Avvo’s Lawyers in the News.
1. Make it work! Lawyers Orit Snyder of NBC and David Boies of the Weinstein Co. are having a fierce battle over “Project Runway”, a clothing designer reality TV show hosted by Heidi Klum. Aired on it’s Bravo cable channel, NBC Universal filed a lawsuit against the producers of the show, the Weinstein Co. Apparently the Weinstein Brothers have decided to move the show to Lifetime, which violates an agreement to give Bravo the right of refusal. Who will say Auf Wiedersehen?
2. Finally, a case where lawyers don’t have to go to court! Mindy Ross, who represents Sean Penn, and Melinda Sammis , who is Robin Wright Penn’s attorney, don’t have to do much this week. The couple called off their divorce after having a romantic evening at an Eddie Vedder concert where Sean dedicated a song to his estranged wife in honor of her birthday. Isn’t it nice when things work out?
3. When Rob Lowe’s nanny threatened him; he called his lawyer Stanton “Larry” Stein to help him fight back. Former nanny, Jessica Gibson, sent the Lowes a threatening letter saying that they’d better pay up or she’d go public with stories about Rob Lowe’s sexual harassment habits. He is suing her for 1.5 million for “breach of contract, defamation and intentionally inflicting emotional distress”.
4. Wilfredo Trivino-Perez is representing beauty queen Christina Perez in her lawsuit against the Miss California Pageant. She was crowned Miss California for three short days until she was told that the pageant had made a mistake and she was stripped of her title. Silva, who is of Ecuadorean and Mexican descent, spoke Spanish to certain vendors at the event which made executive director Keith Lewis uncomfortable. Apparently the fact that Silva is bilingual “detracts for the caliber of the pageant”. She is seeking half a million dollars in damages for public humiliation. ¡Aye Dios Mio!
