Rodman Fined $225K for Inappropriate Touching

Man had 'fiduciary duty of implied fidelity,' lawsuit states

(NEWSER) - What happened in Vegas has ended up in a Chicago court: A woman accused her fiancé of cheating on her in Vegas, and then was jilted weeks before they were due to marry. Now she's suing him for $62,000 to cover the cost of wedding and honeymoon preparations, ABC News reports. She discovered through text messages on her fiancé's phone that he had sex with another woman after his Vegas bachelor party, according to the lawsuit, which says the alleged philanderer breached his "fiduciary duty of implied fidelity." The former couple are both attorneys. More»

He misplaces artwork in drunken haze

(NEWSER) - A Manhattan man learned the hard way that if you're going out on the town to get sloshed, you shouldn't take a $1.35 million painting with you. James Haggerty is being sued for the loss by the painting's co-owner, who says she hired him to help sell Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's 1857 Portrait of a Girl, only to have him to tell her he couldn't remember where he left it after a night of heavy drinking, the New York Daily News reports. More»

Birther queen's misuse of court is 'breathtaking'

(NEWSER) - US District Judge Clay Land has had it with Orly Taitz. He slapped the birther leader with a $20,000 fine today for her constant stream of frivolous lawsuits and motions. In a scathing 43-page order, Land writes that Taitz willfully misused the court, and “as an attorney, she is deemed to have known better. … Her response to the Court’s show cause order is breathtaking in its arrogance and borders on delusional.” More»

(NEWSER) - Just a year ago, 25% of the country's highest-grossing restaurants were in Las Vegas—where diners ran up $15,000 checks and tipped waiters with wads of C-notes. But now restaurants are closing, new construction languishes half-finished, and more than 5,000 food industry workers have lost their jobs. "It was gold, and suddenly it became fool’s gold," one restaurateur tells the New York Times. More»

(AP) - A federal judge has tossed out more than three dozen lawsuits filed against the nation's telecommunications companies for allegedly taking part in the government's email and telephone eavesdropping program that was done without court approval. The dismissals were widely expected after Congress in July agreed on new surveillance rules that include immunity from lawsuits for telecommunications companies that allegedly helped the US spy on Americans. More»