Before mediation began, Paramount and Federal Insurance Company settled an ongoing lawsuit over a breach of their COVID-19 policy agreement. The lawsuit filed by Paramount claimed that the insurance company broke its $100 million agreement that provided COVID-19 coverage for their film “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning.” According to filings, “In August 2021, Paramount filed a...Read More
Kevin Michael Brophy Jr. is taking Cardi B to court over the image of a tattoo on the cover of her debut mixtape, “Gangsta B***h Music Vol. 1.” Brophy is seeking $5 million in damages in his likeness lawsuit, claiming defamation and privacy invasion. Cardi’s lawyers argue that the tattoo “falls under fair use, as...Read More
“Fast Charlie,” a crime drama directed by Philip Noyce and produced by James Caan, is at the center of a lawsuit between Screenwriter Lee Goldberg and Media Partners LLC and Fast Charlie Nola LLC, alleging breach of contract and seeking a preliminary injunction stopping the defendants from distributing Fast Charlie. Another part of the lawsuit...Read More
Roberts Chapman is suing multiple defendants in his lawsuit over copyright infringement in the 1995 multi-Tony Award-nominated, Grammy Award-winning Broadway musical revue “Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller.” Roberts claims that his original arrangement from the production has been reproduced in many other projects without crediting or compensating him. The defendants include...Read More
Starz Entertainment sued MGM in 2020, and their lawsuit has been allowed to move forward. The lawsuit claims MGM is guilty of breach of contract for allowing its catalog of film and TV shows to run on platforms like Amazon Prime and Epix, a rival to Starz, while Starz maintains exclusive rights to more than...Read More
