December 07, 2021
The Ninth Circuit has refused to back a ruling from a California judge that saddled the daughter of Marvel comic book writer Stan Lee with $1 million in sanctions for her failed lawsuit against a company her father co-founded over ownership of her dad's name.
November 15, 2021
A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday expressed skepticism that the daughter of late Marvel comic book writer Stan Lee deserved to be sanctioned for $1 million by a lower court judge for filing frivolous claims in a publicity rights battle involving Lee's former business partners, with one judge noting that it was "a very unusual set of circumstances."
April 15, 2021
Marvel giant Stan Lee's daughter urged the Ninth Circuit Wednesday to revive her lawsuit seeking to regain the late comic legend's publicity rights from his former partners and argued that the trial judge's "preposterous" $1 million sanction award against her is excessive and unwarranted.