What is a lawsuit worth?
According to an article in Variety, Author Clive Cussler has been hit with legal fees of C
rusader 
Entertainment, producer of the film adaptation of Cussler’s Sahara. The order is $13.9 million (shaved from a requested $18 million. Variety estimates Cussler’s 
own fees at nearly as much.
The lawsuit stemmed from Cussler’s claim that he was improperly denied script approval. Crusader countersued claiming Cussler’s sales figures had been inflated. Variety listed the revenue at a mere $69 million against a reported $160 million production budget.
Having taught entertainment law for over fifteen years, I read of this litigation in awe and revulsion. There simply are not enough problems to be litigated, depositions to be taken, or egos to be stroked to justify $28 million over a contract dispute.
If anyone wants to know a good lawyer joke, we just found the punchline.
