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(Newser) - After years of legal wrangling, Tyco will pay a record $2.975 billion to shareholders who say the company used faulty accounting practices to defraud them. The settlement by Tyco, which became a poster child for executive excess in the wake of the Enron scandal, represents the largest amount ever... More »

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investors • Tyco • Dennis Kozlowski • shareholders • business • lawsuit

Rudy Faulted
on Safety at
Ground Zero

Autocratic mayor sacrificed health for speed, suit charges

May 14, 07 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's leadership in the aftermath of 9/11 made him America's hero, and the GOP's top presidential candidate. But thousands of the firefighters and construction workers who cleaned up Ground Zero now claim that the mayor's single-minded drive to see the city rebound from the attacks is to blame for... More »

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Congress • Rudy Giuliani • New York City • Ground Zero • September 11 • safety • lawsuit

'Extreme Makeover'? Try 'People's Court'

Heartwarming reality-TV episode ends in orphans' bitter lawsuit

May 13, 07 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - It was supposed to be a great story: ABC's hit reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" transformed the home of Phil and Loki Leomiti and their five adopted children into a nine-bedroom dream house. Today the children, who moved out within weeks of the show's broadcast, are locked in... More »

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entertainment • television • reality TV • ABC • lawsuit • Extreme Makeover

OxyContin Maker Pleads Guilty

Manufacturer, execs admit misleading public about risky painkiller

May 10, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The company that makes OxyContin pleaded guilty today to misleading the public about the effects of the potent painkiller. Purdue Pharma and three executives will pay $634.5 million in civil and criminal fines. Federal prosecutors accused the firm of "misbranding" the drug, marketing it as a less addictive... More »

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medicine • health • crime • OxyContin • pharmaceutical companies • Purdue Pharma • prescription drugs • lawsuit

Pelosi Threatens Bush Lawsuit

Speaker says House could take
president to court over Iraq evasion

May 9, 07 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi says the House could sue President Bush if he tries to circumvent provisions in its new Iraq appropriations bill. Bush has suggested he'll append a signing statement to the bill, a controversial practice that could let him treat parts of the law—like timetables on progress in Iraq—... More »

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Iraq • Nancy Pelosi • signing statements • Iraq appropriations • House of Representatives • legislation • lawsuit • George W. Bush

Imus Will Sue CBS for
$40 Mil Left on Contract

Shock jock Won't Go Quietly

May 2, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don Imus is off the airwaves but not finished fighting: He's hired First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus to help him sue CBS. Sources tell Fortune that Imus's five-year, $50 million contract guaranteed him a warning before his routinely foul mouth got him fired; without it, he may be owed the... More »

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radio • CBS • FCC • Don Imus • lawsuit • profanity

Students Sue for Homework

Apr 10, 07 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four teenage students are suing an antiplagiarism website for the rights to their schoolwork, arguing that they were forced to turn over original work without compensation, the Christian Science Monitor reports. When their school adopted an antiplagiarism service called Turnitin, students were required to submit essays to be stored and... More »

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education • property rights • Turnitin • plagiarism • intellectual property • school • lawsuit

Judges Gone Wild!

Girls Gone Wild founder lashes out at judge

Apr 7, 07 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - "This is a case of a judge gone wild," declaimed Joe Francis, the sleazemeister behind the Girls Gone Wild videos, after being held in contempt of court yesterday. Francis is facing suits from seven underage girls who are not so wild about his cameras probing into their partying.... More »

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law • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • erotica • lawsuit

Judge Throws Out Rumsfeld Torture Suit

Abuse and humiliation regretted,
but officials are immune

Mar 28, 07 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Donald Rumsfeld can't be held personally responsible for the alleged mistreatment of prisoners held in overseas military prisons on his watch. Calling the case “lamentable,” U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan nevertheless dismissed a suit against the former defense secretary on behalf of nine former prisoners in Iraq... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • torture • Donald Rumsfeld • Judge Thomas Hogan • prison • lawsuit

Novelist Slaps Ex
With $40 Million Suit

Terry McMillan cites extortion in post-divorce mud-slinging contest

Mar 23, 07 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bestselling author Terry McMillan filed a $40 million lawsuit Wednesday against her ex-husband Jonathan Plummer, alleging that he conspired to destroy her reputation during their divorce. In the lawsuit McMillan alleges that her "little fag," a.k.a. "common extortionist" ex-husband has threatened her safety after the... More »

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Terry McMillan • divorce • Jonathan Plummer • literature • lawsuit • book

Viacom Sues Google

Mar 14, 07 8:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Viacom filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google yesterday for what it says is gross copyright infringement on YouTube, the company's newest acquisition. Google has promised to work with companies to remove copyrighted material, but Viacom complains that illegally posted clips of its programs like "The Daily Show" have... More »

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media • Google • Internet • Viacom • YouTube • copyright • lawsuit • acquisition

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