Legal Updates - Real Estate - Entertainment

Real Estate Legal Updates

Fall, 2010

LAND INTERESTS EQUITABLE EASEMENTS WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS

California Courts have shown an increased willingness to allow equitable easements under certain circumstances.

Simply defined an easement is a right to use land that belongs to someone else. An easement can be created by a written agreement between the parties or ordered by a court of law...read more

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Entertainment Legal Updates

Fall, 2010

ENTERTAINMENT - TELEVISION - DEFAMATION ACTIONS

Network Television Program Risks A Defamation Action When It Presents A Statement Actually Made By A Public Figure In A Misleading Context.

In Price v. Stossel the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the District Court (lower court) erred when it dismissed a defamation action. The action was brought by televangelists against the news program “20/20.” In a clip that aired on “20/20” one of the televangelists is shown boasting about the trappings of wealth...read more