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At least nobody is likely to get hurt this time around…unless one of the lawyer's accidentally shuts a briefcase on someone's hand. LOLz!

To recap, back in June, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society filed an arbitration claim against Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark producers on behalf of Julie Taymor.

The union claimed that Julie was owed approximately $300,000 in royalties, despite the fact that she was fired from the production.

Now,

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Back in March, we learned that original Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark director/co-writer Julie Taymor would retain her credits, despite the fact that she left the show.

We had heard at the time that one of the reasons she was being allowed to keep those credits was because "[the] producers have spent so much money that they don't have a cash payout for Taymor anyway."

Looks like credits might not be enough, because now the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society is filing an arbitration claim against Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark producers on Julie's behalf.

The union claims that Julie is owed approximately $300,000 in royalties, which she has yet to receive.

One of the lead producers on the show, Michael Cohl, says that the Spidey team is in the process of "trying to resolve financial disputes."

Hopefully they're able to work everything out soon! The show opens on Tuesday, and we can't imagine the producers would want something like this hanging over their heads.

Then again, Spider-Man has been plagued with so many issues, maybe they're just used to dealing with drama by now.

What do u think about all this Spider-Man dramz? Do U think Julie Taymor deserves $300k, even though she was fired?

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Tags: 300k, arbitration, co writer, director, drama, julie taymor, michael cohl, producers, spider man, spider man turn off the dark, stage directors and choreographers society

Ouch!

Will Ferrell and Larry David have both not only lost an $18 million arbitration case against JPMorgan, but were in return fined $634,000 for "discovery abuse and failure to comply with the forum's discovery rules!"

The two funnymen were aiding business manager Matt Lichtenberg in his case against the brokerage firm, claiming "unathorized and unsuitable purchases of unspecified preferred securities," but the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which handles their complaints, ruled against them!

In FINRA's decision letter, they explained:

"After three motions to compel discovery by [JPMorgan] and three orders from the panel, [members of Lichtenberg's team] were still supplying ordered documents on the afternoon of the second day of the evidentiary hearing."

David and Ferrell must also pay $600,000 to JPMorgan for legal fees and $12,000 for arbitration costs.

Double ouch!

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Tags: arbitration, brokerage firm, business manager, financial industry regulatory authority, fined, jpmorgan, larry david, legal matters, matt lichtenberg

And we understand why!

Oksana Grigorieva's request for Mel Gibson to undergo psychological testing and treatment was the reason that their arbitration session in May fell apart.

It's pretty impressive considering she walked away from $20 million, but she is determined to make sure that Mel is not a danger to their baby.

“Oksana felt Mel was dangerous,” claims a source. “She wanted him to be in Lucia’s life, but she was worried about everyone’s safety.”

The mediation session blew up as each side threatened to sue the other by the end of the weekend.

Neither party has returned to arbitration.

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Tags: arbitration, oksana grigorieva, psychological testing

If anything creepy is going to happen on the set of a Joaquin Phoenix documentary, one would think it would be at the hands of Joaquin Phoenix.

Casey Affleck is calling Amanda White’s sexual harassment claims against him “completely fabricated.” White was a producer on Affleck’s documentary I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix.

Here’s what Affleck’s rep, Ken Sunshine, had to say about White’s claims:

“This lawsuit is a transparent pressure tactic by someone trying to get more than she’s entitled to. For 15 months, she tried to use two different attorneys and an agent in a blatant grab for more money, and when each of her other tactics and new theories didn’t work, she concocted these desperate, fabricated claims.”

Affleck’s lawyer, Marty Singer, is seeking to have the matter settled by arbitration. Guess we’ll see how this one plays out.

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Tags: arbitration, documentary, lawsuit, sexual harassment

Will this movie ever see the light of day?!

Distributor Consolidated took the US rights of Jim Carrey's film I Love You, Phillip Morris with plans to release it in February, then March, April and July, but now there's a dispute between Consoldiated and French film studio EuropaCorp.

EuropaCorp says that they didn't receive the $3 million advance from Consolidated while Consoldiated argues that EuropaCorp didn't deliver the film on time.

The court seems to be siding with EuropaCorp as it granted its requested for an injunction on the film and the case will head to arbitration.

So now the film won't be out next month as originally planned with a new target release date of October!

We'll see!

Tags: arbitration, court, i love you phillip morris, movie, release date

Congrats Jessica Simpson! You've succeeded in stopping embarrassing footage of yourself from being released.

For now.

Simpleton won an arbitration over the weekend putting a ban on marketing an exercise video of hers from 2005.

Her lawyers and Jessica were award a breach of contract claim, which awarded them $357,587 to cover fees and costs and the judge also ordered the production company to pay Jessica's business manager, David Levin, $50,000 on a slander claim.

Why do we have this nagging feeling by the end of the week we are going to see this tape on YouTube anyway?

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Tags: arbitration, exercise video, new york, simpleton

After former employee Kayden Nguyen filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Steven Seagal, he is now filing an arbitration claim for breach of confidentiality agreement against Nguyen!

The agreement that she signed when employed with Seagal stated that any disputes will be settled in arbitration. He's also seeking attorney's fees against Nguyen and her lawyer Bill Waldo.

Seagal's lawyer Marty Singer claims that Nguyen was let go for illegal activity, but Waldo is denying that allegation saying that he has declarations from other former employees that support Kayden's statements!

This is getting JUICY!

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Tags: arbitration, kayden nguyen, lawsuit, lawyers, sexual harassment, steven seagal