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Army Corps' Negligence Led to Katrina Flooding: Judge

Feds could be on the hook for billions in damages

Nov 18, 09 8:30 PM CST
(Newser) - In an opinion that could open the federal government to billions in damage claims, a judge ruled today that the failure of the Army Corps of Engineers to maintain an outlet channel led directly to disastrous flooding in and around New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • flooding • civil lawsuits • Army Corps of Engineers • disaster • Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet • New Orleans levees • Lower Ninth Ward • Stanwood Duval • neglect • mismanagement

 Carly Simon Sues Starbucks 

Coffee chain's failed music label bungled her album's release, singer says

Oct 12, 09 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carly Simon intended the 2008 album This Kind of Love to be her swan song, and she was excited about the record company that would release it: Starbucks-owned Hear Music. The coffee chain had wooed her with a big advance and promises of high exposure in stores, but instead Starbucks... More »

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Starbucks • lawsuit • promotion • civil lawsuits • music distribution • record label • album sales • Carly Simon • Hear Music

Lawsuits Over Chinese Drywall Mounting

More homeowners cite damage, sickness, as feds finish inquiry

Oct 8, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the controversy over Chinese drywall about to come to a head, the New York Times checks in on the issue and finds hundreds of lawsuits piling up around the country. The imported material, which became common as builders scrambled for supplies during the housing boom, is said to be... More »

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China • housing • class action • civil lawsuits • housing bubble • Chinese drywall

Polanski Made Deal to Pay Rape Victim $500K

Court papers unclear on whether Samantha Geimer received money

Oct 2, 09 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roman Polanski struck a deal to settle a civil lawsuit and pay his rape victim $500,000 after going on the lam, but it's not clear whether she received the entire sum. Court papers relating to the 1988 suit, which was settled in 1993, indicate that the fugitive director missed... More »

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Switzerland • rape • lawsuit • fugitive • film director • assault • civil lawsuits • Roman Polanski • child rape • Samantha Geimer

Court Dismisses Dan Rather's Suit vs. CBS

Appellate panel tosses $70M breach of
contract claim

Sep 29, 09 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS is all but over after an appellate court in New York dismissed his case today. Rather's lawyer vowed to appeal the ruling in the breach of contract suit. Rather initiated the suit following his ouster as Evening News anchor in the wake of... More »

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Dan Rather • lawsuit • civil lawsuits • CBS News • television news • CBS Evening News • breach of contract

 Guitar Hero 5 
 Uses Cobain's 
 Image Illegally: Love 

Nirvana frontman's widow threatens to sue Activision

Sep 10, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, says she plans to sue Activision for allegedly including the Nirvana frontman’s image in its Guitar Hero 5 without permission, MTV reports. “For the record this Guitar Hero shit is breach of contract on a Bullys part and there will be a proper... More »

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entertainment • Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • Nirvana • civil lawsuits • Activision • likeness infringement • rock music • video games • Guitar Hero 5

(Newser) - Pfizer will shell out $2.3 billion—a record for a health care fraud settlement—over deceptive marketing of its drugs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pfizer and one of its subsidiaries marketed four drugs based on off-label uses specifically prohibited by the FDA. The settlement with the Justice... More »

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Department of Justice • fraud • Health and Human Services • marketing • drug companies • Pfizer • civil lawsuits • Lyrica • fines • criminal prosecution • Bextra

Trustee Set to Gouge
Madoff's Sons, Brother

May ask for $50M of clients' cash back

Sep 2, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - They're not accused of being in on the fix, but that's not stopping the court-appointed trustee of Bernard Madoff from going after the swindler’s sons and brother, CBS News reports. Trustee Irving Picard will file civil complaints against Mark, Andrew, and Peter Madoff and seek up to $50 million... More »

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scam • Ponzi scheme • civil lawsuits • Bernard Madoff • Peter Madoff • trustee • Andrew Madoff • Mark Madoff

$23M Lawsuit: Steinbrenner Stole My Idea

Former exec claims credit for Yankees'
TV network YES

Aug 29, 09 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The former president of Madison Square Garden is suing George Steinbrenner for $23 million, accusing the Yankees boss of stealing his idea for a team-owned TV network, Newsday reports. Bob Gutkowski claims he brought the idea for what would become YES to Steinbrenner in the mid-'90s and was given... More »

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George Steinbrenner • New York Yankees • Madison Square Garden • civil lawsuits • YES Network • baseball • Bob Gutkowski

(Newser) - The Boston police officer suspended for referring to Henry Louis Gates as a “banana-eating jungle monkey” is suing the city and the department for violating his civil rights, the Globe reports. The BPD, police commissioner, and mayor are “conspiring to intentionally inflict emotional distress” and interfering with Justin... More »

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police • racism • mayor • suspension • civil lawsuits • racial slurs • Thomas Menino • Boston Police Department • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Justin Barrett

(Newser) - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger today denied allegations he raped a woman at a Nevada resort last year, the Post-Gazette reports. The suit was filed last week, but today marked Roethlisberger’s first public statements. He called the allegations “an attack on my family” and vowed to “remain... More »

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NFL • Ben Roethlisberger • football • Pittsburgh Steelers • rape • Nevada • quarterback • civil lawsuits • Lake Tahoe • sexual assault

(Newser) - A group that promotes a meat-free diet wants hot dog packages to carry a label warning of their association with cancer, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Just as tobacco causes lung cancer, processed meats are linked to colon cancer,” says a lawsuit filed by the vegan-friendly Cancer... More »

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hot dogs • colon cancer • civil lawsuits • warning labels • vegan diet • Cancer Project • processed meats • cancer risk • nitrites • frankfurters

(Newser) - Pez is suing a California store and museum over an 8-foot-tall dispenser custom-made for the establishment—and thus not sanctioned by the Austrian candy-maker, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “From a branding perspective, I think Pez should embrace the Dosses and the museum, instead of trying to attack... More »

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California • museum • Austria • Bay Area • statue • memorabilia • civil lawsuits • candy company • PEZ • dispenser

(Newser) - The recession has crippled funding for legal aid even as it has bumped up the number of people requesting representation, McClatchy reports. Though the federal government ramped up spending this year—and plans an even bigger increase for 2010—state funding and private donations have cratered, forcing legal aid to... More »

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recession • unemployment • poverty • lawyer • civil lawsuits • interest rate cut • public defender • legal aid • federal funding

 Female Brokers Sue 
 BofA for Discrimination 

Men got higher retention bonuses, they allege

Jun 25, 09 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - A former Merrill Lynch broker is leading a class-action lawsuit against Bank of America for offering female workers lower retention bonuses, Reuters reports. The suit alleges that Merrill had a longtime practice of steering wealthier clients to its male brokers. Because of that, when BofA acquired the firm and offered... More »

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Bank of America • Merrill Lynch • class action • gender discrimination • civil lawsuits • Jaime Goodman

Countrywide's Mozilo Charged With Fraud

Mozilo, two others accused of fraud, misleading investors

Jun 4, 09 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The SEC has charged former Countrywide chief Angelo Mozilo and two other former execs with civil fraud, the Wall Street Journal reports. The agency accuses them of insider trading and withholding information from investors about the condition of what was once the nation's largest mortgage company. They are the first... More »

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fraud • Countrywide • civil lawsuits • Angelo Mozilo • Securities and Exchange Commission

(Newser) - California’s gay marriage battle continued today as lawyers for the American Foundation for Equal Rights announced a lawsuit challenging Proposition 8 and called for the restitution of marriage rights while the suit is decided, the Los Angeles Times reports. The lawyers—Theodore Olson, then the solicitor general, and... More »

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California • gay marriage • San Francisco • Theodore Olson • civil lawsuits • trial lawyers • Proposition 8 • Jay-ZTV • David Boies • American Foundation for Equal Rights

 Bankruptcy 
 Looms in 
 Leibovitz's 
 Viewfinder 

Lighting supplier claims photog has unpaid bills

May 24, 09 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Annie Leibovitz pulls down $2 million a year from Vanity Fair to shoot Hollywood A-listers, but a lighting company that claims the shutterbug owes it about $200,000 may force her to file for involuntary bankruptcy. Leibovitz is already underwater—with other lawsuits over real estate and unpaid bills, she... More »

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bankruptcy • photographers • civil lawsuits • Annie Leibovitz

Courts Unlikely to Block Release of Torture Pics

White House has slim hopes for appeal, may look to Congress

May 14, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has said he wants to prevent the publication of photos depicting abuse of  detainees, but legal experts say the White House has an uphill battle in reversing the court decision to release them. The administration thinks that the Bush-era lawyers did not make a sufficiently strong case in... More »

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Barack Obama • torture • Freedom of Information Act • Joe Lieberman • abuse • detainee • photograph • Lindsey Graham • civil lawsuits • Obama administration

Woody Seeks to Block Ex, Wife Testimony in Racy Trial

American Apparel wants to prove director's endorsement not worth $10M

May 5, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Woody Allen asked a judge yesterday to stop American Apparel from airing his dirty laundry in court, the AP reports. Allen, who is suing the clothing company for $10 million for using his image on billboards without permission, wants to block American Apparel’s summoning of ex Mia Farrow, his... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Mia Farrow • civil lawsuits • Woody Allen • American Apparel • Soon-Yi Previn

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