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Business Entertainment 

Widow of Chris Cornell Sues Soundgarden Over Buyout Offer

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 JON PARTON
estates, musicians, property rights

The widow of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell sued his former bandmates in federal court, claiming that they made an “absurd” buyout offer for his stake in the band’s music.

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Entertainment Financial 

Attorneys Fight for Financial Records in Yearslong Battle Over Selena Estate

February 2, 2021February 3, 2021 ERIK DE LA GARZA
celebrity, contract, estates, musicians, records

More than 25 years after her murder, a 1995 agreement dividing the net profits from Selena’s estate between her guitarist husband and family band members has taken center stage in a lawsuit pitting her father and husband against each other.

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Government International 

French Village Inherits Fortune From Austrian Who Fled Nazis

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
estates, France, Nazi, World War II

An Austrian man who fled the Nazis with his family during World War II has bequeathed a large part of his fortune to the French village whose residents hid them from persecution for years.

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Entertainment Financial 

Oz Family in Court

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 BRIEF
celebrity, estates, heirs, NYC, Real Estate

The Istanbul-dwelling sister of TV’s Dr. Oz claims in court that her celebrity-doctor brother has been withholding distributions from two New York apartments the family owns as a bid for leverage in probate proceedings concerning the estate of their late father.

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Arts Entertainment 

Hendrix Trademark

July 27, 2020July 28, 2020 BRIEF
celebrity, estates, musicians, New York, Trademark

A federal court in New York ordered Jimi Hendrix’s brother, Leon Hendrix, to pay $400,000 for using the Jimi Hendrix trademark without the permission of the late guitar legend’s estate.

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Law Personal Injury 

Jeffrey Epstein Case

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 BRIEF
estates, punitive damages, sex trafficking, sexual assault

A federal judge denied Jane Doe’s claim for punitive damages against the executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate for alleged sexual assault. New York and U.S. Virgin Islands laws bar recovery of punitive damages against a decedent tortfeasor’s estate.

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Government International Law Religion 

Rights Court Orders Greece to Pay Widow in Sharia Law Case

June 18, 2020June 19, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
damages, estates, European Court of Human Rights, Greece, heirs, Muslims

Chatitze Molla Sali already knew that she’d won the right to inherit her Muslim husband’s full estate two years ago but she had to wait until Thursday to find out just how much the Greek government would have to pay her for illegally denying it to her.

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Environment International 

India Landowner Bequeaths Land to Elephants

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Elephants, estates, heirs, India

An Indian landowner has willed most of his land to two elephants he said saved his life from gun-toting criminals, a decision that has upset his wife and children.

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Appeals Entertainment International 

French Court Orders $58M Euro Payout in ‘Mona Lisa’ Ferrari Battle

January 10, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
automotive, estates, France

A French appeals court has ordered the son of a renowned Ferrari collector to pay his siblings millions of euros over the disputed sale of a coveted racer considered the storied Italian automaker’s “Mona Lisa.”

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Civil Rights Entertainment 

Masseur v. Spacey Dismissed

December 31, 2019January 2, 2020 BRIEF
celebrity, estates, Hollywood, probate, sexual assault

The estate of a masseur who accused Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey of sexual touching dropped a lawsuit after the masseur died and the Los Angeles County District Attorney declined to pursue criminal charges against Spacey.

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International Law Religion 

Egypt Court Sides With Woman Against Unequal Inheritance Law

November 26, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Egypt, estates, heirs, Muslims

An Egyptian woman says she’s scored an important legal victory against her country’s inheritance laws, which grant female heirs half of what they grant men.

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Appeals Arts Entertainment 

Ninth Circuit Won’t Rehear Steinbeck Family Copyright Spat

October 17, 2019October 18, 2019 MARTIN MACIAS JR
books, breach of contract, Copyright, estates, literature, Ninth Circuit

The Ninth Circuit will not revisit its decision in a long-running copyright feud between family and heirs of renowned author John Steinbeck.

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Civil Rights Entertainment Media 

Stan Lee Saga

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 BRIEF
cartoons and animation, defamation, estates

The late Stan Lee’s longtime business manager Bradley J. Herman claims that Lee’s daughter Joan Celia Lee, her attorney Kirk Schenck and The Daily Beast defamed him by claiming he took advantage of the comic legend in his final days, in L.A. Superior Court.

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Entertainment 

Ex-Hendrix Bandmates Can’t Claw Back Sold Guitars

September 30, 2019 AMANDA OTTAWAY
celebrity, estates, history, Music

It wasn’t the first lawsuit over Jimi Hendrix’s old guitars, and it’s unlikely to be the last. 

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Appeals Education Politics 

Wills

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 BRIEF
estates, Florida, higher education, nonprofit, Real Estate, trusts

A Florida appeals court affirmed that the late U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno’s home was properly transferred to Miami-Dade College, as the University of Miami opposed conditions on the will and trust, so the successor trustee transferred the home to a similar nonprofit that agreed to the conditions.

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Criminal 

Epstein Signed Will 2 Days Before Killing Himself

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
ap5, estates, sex offenders, sex trafficking, suicide

Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in jail, court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be a long battle over the financier’s fortune.

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Arts Entertainment 

W.C. Handy

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 BRIEF
accounting, defamation, estates, Music

A federal judge refused to dismiss claims that the estate of “St. Louis Blues” composer W.C. Handy defamed an accountant by accusing him of dipping into company assets.

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Civil Rights Health Law 

Judge Skeptical of Wrongful Death Claim for Aborted Embryo

July 24, 2019July 25, 2019 DANIEL JACKSON
abortion, Alabama, estates, Wrongful Death

An Alabama attorney claimed Wednesday that under state law, anyone can do what his client is hoping to achieve: Successfully sue an abortion provider for wrongful death after getting a letter of administration to represent the estate of an aborted embryo or fetus.

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Arts Entertainment 

Tom Petty

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 BRIEF
celebrity, estates, Music, theft

Petty Unlimited sued Dana York Petty, widow of the late Tom Petty, for $5 million, alleging theft and mismanagement of the late singer-songwriter’s estate, in L.A. Superior Court.

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Law Regional 

Judge OKs Wrongful-Death Suit on Behalf of Aborted Embryo

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Alabama, estates, standing

An Alabama judge’s ruling has given legal standing to an aborted embryo.

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