Happy Monday, I’m Eriq Gardner.

Welcome back to The Rainmaker! I’ve returned from a short Miami vacation where I ran up and down the South Beach boardwalk, drank a few delicious mojitos, and watched a lot of the World Cup. I tried my best to stay away from anything that looked like work and trust me, it wasn’t easy. I drove past the FTX Arena a few times.

Of course, that also meant upon return, I had a lot to look at. In today’s email, I’ve got updates on Scott Rudin suing Aaron Sorkin, plus James Dolan, Leon Black, the Saudis, and finally, mozzarella sticks. And stick around, below the fold, for one of the most provocative legal questions I’ve encountered in a long time: Can licensing contracts lock you into social media slavery?

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