Watch Moonrise Kingdom Online Hulu' title='Watch Moonrise Kingdom Online Hulu' />Power Lawyers 2. Hollywood Reporter. In May, litigator Marty Singer got one of his typical phone calls. Client Charlie Sheen had heard about a New York gentlemens club where patrons could pay 2. The problem The club had named its VIP venue the Charlie Sheen Room. So Singer sprang into action. Within hours, he had fired off one of his famous cease and desist letters and offered the club a choice Rename the room or face an immediate multimillion dollar lawsuit. The name was quickly changed. In the cutthroat world of Hollywood law, the pen can be mightier than the sword. With litigation costs skyrocketing and court dockets clogged, a forceful cease and desist letter is increasingly a much quicker and more effective weapon than the sharp blade of litigation. But it is not without risks. Singer, who charges clients about 7. Scarlett Johansson nude photos and John Travolta gay rumors, is one of the masters of the science of the nasty letter. He and his firm, L. A. s Lavely Singer, send hundreds of threatening communications each year, many of them to media outlets. Cinema offers fine art films in historic Art Deco setting. Features movie reviews, coming attractions, show times and contests. Watch Netflix Movies online. Netflix full length movies, streaming list, new releases, popular and whats new on Netflix. Meet Tom Cruises protector, Ryan Seacrests dealmaker and the woman keeping Lindsay Lohan out of jail as THR reveals the top 100 entertainment attorneys in America. Excellent cease and desist letters dont pull any punches. Make them think twice Pull the plug or be sued, says Singer of his letters, which can total 1. These days, Singer is hardly the only lawyer in Hollywood sending more threatening letters. There has definitely been a rise in takedown and cease and desist letters in recent years, and for the most part its because information travels so much more rapidly than even five years ago, says Tim Gorry, a partner at L. A. s Eisner, Kahan Gorry. Google recently reported that it had received 2. Watch Christmas Miracle Online Free HD more. NBCUniversal and the RIAA to remove links to copyright infringing moviesand songs. An MPAA lawyer said that one studio alone was cease responsible for 4. Now the letters themselves often become viral objects of curiosity online, prompting attorneys to debate whether the publicity that follows a takedown request is worth pursuing the goal of sending the letter. For example, few people probably would have been aware of an allegation that actor Chris Evans had a sexually transmitted disease before his lawyer sent a C D letter to an obscure blog and mainstream outlets reported on the threat. Two minor music producers put Kim Kardashians breasts on the cover of their album, prompting a cease and desist letter that generated far more publicity. Johansson and Taylor Swift may have persuaded sites to pull nude photos, but perceptions of overaggressiveness also have consequences. Travolta and Singer were sued in June by an author whose book claiming the actor visited gay bathhouses prompted a Gawker story that Singer denied in a particularly nasty letter. The author alleged the Singer missive, which claimed he had brain damage, was defamatory. Mike Masnick, who runs the popular website Tech. Dirt,coined the phrase The Streisand Effect to describe the phenomenon of trying to shelter information only to see it travel in unintended ways. Barbra Streisand in 2. Malibu home from a collection of 1. California shoreline. Before her lawyer cried foul, the photos were largely anonymous. Afterward, they spread online. The wider masses on the Internet tend to think poorly of any attempt at censorship, says Masnick. Lawyers who dont recognize this and still think theyre entering into a negotiation solely against a single opponent dont seem to do well when they realize that the court of public opinion also can weigh in and take action. For that reason, Singer says he tries to talk his clients out of sending letters 9. And he drafts demands with one eye on the public. I write letters and hope they publish it, he says. Let people know how bad they are. Last year, for instance, a Swedish woman claimed she was Elvis Presleys daughter and began making legal claims and showing up unannounced at Graceland. So the Presley estate hired Singer, who wrote a letter threatening that the malicious false claims no longer would be tolerated and included all sorts of sordid details about the womans past that Singers colleagues found on Facebook, Twitter and other websites. Singer then made the letter public, after which the prominent law firm representing the woman was scared off. Because overburdened courts and laws like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act are making formal pre litigation notices a fundamental feature of the judicial process, probably only one in every 1. Most of the time, a remedy is rendered without fuss, and only occasionally do demand letters incite countermoves. But when that occurs, a dispute can provoke strong emotions. For example, in March, after an artist received a takedown notice from Summit on one of her paintings labeled on Zazzle. Twilight was released the artist threw up a scorching letter on Facebook that began, Need a reason to hate Twilight Or Summit Entertainment Soon, the studio faced a fan backlash over why it tried to claim a copyright on a calendar date. In 2. 00. 7, at the supposed behest of Prince, Universal Music Group fired off a letter demanding that You. Tube remove a 2. 9 second clip of a Pennsylvania womans son dancing to a Prince song. After the video sharing site complied, the woman sued UMG and got a judge to decree that copyright owners must first consider fair use before sending takedown notices. The five year old case is pending over damages. Despite the increase in nasty correspondence, attorneys say staying cool headed is usually the best strategy in response. I think its really funny when I get cease and desist letters that use italics, bold and underlining all at once, says litigator Aaron Moss, whose book publisher client recently was threatened by a notorious reality TV star who wanted 1 million to walk away. On several occasions, a well reasoned responsive letter has caused the other side to just drop its case, with no lawsuit being filed. PHOTOS Christian Bale, Lindsay Lohan Pose With Their Lawyers.