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Dominic Patten
Executive Editor, Legal, Labor & Politics
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Dominic covers litigious Hollywood’s major lawsuits and weighs in on the current Golden Age of television with his video reviews and more. Before joining Deadline in 2012, he wrote for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, and the Toronto Globe and Mail. A frequent guest on NPR, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC and CBS, he also has been a documentary director, TV producer, national news correspondent and a newspaper editor.
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Disney To Pay Out $43M In Pay Equity Class Action Deal, Will Bring Outside Consultants Onboard To Check Practices
(Updated with plaintiffs’ lead lawyer statement)We now know how much Disney is writing a check for to end the pay equity class-action suit that has loomed over the company for the past five years.
Set to address the up to 14,000 eligible class members of female Disney employees past and present from…
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ “Decades-Long Pattern Of Violence” Has To Be Factor In Latest Bail Consideration, Prosecutors Tell Judge
The outgoing U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York warned a federal judge Monday to beware of bail efforts for Sean "Diddy" Combs, as the Bad Boy Records founder has an ongoing "history of obstructive conduct" and has "physically abused his personal staff."
Combs is charged with…
Menendez Brothers Won’t Be Free By Christmas; Siblings’ Resentencing Hearing Pushed To 2025
Erik Mendendez and his brother Lyle Menendez will not be getting out of jail this year.
A Los Angeles judge Monday pushed a resentencing hearing for the siblings to January 30. There is a follow-up hearing on the calendar for January 31 as briefings have been requested from prosecutors and the…
Donald Trump Declares “Major Victory” As January 6 & Classified Documents Cases Dropped By Special Counsel
Just less than two months before Donald Trump returns to the White House, the former and future president saw two of his most treacherous legal battles end with whimpers.
Reading the clear writing on the wall, Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith filed paperwork Monday to drop the felony…
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Latest $50M Bail Request Halted As Judge Seeks Clarification On Jailhouse Communications By Accused Sex Trafficker
There will be no decision today on Sean "Diddy" Combs' latest request for bail.
After a contentious two-hour hearing in New York City, a federal judge has told both the U.S. Attorney's Office and the defense team that he wants more clarification of how Combs has been communicating from behind bars in…
Rebel Wilson Loses Bid To Have ‘The Deb’ Producers’ Defamation Suit Nipped In The Free Speech Bud
Rebel Wilson's hopes to squelchThe Debproducers' defamation lawsuit against her have been stymied by a Los Angeles judge.
"Because the Court finds that the statements are not protected activities subject to an anti-SLAPP motion, the Court does not proceed to the second prong of the analysis for the…
Jonathan Majors’ Ex-Girlfriend Drops Assault & Defamation Lawsuit Against Actor
UPDATED with suit dropped:Deadline confirmed on Thursday that Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari has dropped the federal lawsuit in which she accused him of assault and defamation.
The suit, originally filed in March in New York federal court, came less than a month before Majors was…
Trump Goes Back To Sunshine State For New AG Nominee; Florida’s Pam Bondi Selected After Matt Gaetz Drops Out
Just hours after scandal-ridden ex-Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz took himselfout of considerationto be Donald Trump’s attorney general, the former and future president has gone back to the Sunshine State for his second choice to be America’s top cop.
Former Florida AG Pam Bondi is the new pick to run the…
Jussie Smollett “Not Innocent” Of Hoax Hate Crime Attack, Prosecutor Insists As Conviction Overturned – Update
(Updated with Special Prosecutor statement)Jussie Smollett’s 2021 conviction over his alleged fake assault on the streets of Chicago is now behind theEmpireactor. However, the former U.S. Attorney appointed to the case insists this decision doesn’t mean Smollett is innocent of falsely reporting a MAGA…
Hollywood A-Listers Afraid Of Donald Trump’s Wrath Over ‘The Apprentice’, Sebastian Stan Says
Donald Trump never followed throughon threatsto takeThe Apprenticeto court, but star Sebastian Stan has experienced personal praise and a very public rebuffing from his fellow A-Listers and their PR teams over the controversial biopic.
"The amount of love that I've received from some of the…
NBCUniversal Split: Comcast To Spin Off Cable Channels Under Mark Lazarus; Donna Langley Consolidates Power, NBC, Peacock & Bravo Stay Put
Putting Donna Langley firmly in the corporate driver's seat, Comcast Boss Brian Roberts has also decided it’s time for NBCUniversal to shed some cable channel weight.
Tomorrow, Comcast is set to reveal its long term plan to carve off cable channels MSNBC, CNBC, E!, Syfy, Golf Channel, Oxygen and USA…
Sean “Diddy” Combs Scores A Win As Sex Trafficking Case Prosecutors Ordered To Destroy Material Obtained In Raid On Jail Cell
Prosecutors in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking case have just been ordered by a New York judge to destroy all copies of almost 20 pages of material obtain in a recent raid of the much accused and incarcerated performer’s jail cell.
In a win for the ‘All About the Benjamins’ performer, the U.S…
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