Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
4. Clients Turn on Champion for Women Lisa Bloom After Her Scorched-Earth Crusade
for Harvey Weinstein
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lisa-bloom-has-files-on-rose-mcgowans-sexual-history-
inside-her-scorched-earth-crusade-for-harvey-weinstein
DEFAMATION
N.Y. Sup.: Judge Lets Former N.Y. Times Columnist Sue Over Movie Based on Ex-Wife's
New Yorker Story
Hollywood Reporter
"Therefore plaintiff sufficiently pleads that the defamatory statements that he is
an adulterer or a philanderer and is a womanizer keeping company with sleazy and
sexually promiscuous women were of and concerning him."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/thr-esq/judge-lets-ny-times-columnist-sue-
movie-based-wifes-new-yorker-story-1052205
Opinion: Cohen v. Broad Green Pictures
http://nycourts.gov/reporter/pdfs/2017/2017_32230.pdf
1st Cir.: This court ruling could silence alleged victims of sexual misconduct
CNN (Johnita Due)
A recent Massachusetts federal appellate court ruling dismissed a defamation case
against Bill Cosby. This decision may slow the momentum behind women coming forward
with their stories of sexual harassment and abuse.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/opinions/defamation-silence-women-opinion-
due/index.html
Cal. App.: Supermodel Janice Dickinson poised to proceed with defamation suit
against Bill Cosby
MyNewsLA
A panel of appellate court justices appeared poised Thursday to allow former
supermodel Janice Dickinsons defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosbyto proceed and
also permit her to reinstate the comedians former attorney as a defendant.
https://mynewsla.com/hollywood/2017/10/26/supermodel-janice-dickinson-poised-to-
proceed-with-defamation-suit-against-bill-cosby/
N.Y. Sup.: AIG Sues to Avoid Paying Disney $25 Million in Pink Slime Settlement
Variety
AIG sued the Walt Disney Company on Thursday, seeking a declaration that it does
not have to pay a $25 million insurance claim arising from the pink slime
defamation case.
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/aig-sues-disney-pink-slime-lawsuit-25-million-
1202600419/
Mass. Super.: City Council candidate files $50 million defamation suit against The
Eagle
Berkshire Eagle
In his handwritten, three-page filing, Gaetani claimed that the article was a
"character assassination" that put him "in a bad light in the city of Pittsfield."
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/pittsfield-city-council-candidate-files-50-
million-defamation-suit-against-the-eagle,522926
PRIVACY
N.D. Cal.: In IMDb Actor Age Discrimination Case, Judge Still Skeptical of
California Law
Law.com
California lawyers and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television
and Radio Artists again faced skeptical questions from the federal judge overseeing
their quest to defend a state law which would limit IMDb.coms ability to publish
the ages of actors and others in Hollywood.
https://www.google.com/url?
sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjP0YPchJHXAhX
GLyYKHSU_APwQqQIIKSgAMAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.com%2Ftherecorder%2Fsites
%2Ftherecorder%2F2017%2F10%2F26%2Fin-imdb-actor-age-discrimination-case-judge-
still-skeptical-of-california-law%2F&usg=AOvVaw0oaLkpVwzojPjVNdkDvUgX
ACCESS
See also
National Archives Release Files on John F. Kennedys Assassination
New York Times
The granddaddy of all conspiracy theories has re-emerged in the American psyche
with the release of the National Archivess final trove of records about the
assassination.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/us/politics/jfk-files.html
PRIOR RESTRAINT
Mo.: Boone County judge's prohibition on publishing information from court hearing
is prior restraint
STLtoday.com
A judge in Boone County, Mo., ordered the media not to publish names, photos or
video of victims in a criminal case, even though the person was speaking in open
court.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/nothing-to-see-here/commentary-boone-county-
judge-s-prohibition-on-publishing-information-from/article_5e3783db-15e8-579c-84dd-
226f5815f7c7.html
BROADCAST
INTERNET
Twitter drops hammer and sickle on RT, Sputnik ad buys over election shenanigans
Ars Technica
No more sponsored Tweets, but Russia-funded media sites can still post "organic"
Tweets.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/twitter-drops-hammer-and-
sickle-on-rt-sputnik-ad-buys-over-election-shenanigans/
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
C.D. Cal.: Frankie Valli Says EMI Is Holding Music Rights 'Hostage'
Law360
Four Seasons crooner Frankie Valli said in a lawsuit filed in California federal
court Wednesday that EMI Music Publishing Ltd. is holding the rights to his music
hostage even though he terminated the rights agreement with them.
https://www.law360.com/media/articles/978702
Complaint: Valli v. EMI Music Publishing
http://www.medialaw.org/images/medialawdaily/10.27.17valli.pdf
MEDIA BUSINESS
HBO, Penguin cancel Game Change over Halperins alleged sexual harassment
Politico
The most lucrative franchise in political journalism appears doomed.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/26/hbo-mark-halperin-game-change-movie-
sexual-harassment-244214
MEDIA TECH
The Guardian Mobile Labs latest experiment targets public transit commuters with
an offline news app
Nieman Journalism Lab
The app is a really good first step for gathering information, using it in a
respectful way, and seeing how people feel about that.
http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/10/the-guardian-mobile-labs-latest-experiment-
targets-public-transit-commuters-with-an-offline-news-app/
LABOR ISSUES
Whos next? A moment of reckoning for men and the behavior we can no longer
ignore.
Washington Post
The sound you hear is a million men shaking in their wingtips and cowboy boots
men who are experiencing, perhaps for the first time, the kind of enveloping unease
and fear that theyve triggered in women, to some degree, for years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/whos-next-a-moment-of-reckoning-for-
men--and-the-behavior-we-can-no-longer-ignore/2017/10/26/b273007a-ba5c-11e7-9e58-
e6288544af98_story.html
E! News Ken Baker Accused of Sexual Harassment, From an Unwanted Kiss to a Sex-Toy
Text
The Wrap
https://www.thewrap.com/e-news-ken-baker-accused-of-sexual-harassment-from-an-
unwanted-kiss-to-a-text-about-a-sex-toy/
Bill OReilly Allegedly Called Woman He Was Harassing To Get Dirt On Another Victim
HuffPost
Bill OReilly tried to persuade a Fox News colleague to tattle on a woman who had
accused him of sexual harassment, according to an ex-boyfriend of the woman who
took the call.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-oreilly-sexual-
harassment_us_59f205b7e4b03cd20b800108
NDAs Cant Silence Everyone: Heres When You Can Safely Break a Nondisclosure
Agreement
The Wrap (Susan Seager)
Weinstein and Weinstein Company would face court skepticism if they tried to sue
women for violating their non-disclosure agreements.
https://www.thewrap.com/harvey-weinstein-nda-non-disclsoure-agreements-sexual-
harassment-fox-news-gloria-allred/
BuzzFeed News Parts Ways With Three Entertainment Staffers After Identifying
Holes in Harvey Weinstein Coverage
Variety
BuzzFeed News is changing its approach to covering the entertainment biz after
top editors perceived that the site trailed on coverage of the Harvey Weinstein
scandal and three members of the editorial staff are exiting the company with the
new strategy.
http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/buzzfeed-news-entertainment-layoffs-harvey-
weinstein-1202600327/
INTERNATIONAL
MISCELLANEOUS
Ariz. Super.: Convicted killer Jodi Arias sues former defense attorney over tell-
all book
Arizona Republic
Convicted killer Jodi Arias, whose obsessed trial groupies clogged tabloid TV and
social media with tales of salacious intrigue and courthouse snark, filed a civil
lawsuit Tuesday in Maricopa County Superior Court against her former defense
attorney, L. Kirk Nurmi.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2017/10/25/convicted-killer-jodi-
arias-sues-former-defense-attorney-kirk-nurmi-over-tell-all-book/801071001/
Steve Bannon Aims To Expose Bankrupt Hollywood With New Breitbart War
HuffPost
Bannon is vowing to expose what he calls bankrupt Hollywood with a three-part
series by a researcher described as someone who was embedded in the industry.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59f26c90e4b077d8dfc8a583
FROM MLRC
Challenges and Solutions for Media Companies and Their Journalist Workforces in
Harnessing the Internets Power While Avoiding Its Pitfalls
A report from the Employment Committee addressing two very timely issues: (1) How
to encourage journalist employees use of social media while attempting to
reasonably limit that use through policies and workplace rules; and (2) How to deal
with the increased frequency with which journalists are subjected to abuse and
harassment due to works published online.
http://medialaw.org/component/k2/item/3855