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Stan Lee

Commentary: Stan Lee vs. Stan Lee Media

In a twist worthy of an "Incredible Hulk" serial, 85-year-old fanboy legend Stan Lee is escalating his battle against the shareholders of Stan Lee Media, writes MATTHEW BELLONI. Read column

Patty Glaser

Court's FCC slap-down proof agency has no clothes

Those who question whether "Nipplegate" was about anything other than fueling the country's culture wars should read the decision that overturned the FCC's fine against CBS, writes MATTHEW BELLONI. Read column

Barbie

Commentary: Make sure that gray area is yours, not theirs

MATTHEW BELLONI asks aspiring filmmakers: Who do you think owns that groundbreaking screenplay you've been hammering out on your lunch breaks? The Bratz-Mattel case may hold some surprises. Read column

Patty Glaser

Commentary: Trial lawyer takes unusual step of defending colleague

Patty Glaser has taken a page from a sweep-week "Boston Legal" and is representing Terry Christensen, her colleague of 35 years, in a high-profile case that could put him in jail for most of his life, writes MATTHEW BELLONI. Read column

THR Esq

'Roger Rabbit' novelist fights uphill battle in suit

Gary Wolf's case against Disney has spawned at least two significant judicial setbacks for profit participants trying to collect damages from studios, writes MATTHEW BELLONI. Read column

PellicanoIllo

Pellicano's clients deserved a more thorough cross-examination

For all the Hollywood hoopla spilling out of Judge Dale Fischer's courtroom, a key question remains unanswered: How could so many top lawyers empower Pellicano for so many years and never figure out that his "unique services" might be illegal? Read column

J.K. Rowling

Even a wizard can't predict outcome of 'Potter' case

The recent trial that pitted "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, pictured, against the publisher of "The Harry Potter Lexicon" spotlighted a somewhat embarrassing area of copyright jurisprudence: When it comes to fair use law, nobody really knows anything, MATTHEW BELLONI writes. Read column

supes

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a shrewd copyright lawyer!

In their lawsuit against Warner Bros. Pictures and parent Time Warner Inc., the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel may have found, thanks to attorney Marc Toberoff, a chunk of Kryptonite that might get them a piece of the profits earned by the property: termination rights. Read column

Pellicano

Dear Anthony: Your lawyer isn't doing you any justice

In the law trade, there's an old saying: He who represents himself has a fool for a client. MATTHEW BELLONI wonders why, then, Anthony Pellicano, pictured, is doing just that in his racketeering and wiretapping trial. Read column

Alan Wertheimer

A steady hand guided this strike settlement

Lawyers get blamed for a lot of what's wrong with Hollywood, writes MATTHEW BELLONI. Yet it shouldn't go unnoticed that when labor unrest brought the industry to a standstill for 100 days, two of the town's top talent attorneys -- including Alan Wertheimer, pictured -- played productive roles in making things right. Read column

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