JUNE 2009
Americas
Woody takes $5 million in publicity suit Actor Woody Allen last month reached a $5 million settlement with American Apparel in his headline-grabbing right of publicity suit against the US clothing manufacturer. Allen sued American Apparel last year for using an image from the film Annie Hall of the actor dressed as a Hasidic rabbi in a 2007 billboard campaign. He claimed that the company had used his likeness without permission for advertising purposes and sought $10 million in compensatory and exemplary damages and attorney's fees.
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