The Judge says, "I'm looking for a global outcome if we can get it." It is painful to watch Senator Dianne Feinstein in the dusk of her long and distinguished career of public service, mired in a family lawsuit in which she is represented by her daughter former San Francisco judge Katherine Feinstein, acting […]
A Case To Read On The Limits Of The Delegation Doctrine. Neal Moritz, the film producer and industry executive associated with the Fast and Furious (FF) franchise, sued Universal City Studios LLC and others for breach of an oral contract and promissory estoppel after the distributor allegedly removed him as lead producer of the […]
Alternative Dispute Resolution And Alternative Facts, As Peace Comes To Westeros. Elmo of Sesame Street has provided us with a model for dispute resolution between Queen Cersei and Tyrion Lannaster in Game of Thrones: The best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA) is never a pretty picture in Game of […]
The Code Of Civil Procedure 1281.4 Stay Is Mandatory. Top Kick Productions, Inc., Chuck Norris's production company, sued CBS Broadcasting Inc. over allegations of what might be characterized as Hollywood Accounting. CBS moved to compel arbitration, and to stay the litigation pursuant to CCP 1281.4, while Top Kick had a pending motion to […]
New Blawg Sidebar Category: Infotainment? The WSJ and CNN report today, October 2, 2018, that Pres. Donald J. Trump (aka David Dennison) directed his attorney Michael Cohen to seek a restraining order through an arbitration proceeding to prevent Stormy Daniels (aka Peggy Peterson aka Stephanie Clifford) from airing dirty laundry in a TV […]
Did Owners Collude To Keep Him From Playing Or Did All The Owners Happen To Individually Decide To Keep Him From Playing? The NYT and other news sources report that arbitrator Stephen B. Burbank denied the NFL's motion for summary judgment in its dispute with Colin Kaepernick. For now, Kaepernick can proceed with his […]
Celebrity Wrestling Match/Cat Fight. I have received a confidential television script from a disloyal former staff member of the White House. In episode 571 of the long-running reality show, “Raging Dumpster Fires At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,” the courtly, urbane and impeccably mannered DJT and the villainous Omarosa Manigault Newman (OMN) grease up for a wrestling […]
Stormy Weather . . . Above: Video/recording: Comedian Harmonists Sing Quand Il Pleut (Stormy Weather/Ohne Dich). 1933. News about our latest reality show, Stephanie Clifford a.k.a. Stormy Daniels a.k.a. Peggy Peterson v. Donald J. Trump a.k.a. David Dennison, and Essential Consultants, LLC, LASC Case No. BC696568 (filed March 6, 2018) is […]
Roger Ailes/Gretchen Carlson Dispute May End Up In Arbitration. Empirical studies support the perceptions of employees that they do better in court than in arbitration. See, for example, the study by Alexander Colvin of Cornell: “An Empirical Study of Employment Arbitration: Case Outcomes and Processes.” Roger Ailes’ defense team knows this too. […]
Opinion Addresses Substantive Versus Procedural Arbitrability – And Who Gets To Decide Kurt Knutsson, aka Kurt the CyberGuy, and his company, Woojivas, Incorporated, filed claims against KTLA, LLC, a television broadcaster, for breach of contract, misappropriating CyberGuy’s name and likeness, unfair business practices, and age discrimination. The company brought a motion to compel arbitration […]