HFPA, Dick Clark court date set

A bit more than the usual week following the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and Dick Clark Prods. present the Golden Globe Honours on Jan. 15, they're scheduled to manage off in the court. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Howard Matz set Jan. 24 because the new start date for that trial within the privileges towards the kudocast. The HFPA claims that Dick Clark Prods. signed a lengthy-term broadcast agreement with NBC without its consent. DCP claims that none is required underneath the relation to its contract using the org. The trial ended up being to come from September, potentially giving sufficient time for any judgment prior to the 2012 ceremony, but Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank withdrew for your health. Rather, the HFPA and Dick Clark Prods. found a contract for producing the following ceremony, using the status of long term uncertain. The non-jury trial is anticipated to last about two days. To streamline the procedure, Matz allows both sides to provide their witness' testimony in written form, but nonetheless mix-examined personally. Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com