celebrities

Bringing Celebrities and Pharmaceutical Companies Together to Sell Prescription Drugs

August 16, 2010 19:58

I read a fascinating article today posted on MedEdNews Insider Blog about the formation of a new agency called Rx Entertainment that helps to match celebrities with direct-to-consumer advertising campaigns created by pharmaceutical companies. Admittedly, I hadn’t thought much about the...

The Need to Plan our Estates

June 17, 2010 10:00

I recently read an article named “The Lessons of Famously Bad Estate Planning”, authored by Steven Morelli. This article looks at disasters that have followed celebrities because of the absence of a properly planned Will. Jimi Hendrix died without a Will which started a family war that...

Permission to Exploit Jennifer Aniston's Right of Publicity?

March 15, 2010 06:46

It is probably safe to assume that Channel 45 obtained permission to use Jennifer Aniston's likeness and exploit her right of publicity in promoting viewership of syndicated Friends television programs. That's a deal where everyone appears to win, Channel 45, viewers,...

Another Reason Not To Hang Out With Celebrities

January 25, 2010 03:52

One of the strangest things to me is how much we worship celebrities in our culture. Turn on any channel or read any newspaper and you'll eventually see a story about a celebrity. This is perplexing and amusing at the same; especially for people like me, who were born and raised in Los Angeles....

Geragos v. Borer: $9 Million in Punitive Damages Reduced to $600,000

January 13, 2010 02:35

We haven't blogged about a celebrity punitive damages case in a while. But here's an unpublished opinion from the California Court of Appeal (Second District, Division Three) involving one of the biggest celebrities ever: Michael Jackson.In 2003, Jackson hired prominent attorney Mark Geragos to...