A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a libel lawsuit against best-selling author John Grisham over a nonfiction book he wrote about the 1982 killing of an Ada cocktail waitress, calling the petition's claims "not plausible.”The lawsuit was filed last year by former Pontotoc County District Attorney William Peterson, former Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation investigator Gary Rogers and Mel
Connecticut is suing three credit rating agencies alleging that the rating agencies gave artificially low rates to municipalities, causing them to pay higher interest rates on bonds. Read more about it here.
I wonder if consumers who believe that they have been unfairly denied access to lower interest rate credit cards and debt could sue under [...]
WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have jointly filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to enforce a mediation settlement agreement that was entered into by the EEOC on behalf of an individual and the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (Housing Authority). The settlement agreement resolved a charge
ATLANTA (AP) _ A founder of the country band Sugarland is suing the two current members of the popular group for $1.5 million.
According to a lawsuit filed late last month in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, Kristen Hall was to get a cut of the group’s profits even after she left in 2005 for a [...]
William Troy McClune is suing "Rugged Entertainment" for dissing him in a documentary film called "Notorious B.I.G. "Bigger Than Life". He is the infamous freestyle rapper that got destroyed in that taped freestyle shot in Bedstuy, Brooklyn in 1994. The lawsuit filed in Brooklyn's Federal Court claims that he suffered "irreparable harm, mental distress and disturbance of his peace of mind" becau
A Brooklyn handwriting expert who has authenticated almost 200,000 pieces of sports memorabilia - including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Cy Young autographs - is suing HBO and "Real Sports" host Bryant Gumbel for $5 million, claiming the show incorrectly tied him to a shady forgery ring. "I had an excellent reputation, and, all of a sudden, I lost it all," said Donald Frangipani, an experienced foren
DBKP is hearing rumblings in the DC legal jungle that Obama accuser Larry Sinclair's lawsuit against3 anonymous posters at Democratic Underground may have been tossed by Judge Henry H. Kennedy.A PR release from the Center for Law Forfeiture, the same outfit run by D.C. attorney Montgomery Blair Sibley, states this about the case: "At the press conference, Larry will (i) reveal the corroboratingevi
The Attorney General of California has filed a major lawsuit against the body care and household-cleaning product companies whose products recently showed high levels of the carcinogenic contaminant 1,4-Dioxane during tests.Under California law, consumer products that contain toxic levels of 1,4 Dioxane must have warning labels stating they may cause cancer.
The suit, California v. Avalon Natural
Yahoo is suing a group of unidentified companies and individuals loosely called the "Yahoo Lottery Spammers" for running e-mail scams that sought victim's personal information and extorted money from purported winners. Yahoo filed the suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on May 16, court records show. Yahoo released a news announcement regarding the suit on
A one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube threatens internet freedom, according to its owner Google. Google's claim follows Viacom's move to sue the video sharing service for its inability to keep copyrighted material off its site. Viacom says it has identified 150,000 unauthorised clips on YouTube. In court documents Google's lawyers say the action "threatens the way hundreds of millions of
Lil' Kim Wins $500K In Suit Against Lil' Ceasewritten by Brandi HopperKim sued Cease (born James Lloyd) and his company, Ground Zero Entertainment - which puts out street DVDs - for wrongly capitalizing on her fame with a film about the crew. She also put the breaks on a second DVD, The Chronicles of Junior M.A.F.I.A Part II: Reloaded, with a court order forcing Cease to stop production. shout out
Lil Kim has been awarded $500,000 last Wednesday in a lawsuit accusing one of her former Junior M.A.F.I.A. members of using her name and image for an unauthorized DVD. In July of 2005 Lil' Kim had won a temporary restraining order against Junior M.A.F.I.A. and Ground Zero Entertainment to stop the DVD from being sold.
May 8, 2008 Fee dispute: PropNex drops lawsuit against couple By Tan Hui Yee PROPERTY company PropNex is dropping its lawsuit against a couple who refused to pay the seller's agent the 1 per cent commission after buying a home. Both sides reached an agreement after a mediation session on Tuesday, which PropNex said yielded a 'win-win' conclusion. They declined to disclose the terms of the settlement. If the case had gone to trial, it would have turned the spotlight on the contentious issue of whether home buyers should pay a fee to sellers' agents. PropNex associate director Ricky Low Yong Sern, who was the only agent handling the sale of a terrace house in Whampoa last year, had sought about $4,000 in commission or a service fee from the buyers, marketing specialist Loh Yi Min, 29, and h
Fee dispute: PropNex drops lawsuit against couple - Singapore
By Tan Hui Yee, Housing Correspondent
PROPERTY company PropNex is dropping its lawsuit against a couple who refused to pay the seller’s agent the 1 per cent commission after buying a home.
Both sides reached an agreement after a mediation session on Tuesday, which PropNex said yielded a ‘win-win’ [...]
Serial nuisance fails to defend case
MySpace has won a lawsuit against notorious spammer Sanford (Spamford) Wallace. The social networking website gained a default judgment against Wallace after he failed to turn over documents or appear in court, CNet reports.…
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There is a wrongful death lawsuit against ex-Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada that has been consolidated this week in Maryland. Also implicated in the case brought forth by 10 Bolivians living in the U. S. is ex-defense minister Jose Carlos Sanchez Berzain.
Both ex-President and ex-defense minister fled to the United States seeking asylum. The [...]
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A paparazzi who follows the toxic singer Britney Spears filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles California on Wednesday against photo agency X17. The celebrity snapper alleged three of the company’s photographers severely beat him following a chase in which he had gained the lead. Alison Silva told MTV News that on March [...]
In 2003, Walter Rich died in the infamous Station Nightclub fire in Boston, which took 100 other lives. But, this hasn’t stopped an old friend, Brian Sullivan from suing him. While at Rich’s home, Sullivan tripped over a 55-gallon drum buried in the garage floor. The fall caused Sullivan to tear his right rotator cuff, which [...]
According to case information found over at Justia.com, Namco Bandai Games and Namco Bandai Games America have filed suit against Eagle Distributing of Frankfort, Illinois for alleged copyright infringement and intellectual property violations. The suit claims that Eagle Distributing is currently in violation of Namco Bandai's properties through the sale of unauthorized and counterfeit products without authorization from the company. These products include their GameboX Multi-arcade systems and Ms. Pac-Man and More Cocktail and Upright cabinets. The lawsuit seeks damages, right of seizure, and a stop to any further violations from Eagle Distributing.It will be interesting to see what sort of response this lawsuit has. Namco Bandai has notoriously fought to protect its copyrights on arcade properties in the past (including a famous lawsuit against Midway over Ms. Pac-Man), so this is no surprise if Eagle Distributing is indeed in violation of Namco Bandai's copyright protections.
By Luona and Xinyu in Sydney, Australia
(Clearwisdom.net) At a press conference in front of the New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney on November 7, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners announced that the Supreme Court of NSW had issued a default judgment on November 5, recognizing that the defendant, Chinese Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai, had [...]
A sexual abuse lawsuit against the Mormon Church and Boy Scouts of America is picking up steam as more men have come forward with similar allegations. Four more men have joined the previous two “Jack Does” in claiming abuse suffered at the hands of the same church and scout leader.
Timur Dykes, a former Mormon spiritual leader and scout leader and previously convicted sex offender is at the heart of this case as the one accused of sexual assault. Dykes has not been named as part of the lawsuit, however. The lawsuit is seeking $25 million in damages from the two organizations.
A spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America defended the organization saying that they work hard to protect the boy scouts from predators. Two years ago, an official with the Boy Scouts who headed up a national task force to protect children from sexual abuse was himself convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography.
A sexual abuse lawsuit against the Mormon Church and Boy Scouts of America is picking up steam as more men have come forward with similar allegations. Four more men have joined the previous two “Jack Does” in claiming abuse suffered at the hands of the same church and scout leader.
Timur Dykes, a former Mormon spiritual leader and scout leader and previously convicted sex offender is at the heart of this case as the one accused of sexual assault. Dykes has not been named as part of the lawsuit, however. The lawsuit is seeking $25 million in damages from the two organizations.
A spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America defended the organization saying that they work hard to protect the boy scouts from predators. Two years ago, an official with the Boy Scouts who headed up a national task force to protect children from sexual abuse was himself convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography.
Michelle Malkin has just gotten word that the troublemaking Muslims who caused a needless hubbub at the Minneapolis airport have finally dropped any mention of the John Does from the lawsuit they filed.Now, if they're smart, they'll drop their suit against the airport as well and stop trying to undermine law enforcement and security.More from Hot Air.
A customer is upset with Apple over the lack of a user-replaceable battery of iPhone.
In the suit, customer claims that:
Unknown to the Plaintiff, and undisclosed to the public, prior to purchase, the iPhone is a sealed unit with its battery soldered on the inside of the device so that it cannot be changed by the owner.
The suit goes on state:
The battery enclosed in the iPhone can only be charged approximately 300 times before it will be in need of replacement, necessitating a new battery annually for owners of the iPhone.
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Microsoft Corporation filed two lawsuits against alleged unknown spammers who had been sending many spam advertising debt relief and adult websites to Window Live Hotmail accounts.The company who is sued by Microsoft, Consumer Solutions Network, operates several Internet domains including myfinancialsolutions.org, consumersolution.org, and financialsolutionsonline.org. Microsoft claimed that this company keeps sending “misleading, deceptive, and unsolicited commercial e-mails advertising debt relief help to Windows Live Hotmail account holders.” The spam mails were sent under subject lines such as “Michelle, accounts over the limit,” or “Robert, Payment not received.” Spam mails are irritating to every internet user. They not only flood users’ email accounts with rubbish messages but also use their email accounts to duplicate and send out more spam mails to others. Besides Microsoft, companies such as AOL, LLC and Earthlink Inc have also filed lawsuits against these “Sp
A statement from Eyonix, an official Blizzard Poster in the WoW forums:
Blizzard has filed a federal lawsuit against the operators of Peons4hire, a popular gold-selling organization which many of you have no doubt seen advertised. As part of the lawsuit, the operators of Peons4hire have been asked to immediately cease all in-game spamming efforts by all entities and websites under their control.
Some people think the solution to spam is technical, others think it’s legal, at Project Honey Pot we were founded under the theory that if you’re going to make a dent in this extremely difficult problem you need the strengths of both. All week we’ve been telling you about new technical services. Today [...]
I had a feeling something like this would happen. The group must have received a bunch of money (some of it from my dad). And what does a group that volunteers to watch the border do with all of that money? Buy lawn chairs? (I'm just kidding. I'm guessing it goes into advertising and lobbyists). Anyways, I have some sympathy for the group as they spotlight an important issue and give voice to millions of Americans sympathetic with their aims. And, I have to admit that I have no firsthand knowledge of any wrongdoing. It's a shame this had to happen.
I've heard Gilchrist on the radio and he's a good spokesman for the group's ideas. He's not so good, however, that I'd risk giving him any money. On the other hand, I'm glad the Minutemen police their group; it lends them credibility.
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist is forming a new anti-illegal immigrant group.
Its name: the Jim Gilchrist Minuteman Project Incorporated.
Gilchrist announced t
{mosgoogle right}Defense trading firm Yamada Corp. filed a lawsuit Monday demanding roughly 795 million yen from the government in connection with a defense equipment contract.In the claim filed in the Tokyo District Court, Yamada Corp. claims that part of the cost of engines for the C-X next-generation transport aircraft and other equipment that it supplied to the Ministry of Defense went unpaid.
