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BofA Settles SEC Suit Over Merrill Bonuses for $33M

Commission says bank misled investors over Merrill payout

Aug 3, 09 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bank of America will pay $33 million to settle a federal lawsuit, filed today, which says the bank misled its investors, Reuters reports. During its takeover of Merrill Lynch, the lawsuit charges, Bank of America told investors Merrill wouldn’t pay bonuses without BoA’s permission before the deal closed.... More »

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Bank of America • investors • Merrill Lynch • SEC • lawsuit • bonuses • defrauding investors • Securities and Exchange Commission

 Unemployed Grad 
 Sues College 
 for Tuition 

Unable to find work, New Yorker wants her $70K back

Aug 3, 09 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - After months of looking for work, fed up New Yorker Trina Thompson is suing her college for the $70,000 she spent on tuition. Monroe College's Office of Career Advancement hasn't done enough to help her find employment, the 27-year-old spring graduate claims in a suit filed in Bronx Supreme... More »

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college • recession • lawsuit • unemployment • Bronx • student • recession depression

(Newser) - Customers who had their paid-for copies of 1984 and Animal Farm yanked from their Kindles over a copyright issue are taking Amazon to court, InformationWeek reports. The company has apologized for its action and vowed not to repeat it, but the plaintiffs, who include a high school student whose homework... More »

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copyright • lawsuit • George Orwell • Kindle • Amazon.com • ebooks • e-readers

 Dethroned Miss Cali to Sue 

Claims 'lost earnings,' even though she got a book deal...

Jul 31, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Miss California drama isn’t over yet: dethroned Carrie Prejean is filing a lawsuit against the organization, reports Perez Hilton, who snagged a copy of the complaint. Prejean names Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler, but not Donald Trump, as defendants in her suit for—among other things—slander, libel,... More »

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entertainment • Donald Trump • celebrity • lawsuit • pageant • Carrie Prejean • Miss California • Shanna Moakler • Keith Lewis

(Newser) - A financial firm is suing Vanity Fair photographer Annie Leibovitz for failing to cooperate to repay a $24 million loan, reports the Telegraph. Leibovitz last year put up her photographs and two homes as collateral for the money to pay off debts. But now Art Capital Group said the 59-year-old... More »

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Vanity Fair • photography • debt • court • lawsuit • photographers • Annie Leibovitz • loan • repayment

 Trustee Sues 
 Ruth Madoff 
 for $44M 

Bankruptcy trustee says fraudster's wife received more than she'll admit to

Jul 29, 09 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The trustee in the Bernie Madoff case sued the swindler's wife today to demand the return of $44 million to bilked investors, Newsday reports. The complaint doesn't allege criminal activity by Ruth Madoff but says she directly received funds from her husband’s multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Ruth Madoff gave up... More »

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fraud • lawsuit • Ponzi scheme • investment fund • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff

(Newser) - The GOP has settled with Jackson Browne for using the left-leaning singer’s “Running on Empty” in campaign ads for John McCain in the 2008 election, Billboard reports. As part of the agreement—whose cash value is unknown—the GOP pledged to “respect and uphold the rights... More »

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John McCain • GOP • lawsuit • Republican Party • campaign advertising • Election 2008 • Jackson Browne • Running on Empty

Judge: CIA Used Fraud to
Get Wiretap Case Dismissed

Orders Tenet to explain misleading actions on wiretap suit

Jul 21, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - US District Judge Royce Lamberth released hundreds of secret filings yesterday, saying the CIA falsely claimed that state secrets were involved in a 15-year-old wiretapping lawsuit, McClatchy reports. The agency allowed the judge to continue believing that an agent involved in the case was undercover, when in reality that cover... More »

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CIA • George Tenet • federal courts • lawsuit • wiretap • undercover • Leon Panetta • wiretapping • U.S. District Court • Royce Lamberth

 Roethlisberger 
 Sued Over 
 Sex Assault 

Big Ben denies allegations

Jul 21, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Nevada hotel employee is suing Ben Roethlisberger for sexual assault and battery, Pro Football Talk reports. Andrea McNulty claims the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback lured her to his hotel room, then forced her to have sex. Roethlisberger’s lawyer denies the allegations: “Ben has never sexually assaulted anyone; especially... More »

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NFL • Ben Roethlisberger • football • Pittsburgh Steelers • lawsuit • sexual assault • Andrea McNulty

(Newser) - The New York attorney general has told Charles Schwab he will sue the brokerage for civil fraud over its marketing of securities to clients, reports the Wall Street Journal. Andrew Cuomo alleges that Schwab's brokers had little understanding of the financial instruments and then failed to inform clients that the... More »

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debt • lawsuit • Andrew Cuomo • liquidity • brokerage • Charles Schwab Corp • auction-rate securities • brokers • financial crisis

JACKSON ROUNDUP

 Rowe Sues 
 Fake 'Friend' 

Plus, investigation turns criminal, doctor flees California

Jul 17, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Let the Michael Jackson lawsuits begin. Ex-wife Debbie Rowe filed a defamation suit against Rebecca White, Radar reports. White who claimed to be a friend of Rowe's, publicized an e-mail in which she said Rowe wrote, “Do I want the kids? Hell no.” Rowe denies being friends with... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • lawsuit • Michael Jackson • Debbie Rowe • Conrad Murray • Katherine Jackson • Joe Jackson • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • Blanket Jackson • celebrity death • Prince Michael Jackson II

Judge Quashes Trump's Suit Against Author

The Donald took issue with being called mere multi-millionaire

Jul 16, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Donald Trump will have to live with being regarded as somewhat less astronomically wealthy, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, after a judge today dismissed his defamation suit against Timothy O’Brien, author of TrumpNation. O’Brien estimated that Trump is worth $150-$250 million; Trump says he’s worth billions, and claimed... More »

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real estate • Donald Trump • libel • publishing • lawsuit • real estate development • billionaire • millionaires • The Donald • Timothy O%u2019Brien • TrumpNation

OPINION

 To Fix Health Care,  
 Fix Malpractice Mess 

But that requires ignoring special interests—an unlikely scenario

Jul 15, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - If we’re going to reform health care, we need to contain the vast costs of a malpractice system that chiefly benefits trial lawyers, writes Philip Howard in the Wall Street Journal. As it stands, “billions of dollars are wasted in ‘defensive medicine,’” and 60%... More »

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health care • Congress • health care costs • lawsuit • health care reform • malpractice • trial lawyers

(Newser) - Family members of dozens of black and Hispanic children turned away from a suburban Philadelphia swim club plan to sue the club for discrimination, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The director of the camp has turned down the club's invitation for the campers to return. "The children are permanently scarred,... More »

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discrimination • children • Pennsylvania • lawsuit • summer camp • Valley Swim Club • Creative Steps Day Camp

(Newser) - A Hollywood producer has filed a lawsuit claiming he wrote the original pilot for ABC’s hit series Lost—in 1977, TMZ reports. Anthony Spinner says ABC passed on the series three times, then created a knockoff in 2004 with Touchstone Television. Spinner, who’s seeking a share of royalties,... More »

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entertainment • Lost • ABC • lawsuit • Touchstone Television • Anthony Spinner

Paris Swears She Hyped Pledge This!

Party girl testifies
in court, tells judge
he's 'the best ever'

Jul 10, 09 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paris Hilton testified in a Miami courtroom today that she's an Aquarius, she's creative, and she promoted the 2007 clunker Pledge This! "more than I ever plugged anything in my life." The party girl/heiress defended herself against a lawsuit that claims she failed to hype the $7.... More »

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Paris Hilton • Miami • court • lawsuit • NBC Local

(Newser) - Massachusetts has challenged the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, saying it interferes with a state's right to define and regulate marriage, the Boston Globe reports. “In enacting DOMA,” the lawsuit reads, “... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • United States • Massachusetts • lawsuit • constitutionality • Defense of Marriage Act • same-sex couples

(Newser) - The fan kicked out of Yankee Stadium last August for trying to use the bathroom during God Bless America won a moral victory (and a payday) today, NY1 reports, with the Yankees and New York City settling the man’s discrimination suit. The team publicly stated that it has no... More »

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Boston Red Sox • New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • lawsuit • bathroom • baseball

 LiLo Sued Over Fake Tanner 

Chemist says formula is stolen

Jul 7, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s latest career venture has hit a speed bump, the St. Petersburg Times reports: A Florida chemist is suing Lohan for allegedly stealing her formula to create the actress’ sunless tanner. Jennifer Sunday says she was working on a deal with Lohan’s partner, Lorit Simon, that fell... More »

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entertainment • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • lawsuit • tanning • Sevin Nyne • Lorit Simon • Jennifer Sunday

Ruth Madoff May Not Keep Her $2.5M For Long

Victims can still sue swindler's wife to recoup losses

Jul 2, 09 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - When she leaves her Manhattan penthouse, Ruth Madoff will have a mere $2.5 million to her name—and she might not have that for long either, Newsday reports. Madoff’s deal with the government—in which she’ll gives up more than $80 million in assets, keeping just the... More »

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bankruptcy • lawsuit • Fairfield • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff • trustee • bankruptcy trustee

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