Update on DC Comics vs. Adverse Counsel

Here’s an update on the lawsuit between DC Comics and Marc Toberoff, the attorney representing the heirs of Superman co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. It’s a bit of a long entry, but quite interesting, especially if you’re a lawyer. The base of DC Comics’ claim is that “Toberoff induced the Shuster heirs to repudiate their 1992 agreement with DC Comics and enter into a 50/50 joint venture with defendant Pacific Pictures Corporation, a company wholly owned and controlled by Toberoff[.]”