Contracts
Viacom and Time Warner Settle Suits Over Device-Streaming Apps
Time Warner stopped streaming Viacom shows in March 2011, after Viacom claimed that its licensing agreement didn't allow Time Warner subscribers to watch Viacom programs through broadband transmissions. The settlement allows that streaming to resume, for now at least.
Settlement with Brigham Young Ends Tumultuous Case for Pfizer Counsel
Rather than spend eight weeks defending their client in front of a Salt Lake City jury, DLA Piper and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr guided Pfizer Inc. to a $450 million settlement with Brigham Young University. The deal brings an end to a hard-fought case in which BYU initially sought billions, and Pfizer cycled through three sets of lawyers.
Sheppard Mullin, Munger Tolles Score for Golden Globes Producer in Battle over Broadcast Rights
U.S. District Judge Howard Matz in L.A. found that a 12-word amendment to an agreement between Dick Clark Productions and the Golden Globes's owner gave DCP the right to renegotiate a deal to keep the show on NBC through 2018.
Judge Knocks Out KBR Counterclaim Over Iraq War Security Contracts
The ruling is a loss for KBR and its lawyers at Susman Godfrey and McKenna Long & Aldridge--but not for long, if the defense lawyers get their way.
DLA, Wilmer Fend Off Sanctions Bid in Celebrex Contract Spat
With trial scheduled for next month, the lawyers leading Brigham Young University's six-year-old breach of contract and intellectual property suit against Pfizer lost a motion to heap further sanctions on the drug maker for allegedly stonewalling during discovery.
Kramer Levin Beats Back $330 Million Howard Stern Contract Suit for Sirius XM
One of the hallmarks of radio shock jock Howard Stern's career (besides the ones we can't print) has been angrily venting on the air about anyone who crosses him. Sirius XM counsel Gary Naftalis of Kramer Levin might not want to tune into Stern's radio show anytime soon.
