21 Jump Street Screenwriter s $438K Arbitration Award Affirmed by Appeals Court
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Michael Bacall sued his former attorney for allegedly performing legal services without a license, and the fight may be headed to the California Supreme Court.
Screenwriter Michael Bacall s former lawyer owes him nearly half a million dollars in refunded commissions and attorneys fees, as a California appeals court has declined to overturn an arbitration award in the scribe s favor.
Bacall, whose resume includes
21 Jump Street and the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King s
The Running Man, in March 2017 sued Jeffrey Shumway, claiming the attorney continued representing him after his state bar status became inactive in 2014. Bacall had worked with the lawyer since the late 80s and says he was tricked into signing a contract to formalize their relationship in 2016, even though Shumway was no longer licensed.
Posted: Jan 11, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 11
When COVID-19 lowered the curtain on the performing arts, Ruth Kwan, left, and Austin Sora, right, moved back home to Canada, where they started exchanging piano and ballet lessons online.(Submitted by Ruth Kwan and Austin Sora)
For two friends who met on the set of a hit musical, last spring s theatre shutdown could have been devastating.
But when Austin Sora and Ruth Kwan suddenly found themselves unemployed and back home with their parents in Canada, they decided that instead of sitting back, they d learn something new from each other. There s me, who can t do much of anything and falling over [while learning ballet]. But then [Austin] feels exactly the same way when she goes to the piano, joked Kwan, who began exchanging online lessons with Sora in June. It s fun.
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti is ordered to be deposed as part of sexual harassment lawsuit filed by bodyguard LAPD cop against former top aide Rick Jacobs
Los Angeles judge ruled Mayor Eric Garcetti is to have his deposition taken before January 30 in sexual harassment lawsuit
Garcetti s former bodyguard, Matthew Garza, in July filed lawsuit against the city, accusing mayor s ex-aide Rick Jacobs of sexually harassing him
Garza claimed in filings that Garcetti witnessed some of the instances of harassment and failed to stop it
City s lawyers claimed Garcetti has no personal factual information about the allegations, but judge said he possibly was the only witness present
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will be forced to give a deposition in a sexual harassment case involving his former top aide.
On Thursday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ruth Kwan gave the order to Garcetti that he participate in a deposition no later than Jan. 30, 2021, in a lawsuit filed by police Officer Matthew Garza, a former bodyguard to Garcetti who accused the mayor s longtime adviser, Rick Jacobs, of sexual misconduct.
Jacobs, who is taking a leave of absence from his nonprofit group tied to the mayor, has denied the allegations. Garcetti released a statement in October that said, in part, I take seriously all allegations of harassment.