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STD? Slap Your Ex With Lawsuit

Courts move toward holding people liable for infecting partner — even unknowingly

Oct 16, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - California courts are deciding a civil dispute that could change first-date conversations. A woman is suing her ex-husband for allegedly giving her HIV, though he claims to not have known he was infected at the time, MSNBC writes. The case follows successful wins in Iowa and New York by plaintiffs... More »

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HPV • sex • sexual behavior • STD • relationship • civil lawsuits • HIV/AIDS

 China Sees First 
 Tainted-Milk Lawsuit 

Courts have yet to accept case in melamine scandal

Sep 30, 08 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Parents of a sick 1-year-old filed the first lawsuit in China's melamine scandal today, reports the Wall Street Journal. The case, yet to be accepted by China's courts, seeks $21,900 from the makers of Sanlu milk powder for expenses related to the kidney stones they say their son... More »

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China • melamine • food safety • civil lawsuits • tainted milk

Jobs, Execs Settle Suit on Backdated Apple Options

Tentative $14M deal will put an array of state and federal lawsuits to rest

Sep 11, 08 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple CEO Steve Jobs and several current and former execs have reached a tentative settlement on a shareholder lawsuit alleging they backdated stock options to boost their pay, the Wall Street Journal reports. Apple will receive $14 million in the deal, which would end a series of state and federal... More »

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Steve Jobs • shareholders • Apple • stock option backdating • civil lawsuits

 Seinfeld
 Defense:
 Lawsuits
 are Funny

Sez silly suits are fodder for routine

Aug 28, 08 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld insisted yesterday that he didn’t slander a woman suing his wife for cookbook plagiarism because silly lawsuits are fodder for good comedy. The comic cited episodes from Seinfeld as well as his kid-friendly Bee Movie in a court filing as examples of the First Amendment-protected comedic license... More »

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New York City • free speech • plagiarism • Jerry Seinfeld • First Amendment • celebrity • stand up comedy • slander • frivolous lawsuits • civil lawsuits • Jessica Seinfeld • cookbooks

Settling Out of Court Pays Off, Study Finds

61% of plaintiffs who battle it out end up
losing money

Aug 8, 08 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taking a civil lawsuit to court tends to be a costly mistake, the New York Times reports. Researchers have found that plaintiffs who reject out-of-court settlements end up with less money 61% of the time, losing an average $43,000. Defendants turned out to be right more than plainfiffs about... More »

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lawsuit • lawyer • civil lawsuits • court cases • defendants • litigation

Chip-Makers Agree To Cut Carcinogen

Calif. settlement would limit acrymalide, a byproduct of cooking

Aug 2, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Potato chip companies have agreed to settle a California lawsuit that charged them with not warning consumers about a cancer-causing chemical in their snacks, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Frito-Lay, Kettle, and the company that makes Cape Cod potato chips will lower the levels of acrylamide in their products... More »

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cancer • California • carcinogens • settlement • civil lawsuits • french fries • Frito Lay • snack foods • potatoes

 Publisher Sues Lil' Kim,
 Foxy Brown

Sez neither produced books they were paid for

Jul 25, 08 10:11 AM CDT
(AP) - Simon & Schuster Inc. sued rappers Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim yesterday, saying they were paid advances for books they never delivered. The publishing house wants Brown to return a $75,000 advance she received in 2005 for an autobiography called Broken Silence and wants Lil' Kim to return the... More »

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New York City • publishing • celebrity • Foxy Brown • rapper • civil lawsuits • Simon & Schuster • Lil' Kim

 Love Sued
 Over Nirvana
 Catalog 

Company claims Cobain's widow broke verbal contract

Jul 23, 08 12:05 PM CDT
(AP) - Business firm London & Co. sued Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, for $975,000 yesterday, claiming she didn’t give them their share of the $19.5 million she earned from selling part of Nirvana's publishing catalog. They allege Love broke a verbal contract to share 5% of profits from... More »

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Courtney Love • music industry • Kurt Cobain • celebrity • Nirvana • music sales • civil lawsuits

Google Yet to Find Pitch for YouTube Ads

Big corporate dollars missing; internal inefficiency abounds

Jul 9, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google is still struggling to make advertising revenues from YouTube resemble the site's popularity, the Wall Street Journal reports, with big industry heavyweights still leery about placing their ads alongside amateur video. With a well-below-expectation $200 million in ad revenue forecast this year, it's obvious "most advertisers are still... More »

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Google • YouTube • online advertising • online videos • ad revenue • civil lawsuits

 Mini Me Sues
 TMZ Over Sex Tape 

Troyer claims playing stolen tape violated copyright, privacy rights

Jun 27, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Mini Me" actor Verne Troyer filed a $20 million lawsuit yesterday against celebrity web outlet TMZ and the guy who distributed the infamous Paris Hilton sex tape for publishing portions of his own raunchy video, which he says was stolen. Troyer claimed his privacy and trademark rights were violated,... More »

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celebrity • lawsuit • TMZ • civil lawsuits • Verne Troyer

Illinois to Sue Countrywide, CEO Over Foreclosure Fiasco

State blames company for foreclosures

Jun 25, 08 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The state of Illinois will sue Countrywide and its CEO today for "unfair and deceptive practices" in the first suit related to the current mortgage crisis. The company is accused of pushing loans on homeowners even if they couldn't repay them, the Wall Street Journal reports. Illinois' attorney... More »

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Illinois • Countrywide • civil lawsuits • Angelo Mozilo • subprime crisis • Lisa Madigan

Elvis Photo Leaves Enquirer Building

King's casket image shredded in anthrax removal, sparks lawsuit

Jun 24, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer's famous photo of Elvis Presley in his casket—the source of decades of rumors that the King was still alive—was shredded during anthrax decontamination at the mag's old headquarters, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. The King's final image is now at the heart of a... More »

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lawsuit • National Enquirer • Elvis Presley • civil lawsuits • Elvis

 Owner Sues
 LiLo Over
 Lifted Mink 

College student seeks unspecified damages after proving actress pilfered much-loved coat

May 20, 08 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Columbia student who claimed Lindsay Lohan swiped her $12,000 fur coat after a night at a New York club is now suing the troubled actress over the unauthorized pilfering, the AP reports. Maria Markova, 22, proved the theft with paparazzi photos of Lohan donning her golden mink and... More »

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New York City • celebrity trials • Lindsay Lohan • fur • celebrity • civil lawsuits

 Craigslist Countersues eBay 

Fires back with unfair competition

May 14, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The battle between Craigslist and eBay heated up yesterday after Craigslist filed a countersuit charging the auction giant—which holds a 28.4% stake in Craigslist—with offenses ranging from unfair competition to trademark infringement, the New York Times reports. The action is in response to eBay’s lawsuit filed... More »

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Internet • eBay • competition • Craigslist • civil lawsuits

2nd Nanny Sues Lowes for Sex Harrassment

This one points finger
at Rob Lowe's wife, calling her 'perverted'

May 2, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yet another nanny is suing over sexual harassment in the Rob Lowe household. Laura Boyce made her case yesterday in a teary-eyed presser in which she claimed that the actor's wife behaved in a "perverted, disgusting, and crude manner." With lawyer Gloria Allred's arm around her, Laura Boyce... More »

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sexual harassment • Los Angeles • defamation • nanny • civil lawsuits • Rob Lowe • Sheryl Berkoff • Laura Boyce

Lesbos Islanders Sue
Gays on Name

We're the only Lesbians, Greeks
insist in lawsuit

May 2, 08 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have decided that lesbianism is the love that must change its name, the BBC reports. Islanders, fed up with the word being used to denote sexual orientation, are suing a Greek gay rights organization with "lesbian" in its name and say if... More »

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lesbians • homosexuality • lawsuit • Greece • civil lawsuits

 WR Grace Makes 
 Deal to Settle 
 Asbestos Claims  

Chemical company hopes to leave bankruptcy by year's end

Apr 8, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chemical company WR Grace cleared a major hurdle in its 7-year effort to emerge from bankruptcy yesterday, agreeing to pay more than $3 billion to settle asbestos-related personal injury lawsuits, reports the Baltimore Sun. The deal, which a bankruptcy judge must approve, would establish a trust fund to settle current... More »

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cancer • bankruptcy • asbestos • class action • civil lawsuits • WR Grace • mesothelioma

 When Dumb Lawsuits Attack 

Damages claimed for mistaken impressions, aggressive toilet seat

Mar 23, 08 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Emotional trauma because she used the men’s restroom? Surfer in pain after losing his wave? The Daily Mirror digs up the silliest lawsuits ever filed:
  1. Whale tale: After their 27-year-old son was found dead on the back of an orca, parents sued SeaWorld for depicting killer whales as
... More »

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Starbucks • MTV • list • lawsuit • SeaWorld • frivolous lawsuits • civil lawsuits • Jackass • litigation

'Dilbert' Mocks Comic Strip Firing

Posted cartoon called bosses 'drunken lemurs'

Feb 23, 08 8:54 AM CST
(Newser) - What came first: the comic strip mocking the office, or the office emulating the comic? Both, in the case of one Iowa casino that fired a man for posting a "Dilbert" cartoon comparing management to "drunken lemurs," the Des Moines Register reports. This week, cartoonist Scott Adams... More »

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Iowa • casino • unemployment benefits • civil lawsuits • Dilbert • Scott Adams • comic strips

Court Scraps Agent Orange Suit

Judge says chemical was used as a defoliant, not a weapon

Feb 22, 08 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Vietnamese plaintiffs who say Agent Orange caused them serious health problems ran into a judicial dead end today. A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a civil lawsuit over use of the defoliant in the Vietnam War. The suit claimed that Dow Chemical and other companies violated a ban... More »

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cancer • Vietnam War • chemical warfare • civil lawsuits • Dow Industrial • Agent Orange • dioxin • war reparations

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