Last week I wrote an article for my AllBusiness.com Business Law blog titled “How you frame the legal issue matters.”  Yesterday, I read how Joe Halderman, the TV producer who allegedly tried to extort money from David Letterman is now claiming the alleged shake down was really offering Letterman the right of first refusal to the future screen play, not blackmail.  As a result, defense counsel is claiming the case should be dismissed because it was a commercial transaction, not a crime.

It just goes to show you how there are as many sides to a story as there are people involved with it.

The court is expected to rule in January.  What do you think? Crime or deal making?

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Tags: David Letterman, issue framing, Joe Halderman

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