Federal judge sides with Michael Jackson estate in Leaving Neverland dispute, forcing HBO to go to arbitration

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U.S. District Court Judge George H. Wu granted the request by Michael Jackson's estate requiring HBO be bound by a 1992 arbitration agreement that HBO signed to televise Jackson's Dangerous World Tour rather than allowing the lawsuit to continue in the federal court system. The 1992 agreement stated that "HBO shall not make any disparaging remarks concerning (Michael Jackson) ... or do any act that may harm or disparage or cause to lower in esteem the reputation of (Jackson)." The agreement also contained a clause that all disputes regarding this agreement would be handled in arbitration.