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  • May 2008

    • Trump Sues Over Israeli Condo Deal

      New York Post  |  May 16, 08 9:19 AM CDT

      Trump Sues Over Israeli Condo Deal

      (Newser) - Nobody makes a sucker out of Donald Trump…at least not without getting sued. Trump is taking an Israeli condo developer to court, saying the company profited off his name without giving him a cut. The developers made a deal to build a 70-story Trump Plaza residential and commercial tower on property they bought for $44 million, and agreed to send its namesake 25% of the sale price of each unit. But instead they flipped the site for a cool $36 million profit. More »

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      Israel  • lawsuit  • Donald Trump  • luxury condo

    • Court Tosses $32M Verdict Against Vioxx

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 14, 08 1:29 PM CDT

      Court Tosses $32M Verdict Against Vioxx

      (Newser) - A Texas appellate court threw out a $32 million verdict against Merck today, citing a lack of evidence that Vioxx contributed to a man’s fatal heart attack. Lionel Garza was taking the painkiller when he died in 2001 at age 71, but was also a smoker with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Garza case was decided by verdict in 2006, and was excluded from a recent $4.85 billion settlement for 27,000 Vioxx cases. More »

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      lawsuit  • painkiller  • pharmaceutical industry  • Vioxx  • Merck and Co.

    • Man Sues JetBlue After Spending Flight in Bathroom

      New York Post  |  May 12, 08 8:42 PM CDT

      Man Sues JetBlue After Spending Flight in Bathroom

      (Newser) - A New York man is suing JetBlue for $2 million, claiming he was put in the bathroom during a cross-country flight, the New York Post reports. Gokhan Mutlu said he was "mortified, disgraced, degraded and shamed" after a flight attendant took his seat and the pilot told him to "go and 'hang out' in the bathroom." More »

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      lawsuit  • pilot  • flight  • JetBlue  • plane  • flight attendant

    • Dartmouth Prof to Sue 'Fascist' Students

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 6, 08 5:37 PM CDT

      Dartmouth Prof to Sue 'Fascist' Students

      (Newser) - A Dartmouth English professor enamored of trendy French literary theories recently got so incensed at students who “argue with your ideas” that she announced her intention to sue her class, charging that their “anti-intellectualism” violated her civil rights and caused her “intellectual distress.”  The Wall Street Journal's Joseph Rago, a Dartmouth alum, recaps the story with some glee, right through the "snapping point" when the class applauded a student who questioned her “ecofeminist” analysis. More »

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      lawsuit  • Northwestern University  • Dartmouth College  • patriarchy

    • Yahoo Faces Lawsuits, Rough Ride on Wall Street

      Reuters  |  May 5, 08 6:17 AM CDT

      Yahoo Faces Lawsuits, Rough Ride on Wall Street

      (Newser) - At least seven lawsuits already have been filed against Yahoo for its handling of Microsoft’s bid to acquire the Internet portal and lawyers say the company is likely to face more, reports Reuters. Microsoft withdrew a $33-per-share offer Saturday—a 70% premium above Yahoo’s share price three months ago when Microsoft launched its bid—after Yahoo demanded $37. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • lawsuit  • Yahoo  • acquisitions  • Jerry Yang  • AOL

    • Lesbos Islanders Sue Gays on Name

      BBC  |  May 2, 08 7:50 AM CDT

      Lesbos Islanders Sue Gays on Name

      (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 they succeed they'll take their campaign global. More »

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      lawsuit  • homosexuality  • Greece  • civil lawsuits  • lesbians

    • Craigslist Feared eBay Takeover

      New York Times  |  May 1, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      Craigslist Feared eBay Takeover

      (Newser) - Why did eBay sue Craigslist last week? Craiglist's fear of a hostile takeover played a role, the New York Times reports. The relationship between the classified ads site and minority shareholder eBay began to sour after eBay launched rival site Kijiji. Craigslist’s directors smelled a takeover in the offing and reorganized their stock to reduce the auction giant’s holding from 28.04% to 24.85%. EBay lost its right to elect a director—and sued. More »

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      lawsuit  • eBay  • Craigslist  • classified ads  • Kijiji

  • April 2008

    • Spitzer Hooker Sues Girls Gone Wild for $10M

      People  |  Apr 28, 08 8:13 PM CDT

      Spitzer Hooker Sues Girls Gone Wild for $10M

      (Newser) - The call girl who once serviced New York's governor is now charging $10 million—in a lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis, People reports. Ashley Alexandra Dupré alleges that Francis persuaded her to be filmed topless when she was underage and exploited her name and image for profit. More »

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      lawsuit  • video  • Ashley Alexandra Dupre  • Girls Gone Wild  • Joe Francis  • exploitation

    • Atheist Soldier Sues Army for Harassment

      Topeka Capital-Journal  |  Apr 26, 08 3:53 PM CDT

      Atheist Soldier Sues Army for Harassment

      (Newser) - An atheist soldier is suing the US military for harassment after commanders pressured him to find faith, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports. One officer broke into Jeremy Hall's atheist meeting in Iraq last year and said, “People like you are going against what the founding fathers, who were Christians, wanted for America!” according to Hall's sworn statement, the New York Times reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • religion  • Army  • faith  • atheism

    • Schultz Sues to Keep Sonics in Seattle

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Apr 23, 08 12:59 PM CDT

      Schultz Sues to Keep Sonics in Seattle

      (Newser) - Howard Schultz filed a suit yesterday seeking to reverse the sale of the SuperSonics to Oklahoma-based investor Clay Bennett. The Starbucks CEO and former Sonics owner cites email evidence that Bennett's ultimate goal was always to bring a basketball team to his hometown. The lawsuit asks the court to void the sale and help transfer the team to "an honest buyer," reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. More »

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      lawsuit  • fraud  • Seattle SuperSonics  • Seattle  • Oklahoma City  • Howard Schultz  • Clay Bennett

    • Yoko Goes to Court Over Lennon Footage

      Reuters  |  Apr 23, 08 12:22 PM CDT

      Yoko Goes to Court Over Lennon Footage

      (Newser) - Yoko Ono is headed to court to fight for the copyright to 9 hours of raw footage of her late husband shot before the Beatles broke up in 1970. In the videos, John Lennon smokes pot, writes songs— Remember and Mind Games —blow-dries Yoko's hair and contemplates slipping LSD into Richard Nixon’s tea. Yoko is battling a Massachusetts-based company over rights to the footage, Reuters reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • music  • copyright  • Beatles  • John Lennon  • Yoko Ono

    • Military Families Sue VA Over Suicides

      Associated Press  |  Apr 21, 08 11:45 AM CDT

      Military Families Sue VA Over Suicides

      (Newser) - Veterans Affairs hasn’t done enough to stem the “rising tide” of suicides and mental health problems, according to a class action lawsuit going to trial this week. Roughly 20% of deployed US troops are suffering from mental illness, a recent study shows, and an average of 18 kill themselves each day. “The VA has simply not devoted enough resources,” said one plaintiff lawyer. “They don’t have enough psychiatrists.” More »

    • Ex-Nanny Sues Lowe for Harassment

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