Look for the legal battle over the video-streaming of movies and TV shows from which objectionable moments have been filtered to heat up in advance of an October 24 hearing in the US District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. On Monday, VidAngel — a Utah-based streaming service that was sued in June by Disney, Lucasfilm, 2oth Century Fox and Warner Bros — said it will bolster its legal team with the addition of Maxwell Blecher, a noted antitrust lawyer, and Peter Stris, a prominent business litigator known for his Supreme Court work.
Blecher and Stris join a legal team that already includes David Quinto, who long represented the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is now general counsel to VidAngel, and the Baker Marquart firm. The studios are represented by a team from Munger, Tolles and Olson, which has long handled high-stakes Hollywood litigation.
Blecher represented the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in a fight with the NFL. Stris helped to defend Barnes & Noble in a legal battle over e-books.
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