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Entertainment & Sports

May 28, 2010

Fight Over Superman Gets Personal

DC Comics has drawn on four-year-old material that was already raised in court in an effort to undercut a lawyer and clients seeking a greater share of revenue from exploitation of the "Superman" comic character.

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - In late 2006, an unmarked package arrived at Warner Bros. Entertainment headquarters containing an anonymous letter, privileged legal documents and purported evidence that opposing counsel had a financial stake in the outcome of pending litigation involving ownership of the "Superman" franchise.

Warner Bros. executives and lawyers moved to submit the surpri...

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