in his civil legal battles. Many have likened the [...]

[down arrow] Ten months after Terry Crews made his sexual assault claims public, the WME agent is exiting as the agency settles a lawsuit with the actor. Please Note: Illustration(s) [...]

Andy Dick's history of sexual misconduct is back in the news after he was charged July 2 in L.A. for grabbing a woman's rear end and making lewd comments. One [...]

[down arrow] After an assault claim by ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra, the Nerdist founder sees his talk show pulled by AMC as NBC mulls what to do with his game show [...]

Ari Emanuel took a hard-line stance against and fired his then-WME client Mel Gibson after the actor's 2006 arrest following an alcohol-fueled, anti-Semitic and sexist tirade. Now, more than a [...]

The actor pays $80,000 to settle a suit claiming he won money in illegal poker games from a man convicted of running a Ponzi scheme--pocket change for Maguire, but a [...]

While NYC's subway has I always been a place for unsettling sights--a rat once crawled on Molly Shannon's foot, Carrie Coon saw a man harassing women in hijab, Katie Aselton [...]

Actor Richard T. Jones has gone to court to get out of his job on 'Judging Amy.' Jones filed suit Monday against the series producer, 20th Century Fox Television, asking [...]

Richard Iler, the 16-year-old actor who appears as Anthony Soprano Jr. on HBO's 'The Sopranos,' pleaded innocent Wednesday to charges that he and two other teenagers robbed $40 from two [...]

Courtney Love, who is being sued for failing to pay more than $40,000 in rent for a house in Vancouver, British Columbia, told a court that the house wasn't suitable [...]

The church of Scientology's controversial boss, David Miscavige, may be an unwitting catalyst for a dramatic power shift in the U.K. media landscape. In December, a story ran on the [...]

Richard Dreyfuss is slamming ABC for refusing to name all the big banks involved with disgraced financier Bernie Madoff in its February miniseries about the architect of the most notorious [...]

IN 2012, STEVE CARBONE, known online as Reality Steve, settled the first of two lawsuits brought by producers of ABC's The Bachelor franchise: For at least five years, Carbone agreed [...]

THEY'RE ACCUSATIONS. There's no obligation to mention them.' It was September 2014, and I was preparing to interview a journalist about his biography of Bill Cosby, which omitted allegations of [...]

12-29 Former Glee star Mark Sailing was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of possession of child [...]

LOS ANGELES -- A legal battle on the cutting edge of celebrity media and copyright law has ended with a rare concession by gossip blog conglomerate Gawker Media, which has [...]

LOS ANGELES -- Don Johnson scored a multimillion-dollar legal victory Wednesday against Rysher Entertainment over his partial ownership of 'Nash Bridges' the CBS cop show he toplined that ran from [...]

Snoop Dogg sued Pabst Brewing Company for breach of contract in a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. The rapper had a 2011 endorsement deal to serve as brand [...]

↓ The actor's drunken Sundance altercation with a female Paramount exec leads to a felony aggravated assault charge and a quick trip to [...]

Randy Quaid has been banned for life by Actors' Equity Assn. and fined more than $81,000 for his alleged actions during the Seattle production of the musical 'Lone Star Love,' [...]

Mr. Blonde's not very happy with his former talent agent. On Wednesday, Michael Madsen, who had his breakout role in 'Reservoir Dogs,' filed a $10 million lawsuit against Innovative Artists […]

LONDON (Reuters) -- Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman has won a public apology and substantial damages from the Daily Mail after the newspaper suggested she had an adulterous affair with […]

Jennifer Lopez filed a petition with the California Labor Commissioner on Wednesday accusing her former manager Benny Medina and his Handprint Entertainment of violating the state's Talent Agency Act by […]

The legal battle between HBO and 'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini has extended to the set of the Emmy-winning series. The cable network has postponed the start of production on the […]

With dueling lawsuits filed, the stage is set for a showdown between HBO and Emmy-winning actor James Gandolfini over whether he will return to work March 24 for the start […]

Litigator Neville Johnson eulogized James Garner in THR's Aug. 1 issue for his nine-year court battle against Universal, starting in 1980, over the actor's share of The Rockford Files profits. [...]

SEX ABUSE ACCUSER MICHAEL Egan and his lawyer Jeff Herman rode into town like cowboys with guns blazing, but they appear to be leaving it hats in hand. The lawsuits [...]

Top Los Angeles nightclub AV--frequented by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Lil Jon and which hosted the SAG Awards afterparty in January--is in the midst of a nasty investor [...]

A California jury decided Courtney Love shouldn't be held liable for a tweet directed at her former attorney Rhonda Holmes. The case is believed to be the first trial in [...]

Hollywood may forgive when it comes to scrapes with the law, but can it forget? That's the question hanging over Winona Ryder following her conviction Wednesday of grand theft and [...]

Sean Connery is suing Mandalay Pictures and its co-founder and chairman, Peter Guber, for more than $17 million, claiming that Mandalay reneged on plans to film 'End Game,' a CIA [...]

↓ The Desperate Housewives actress' $6 million lawsuit over her firing is dismissed three years after she first claimed she was smacked in the head by series creator Marc [...]

The Curb Your Enthusiasm actor is arrested on a vandalism charge after a dispute over a parking space. Look for Larry David to address the issue in a future Curb [...]

KIM BASINGER HAD a traumatic brush with the law when she backed out of a presumed agreement to star in 1993's Boxing Helena. The indie film marked the directorial debut [...]

TOM CRUISE'S $50 MILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST BAUER MEDIA, publisher of Life & Style, for claiming he abandoned daughter Suri, is turning into a battle to extract embarrassing information. Bauer's lawyers [...]