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14 Nov, 2006 5:15 am
The billionaire investor John C. Malone plans to start a film studio through his Starz cable
television unit and expects to spend as much as $240 million a year on feature films. The studio, Overture Films, plans to distribute 8 to 12 live-action films a year, with budgets of
$15 million to $20 million. [...]
29 Jan, 2008 4:34 am
Ratcheting up a dispute between two media giants, the Liberty Media Corporation asked a Delaware Court of Chancery on Monday for the right to take control of IAC/InterActiveCorp and
oust its chief executive, Barry Diller. A battle between Mr. Diller and John C. Malone, chief
executive of Liberty Media, has grown increasingly acrimonious, in large part [...]
4 Feb, 2008 5:01 am
Like Hollywood stars stuck in a rut, Barry Diller and John C. Malone are always cast in the
same contrasting roles. Mr. Diller, 65, lives a razzle-dazzle life of extravagance and celebrity. If he isn't flying off to Capri with his wife, the socialite and fashion designer Diane
von Furstenberg, he is running his company, [...]
25 Mar, 2008 4:22 am
As the media industry eagerly awaits the judge's ruling in Barry Diller and John C. Malone's
acrimonious court battle for control of IAC/InterActiveCorp, one industry observer has placed his bets on the outcome. Following a five-day trial earlier this month, Delaware Chancery
Court Vice Chancellor Stephen P. Lamb is expected later this week to rule on [...]
16 Oct 4:09 pm
John C. Malone, chairman of Liberty Media, said Friday that his company was not in talks to
acquire a stake in NBC Universal.
3 Feb, 2008 6:41 am
... Dan Slater weighs in this morning with an item on a good 'ole fashion courtroom showdown in Delaware: We're titillated by a battle brewing down in the First State between media
titans Barry Diller and John Malone. And we're not alone. "The brouhaha between former best buds
Diller and Malone has delighted the press," explains the Deal. "IAC's dismissal of Liberty's legal maneuvers as 'a desperate sideshow' ensures
even more tabloid- ...
17 Aug 8:28 am
... . Below is a summary and analysis of the case by Davis Polk: The Federal Trade Commission recently fined John C. Malone, CEO and Chairman of Discovery Holding Company, $1.4 million to settle allegations that he violated the ... the termination of the HSR waiting period.)
In the FTC's view, however, the escrow arrangement was insufficient to insulate Malone from obtaining beneficial ownership of the shares
immediately upon exercise of the options. The complaint further stated that neither Malone nor ...
24 Jun 8:23 am
... -popping. The most recent example resulted in an settlement agreement pursuant to which John C. Malone, CEO and Chairman of Discovery Holding Company, is to pay a $1.4 ... central theme of the Complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC")
against Mr. Malone is that he failed to file the required notification with the FTC and Department of Justice before ... filing requirements
under the HSR Act certainly did not help Mr. Malone's situation, the events occurring after his June 12, 2008 were ...
6 Nov, 2007 5:25 am
Barry Diller is splitting IAC/InterActiveCorp into five parts, but will that be enough to end the tensions between Mr. Diller and his old partner, John C. Malone? Mr. Diller and Mr. Malone, whose Liberty Media owns
24 percent of IAC, have been tussling over the fate of the conglomerate for some time. The two [...]
10 Jan, 2008 4:46 am
With a mix of commercial comedies and dramas, indies and genre films, Overture Films, an upstart studio backed by John C.
Malone, is fast entering a movie marketplace that is bursting at the seams with new players, releasing an ever-growing number of films vying
for limited audiences. Fueled by strong interest from hedge-fund investors, securities [...]
12 Mar, 2008 4:30 am
So much for the battle of the billionaires. The testimony on the second day of a trial to settle a dispute over the control of IAC/InterActiveCorp reduced a clash between media titans
Barry Diller and John C. Malone to a debate about detail. The lawyer for Liberty Media, Kevin
Abrams, rested his case on Tuesday during the [...]
14 Mar, 2008 4:40 am
The chief executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp, Barry Diller, testified Thursday that his plan to break up the media conglomerate was in the best interests of shareholders. "It was in the
interest of all of those invested in IAC," Mr. Diller said in a Delaware Chancery Court lawsuit pitting him against Liberty Media's chairman, John C. Malone. Mr. Diller [...]
31 Mar, 2008 4:51 am
In the battle of the billionaire media moguls, the protégé won. A Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled Friday that Barry Diller could go forward with a plan to split his e-commerce
conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp into five companies, thwarting an attempt by John C. Malone
to block the deal and oust Mr. Diller. The decision came two weeks after [...]
11 Feb 3:55 pm
Liberty Media, the media company controlled by John C. Malone, is in preliminary talks with
the satellite radio giant Sirius XM Radio, people briefed on the negotiations told DealBook. A deal between Liberty and Sirius XM could throw a wrench in takeover plans by EchoStar, the
television satellite company that has been acquiring Sirius XM's debt. [...]
12 Mar 9:16 am
On March 4th, New Jersey Union County Superior Court Judge John F. Malone restrained Trinitas
Regional Medical Hospital from taking it upon itself to discontinue life ... tube. Betancourt v. Trinitas Regional Medical Hospital, UNN-C-12-09.Judge Malone granted an injunction requested by Betancourt's daughter, despite the opinion ... . Notably, the March 4 ruling makes permanent a temporary restraining
order Judge Malone entered on Jan. 23 to continue providing treatment. Unlike the typical futility case ...
7 Aug 11:57 am
... , Esq. in his Blog, on July 10, 2009, the Hon. Patricia Del Bueno Cleary, J.S.C. (Monmouth County; Chancery Division) entered an Order Authorizing Creation And Funding Of
Supplemental Benefits Trusts, thus authorizing the ... rather than in trust. Judge Cleary's decision is consistent with the June 12, 2008 Order Authorizing Creation And Funding Of
Supplemental Benefits Trust entered by the Hon. John F. Malone, J.S.C. (Union County; Chancery
Division). Both of these cases were handled by Donald D. ...
25 Jan, 2008 2:07 am
... Dale Adkins, III, Esq. Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder, & Adkins, MD Philip C. Jacobson, Esq. The Travelers Companies, Inc. MD Jeffrey Breit, Esq. Breit, Drescher
& ... s Breakout 11:15am - 12:30pm Effective Use of Demonstrative Evidence Thomas W. Malone, Esq. Malone Law Office, GA Robert Shepherd MediVisuals, VA Defense Breakout 11:15am - ... , Esq. JuryWatch, NC Defense Breakout 2:00pm - 3:00pm Trial Strategies
John M. Fitzpatrick, Esq. Wheeler, Trigg & Kennedy, CO Plaintiff's Breakout 3: ...
12 Aug 4:21 pm
... June 2009, media executive John Malone agreed to pay $1.4 million for violating the pre-merger
reporting and waiting requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino ... acquisitions of voting securities, assets or non-corporate interests. 15 U.S.C. § 18a(a) and (b). These
requirements apply to direct and indirect acquisitions ... filing for the Discovery voting securities he had acquired in violation of the Act. In the filing, Malone stated that when he acquired voting securities of Discovery on August 9, 2005, he ...
14 Jul, 2008 2:46 pm
... her son died. She also had a life insurance policy on husband No. 5, John Neumar, who died in October. The official cause of death was
listed as sepsis, but authorities are investigating ... the West Virginia border. She graduated from high school in 1949 and married Clarence Malone in November 1950. She was 18, he was 19. In December 1951, she claimed in court ... money to her beauty shop near Belvedere, S.C., near the
Georgia border. Her husband's son, John K. Neumar, invested $1,000. Months later, ...
7 Oct, 2007 5:14 pm
... rights under both the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. ("FMLA"), and Ohio's anti-discrimination statute, ... collective bargaining agreement present a
threshold question for an arbitrator to resolve or for a judge to resolve? Under John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston, 376 U.S. 543 ( ...
of Kentucky at Lexington McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge. In this Government appeal, it is argued that Appellee Oscar Malone's 24-month sentence, which
represents a 27-month downward variance1 from ...
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