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CBS Beats Contract Suit Appeal Over Judge Judy s $47M Pay
Law360 (August 2, 2021, 10:01 PM EDT) A California state appeals court on Friday upheld a trial judge s finding that CBS Corp. did not breach its obligations to share its profits with a talent agency when it voluntarily lowered its profits and increased Judge Judy s salary to $47 million, making her one of the highest-paid personalities on television.
In a 15-page opinion written by Justice Victoria Gerrard Chaney, a unanimous three-judge panel held that Big Ticket Television Inc. and CBS properly interpreted its contract with Rebel Entertainment Partners Inc. by allocating the eight-figure salary of former Manhattan family court Judge Judith Sheindlin as a production expense instead of.