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Entertainment & Sports

Mar. 11, 2013

Judge won't punish Superman lawyer

A federal judge shut down Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.'s efforts to punish lawyer Marc Toberoff for misconduct while representing the heirs of Superman co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.


By Jean Yung


Daily Journal Associate Editor


A federal judge Friday shut down Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.'s efforts to punish lawyer Marc Toberoff for misconduct while representing the heirs of Superman co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.


U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright of the Central District denied the studio and its wholly-owned publisher DC Comics' request for sanctions that would terminate the suit, writing that he...

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