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 Shatner Reads the Real Levi 

Conan O'Brien sorry for fake Tweets, but not too sorry

Nov 6, 09 7:29 AM CST
(Newser) - The Tonight Show got the last laugh on Levi Johnston. The soon-to-be Playgirl model threatened to sue if Conan O’Brien didn’t retract Wednesday’s poetry session, featuring William Shatner dramatically reading Levi’s supposed Tweets. So O'Brien admitted they were actually written by “a clever impostor posing... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • lawsuit • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • William Shatner • Sarah Palin • Twitter • Levi Johnston

HOT LEGAL ISSUES

 Prejean 
 May Sue 
 —This Time, 
 Over Sex Tape 

Former Miss Cali's lawyer considering breach of contract lawsuit

Nov 5, 09 9:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Only a day after Carrie Prejean dropped her lawsuit against the Miss California Pageant, she's ready for another. The dethroned Miss California’s lawyer says, thanks to sex tape rumors, they may sue for breach of contract. “It seems as if someone has acted in an unethical and unlawful... More »

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entertainment • beauty pageant • lawsuit • sex tape • Carrie Prejean • Miss California • Keith Lewis • tell-all • Carrie Prejean sex tape

HUH, HOW ABOUT THAT?

 Sex Tape 
 Got Prejean 
 to Settle Suit 

TMZ says it's had too-racy-to-post video for months

Nov 4, 09 6:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Today’s decision by former Miss California Carrie Prejean to drop a lawsuit against the pageant came after one of its lawyers showed Prejean a sex tape that TMZ says it obtained “months ago but decided not to post … because it was so racy.” As part of... More »

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entertainment • beauty pageant • lawsuit • TMZ • sex tape • Carrie Prejean • Miss California • Carrie Prejean sex tape

NO BOOB-JOB REPO

 Prejean, Pageant Drop Lawsuits 

Former Miss California will not have to pay for her new breasts

Nov 4, 09 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Have we heard the last of Carrie Prejean? Probably not, but the former Miss California and pageant producers have dropped their dueling lawsuits. A statement says they “wish each other the best in their future endeavors,” but gives no word on the settlement reached. A source tells Radar... More »

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entertainment • beauty pageant • lawsuit • settlement • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

AT&T Sues Verizon Over 'Misleading' TV Ads

Spots wrongly suggest a lack of coverage in large areas, it says

Nov 3, 09 5:31 PM CST
(Newser) - AT&T went to court today to try to stop Verizon from mocking its wireless coverage in new TV commercials. The lawsuit contends that Verizon uses "misleading" maps to suggest that AT&T customers get no coverage at all in large swaths of the country. Verizon's "There's a... More »

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Verizon • Apple • commercials • lawsuit • AT&T • 3G network

 Kate Winslet 
 Wins $40K in 
 'Body Image' 
 Libel Suit 

Daily Mail lied in saying she lied about exercise, self-acceptance

Nov 3, 09 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Kate Winslet is serious about positive body image—and her crusade is aimed at more than just the impressionable young women of the world. The actress has won $40,000 from the Daily Mail, which reported in January that Winslet lied when she said she was taking a break from... More »

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entertainment • diet • celebrity • lawsuit • exercise • Kate Winslet • women's issues

'Tortured' Rendition
Victim Told
He Can't Sue

Canadian sent to
Syria plans to appeal

Nov 3, 09 4:01 AM CST
(Newser) - A Canadian citizen sent to Syria after being mistakenly arrested at JFK Airport cannot sue US authorities, a court has ruled. Maher Arar, who says he was tortured during the year he was held in Syrian custody, was told by a New York court that it has no legal right... More »

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CIA • rendition • Syria • Canada • lawsuit • terror suspects • Maher Arar

 Radio Station Fined $16M  For Fatal Contest 

Mom died of water intoxication in effort to win Wii for her kids

Oct 30, 09 3:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Sacramento radio station has been ordered to pay $16 million to the family of a woman who died during its "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest. The woman, who was trying to win the game console for her three children, died of water intoxication after taking part... More »

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California • water • Sacramento • contest • lawsuit • radio stations • negligence

Madoff Colleague Found Dead in Swimming Pool

Jeffry Picower faced Ponzi scheme lawsuit

Oct 25, 09 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Philanthropist Jeffry Picower, who allegedly reaped billions of dollars from longtime friend Bernard Madoff's Ponzi schemes, was found dead today at the bottom of his Florida swimming pool. Efforts to revive him failed, and his death was ruled a drowning, police said. Picower, 67, wife Barbara, and their foundation were... More »

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philanthropy • fraud • lawsuit • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities • Jeffry Picower • Picower Foundation • Barbara Picower

shake it, don't break it

 Shakira Imitator 
 Can't Sue Bar 

Shake it and break it? You're on your own, court rules

Oct 23, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - A woman who says she shredded knee ligaments when she fell during a “Shake it Like Shakira” contest can't sue the New York bar that staged the competition. Calico Jack’s Cantina is off the hook after Megan Zacher's lawyer failed to convince a judge the bar “knew... More »

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New York City • dancing • contest • lawsuit • Shakira • knee injury • bar • Megan Zacher • Calico Jack's Cantina

BOOB JOB LAWSUITS

 Prejean: Suit a 
 'Smear Campaign' 

Pageant wants money back for Carrie's breast implants

Oct 21, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to the Miss California pageant’s lawsuit to reclaim the cash it spent on her boob job, Carrie Prejean is still talking. Through her lawyer, at least: He tells Radar the lawsuit is just the latest in an “ongoing smear campaign” and that the pageant is inventing “... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • beauty pageant • lawsuit • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

 Madoff HQ Was 
 'Coke-Fueled 
 Animal House' 

Ponzi kingpin now sharing cell with drug offender

Oct 21, 09 2:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bernie Madoff ran the druggiest, most decadent securities fraud in town, according to court papers filed yesterday. Madoff's offices were so awash in cocaine—paid for with investors' money—that it was nicknamed "the North Pole," and the firm hosted drug-fueled parties featuring topless waitresses, according to a... More »

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cocaine • lawsuit • Ponzi scheme • securities fraud • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities

Pageant Wants Its Money Back for Prejean's Implants

Miss California officials quote scripture right back at stripped winner

Oct 19, 09 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Miss California pageant wants back the money it ponied up for Carrie Prejean to get breast implants, countering her lawsuit with one of its own. Prejean alleges she was a victim of, among other things, religious discrimination in being stripped of her crown after taking an anti-gay-marriage stance; the... More »

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entertainment • beauty pageant • breast implants • lawsuit • gospel • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

MORE DRAMA

 TLC Sues Jon for Yakking 

Plus, Gosselins fired up after former nanny accuses Jon of hacking Kate's stuff

Oct 16, 09 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thought Jon and Kate Gosselin would go away just because their show is ending? Oh no. TLC is suing Jon for breach of contract—specifically, for accepting money to appear on other shows. The suit also claims Gosselin’s reason for blocking Jon and Kate from filming had nothing... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • lawsuit • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Stephanie Santoro • breach of contract

 2 Madoff Victims Sue SEC 

Regulators are responsible for victims' losses, suit claims

Oct 14, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two investors who lost a combined $2.4 million to Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme have sued the SEC for negligence. The lawsuit argues that the commission should reimburse the plaintiffs for their losses because it failed in its duty to protect investors. Regulators had "countless opportunities" to catch... More »

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fraud • SEC • lawsuit • investment • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities

 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

 Oprah Flight Attendant 
 Sues Over Sex Allegations 

Claims co-workers made up story about her and the pilot

Oct 10, 09 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A weird lawsuit from the world of Oprah: A flight attendant on the talk show queen's private jet claims she was unjustly fired over false allegations that she had sex with the pilot. The woman says two other flight attendants—one of them the daughter of Oprah pal Gayle King—... More »

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flight attendant • Oprah Winfrey • lawsuit • mile high club

 Brit Transsexual Sues for 
  Health Service Boob Job 

Plaintiff claims refusing surgery is a violation of human rights

Oct 9, 09 2:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A transsexual denied breast enlargement surgery by Britain's National Health Service is suing, claiming the denial violates her human rights. The plaintiff—who has undergone hormone treatment and lived as a woman for the last decade—says the surgery is essential to her identity as a woman. More »

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lawsuit • National Health Service • Britain • breast enhancement • transsexual

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

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