The nearly two-year legal saga between television host Tavis Smiley and PBS appears headed for its final chapter next month when the parties face off in trial. Central to the
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Comic Relief! “Stolen Joke Case” Settles Weeks Before Trial
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After almost four years of litigation between TBS late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien and comedy writer Alex Kaseberg over five jokes…
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O’Brien Roasts Plaintiff in Copyright Dispute Alleging Jokes Too Stale to be Stolen
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The drama is building in the comic clash between TBS late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien and comedy writer Alex Kaseberg over…
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Decades-Long Fight Over $30 Million Pissarro Painting Stolen By Nazis is on Full Display as Court Wraps Trial
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The oil painting by renowned impressionist Camille Pissarro titled “Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon,…
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