Baiul's $10M Royalty Suit Over NBC's 'Nutcracker' Falls Flat

By Cristina Violante (February 3, 2016, 6:05 PM EST) -- A California federal court Tuesday threw out figure skater Oksana Baiul's suit seeking $10 million in royalty payments from NBCUniversal Media LLC for her performance in the 1994 television special "Nutcracker on Ice," saying that the skater's claims were filed too late and are preempted by federal copyright law....

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