Backstage Rider Demands: 10 Bottles of Dom Perignon, M&Ms (Absolutely No Brown Ones!), Two Ice Cream Cakes, and a DIP Carve Out

While rockstars such as Iggy Pop and Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe were infamous for outlandish rider requests while on tour, perhaps nobody is more notorious for their demands of concert promoters than Van Halen.

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Media & Entertainment, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor
Authors:
David J. Cohen
Location:
USA
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
50 Cent: You Love Him in a Bentley, But Would You Love Him on a Bus? 50’s Creditors Have 21 Questions, and They’re All About U.S. Bankruptcy Law

♫ “Girl, it’s easy to love me now.

Would you love me if I was down and out?

Would you still have love for me?” ♫

-50 Cent, 21 Questions

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Media & Entertainment, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Authors:
David J. Cohen
Location:
USA
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Ninth Circuit extends freedom of the press protection to blogger

The Ninth Circuit has extended an additional level of protection for company publications that take the form of blogs. In reference to the level of fault required to prove liability for an allegedly defamatory posting, the court explained that it is irrelevant whether a blogger is a member of an institutional press corps or a private entity.

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Media & Entertainment, Norton Rose Fulbright, Ninth Circuit
Location:
USA
Firm:
Norton Rose Fulbright