The Artful Jurist

Here I was, in my last post, musing about intellectual property rights that can be the root of battles in Hollywood divorces, and along come the news of actor Michael Douglas and his ex-wife, Diandra Douglas, now sparring in a New York court over who's entitled to what from Mr. Douglas's next movie.  Mr. Douglas has a sequel to Wall Street coming out next month, and Ms. Douglas has sued, claiming she's entitled to half his earnings from that film based on their agreement from their divorce in the years 2000.

The lawyers for the parties, of course, each claim the other side doesn't unstand the agreement.  Well, we'll leave that to them and the court to decide.  But, kind of like I was saying last week, when you're in a creative field, there's stuff that can be fought over in divorce that people in other fields just don't have to worry about.