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So Sue Me

Frivolous lawsuits aren't just the stuff of lawyer jokes anymore

From a $54 million action over a pair of lost pants, to a Christian activist who's up in arms over the blasphemous portrayal of Eve as a pole dancer in "Jerry Springer:The Opera," to lawsuits by Judith Regan and Don Imus, everybody is suing somebody these days

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July 2008
- Giuliani's Son Sues Duke in Golf Dismissal
  
  newser | New York Post | Jul 24, 08 4:50 PM CDT
  
  Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew has filed suit against Duke University to protest his dismissal from the school’s golf team, the New York Post reports. Giuliani’s suit contends he was kicked off the team with no warning. Coach OD Vincent said Giuliani threw golf clubs around, disrespected a trainer and played a team game of football harder than the other players liked. More »
- 50 Cent Sues Taco Bell for Big Change
  
  newser | E! Online | Jul 24, 08 10:27 AM CDT
  
  Rapper 50 Cent is suing Taco Bell for $4 million over a guerrilla ad campaign, reports E! Online. The fast food giant wrote Fiddy, suggesting he change his name to 79, 89, or 99 Cent for a price promotion. By releasing the letter to the media, he claims Taco Bell unfairly traded on his brand, "diluting the value of his good name." More »
- Mosley Wins Privacy Suit over 'Nazi' S&M Orgy
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jul 24, 08 6:09 AM CDT
  
  Max Mosley has won his lawsuit against a British tabloid for exposing a sadomasochistic orgy he took part in and falsely claiming it had Nazi overtones, reports the Guardian . In a landmark decision, the head of world motorsport was awarded $120,000 in damages—thought to be a record in a British privacy case—from the News of the World , owned by Rupert Murdoch. More »
- UC-Berkeley Can Chop Sitters' Trees: Judge
  
  newser | San Francisco Chronicle | Jul 23, 08 4:11 PM CDT
  
  After a year and a half of wrangling, a California judge gave UC Berkeley the green light yesterday to cut down dozens of trees in order to build an athletic training center next to its football stadium. Three protesters are still living in one tree at the site and are refusing to leave, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. More »
- Love Sued Over Nirvana Catalog
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 23, 08 12:05 PM CDT
  
  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 The End of Music, her company that oversees Cobain's intellectual property. More »
- Don't Expect Dora at Your Kid's Party
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 22, 08 3:48 PM CDT
  
  Want to book Elmo for your kid’s birthday party? Better expect “Big Red Tickle Monster” instead, the Wall Street Journal reports. Corporations that control the use of children’s entertainment characters are targeting costume-rental services that offer unauthorized versions of their cash cows, resulting in lawsuits, grotesque lookalikes, and disappointed kids. More »
- As Legal Battle Melts Carvel Fortune, Heir Cries Murder
  
  newser | Portfolio | Jul 20, 08 2:18 PM CDT
  
  The 18-year battle over Tom Carvel’s estate is as bitter as his franchise’s soft-serve and ice-cream cakes are sweet, with his niece Pamela—the only surviving family heir—now pushing authorities to investigate claims Carvel was murdered by insiders bent on staking claim to a $67 million fortune. Portfolio traces a story featuring safe-cracking, shredded records, and a potentially forged death certificate. More »
- Chinese Artist Sues Over 'Insulting' Panda
  
  newser | Independent (UK) | Jul 19, 08 5:58 PM CDT
  
  Kung Fu Panda may not seem very controversial, but it sure offended Zhao Bandi, a Chinese performance artist who is renowned for using panda images in his work. Zhao is suing Dreamworks for the film’s “insulting” portrayal of China’s national icon, the Independent reports. “Designing the panda with green eyes is a conspiracy,” Zhao says. “A panda with green eyes has the feeling of evil.” More »
- McMahon Sues Billionaire, Hospital Over Broken Neck
  
  newser | People | Jul 19, 08 1:08 PM CDT
  
  Venerable TV sidekick and debtor Ed McMahon is suing two parties he says have contributed to his financial crisis, People reports. First, McMahon’s suit alleges that “unsafe entry stairs” at a billionaire investor’s home caused him to fall and break his neck; the second party is the hospital he was taken to, which allegedly failed to diagnose the broken neck and subsequently provided substandard care. McMahon, meanwhile, is trying to save his Beverly Hills home from foreclosure. More »
- Woman Sues Spitzer Call Girl in ID Theft
  
  newser | Star-Ledger | Jul 18, 08 5:59 AM CDT
  
  A New Jersey woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Ashley Dupre—better known as Eliot Spitzer's high-priced call girl—and Girls Gone Wild for defamation and invasion of privacy for Dupre's use of the woman's lost driver's license on the raunchy program. More »
- Cruise Ship Art Dealer Faces Class Action
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 16, 08 6:07 AM CDT
  
  Park West Gallery in Southfield, Mich., claims to be "the world's largest art dealer," flogging more works than the major auction houses through its sales on half a dozen cruise lines. But while the onboard auctions promise "good investments," the New York Times reports that Park West is selling works at tremendously inflated prices. Now the gallery is facing a class-action lawsuit by disgruntled collectors. More »
- Corporate America Tries to Chip Away at Lawyer Bills
  
  newser | Portfolio | Jul 15, 08 8:18 PM CDT
  
  With corporate legal fees skyrocketing to unprecedented heights—the median amount big companies forked over per outside lawyer in 2007 was more than $600,000—firms are moving to exert some measure of control, Portfolio reports. Some of America’s biggest businesses are taking dramatic steps, like trading long-term agreements for lower fees or creating entirely new billing systems. More »
- Family Wants $25M Over Hospital Death
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 9, 08 11:03 AM CDT
  
  The family of the woman who died on the waiting-room floor in a Brooklyn hospital plans to sue for $25 million, CNN reports. Esmin Green’s relatives are also pushing for criminal charges against the hospital staff, who they say ignored her and falsified records to say she was up and about when she was actually lying ignored on the floor, dying. More »
- Pringles Aren't Potato Chips, British Court Rules
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 4, 08 2:43 PM CDT
  
  It’s official: Pringles are legally no longer considered potato chips in England—and manufacturer Procter & Gamble couldn’t be happier, Reuters reports. In an effort to avoid the UK's tax on chips, P&G went to court to argue the tube-dwelling snacks were actually more like cakes or biscuits. It turns out Pringles aren’t even made of potatoes. More »
- Philly Guides Seek Liberty From Licensing Law
  
  newser | Philadelphia Inquirer | Jul 3, 08 10:40 AM CDT
  
  Three tour guides in the cradle of democracy are taking the city to court over a law they say tramples on their constitutional rights, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . The law compels Philadelphia guides to pay a fee and take a test to get a tour license—and the plaintiffs argue the requirements violate their First Amendment right to free speech. More »
June 2008
- Mini Me Sues TMZ Over Sex Tape
  
  newser | TMZ | Jun 27, 08 10:00 AM CDT
  
  "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, TMZ reports. In addition to damages, Troyer is seeking to prevent further dissemination of the video, which features him and his former live-in girlfriend. More »
- MasterCard to Pay Amex $1.8B
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 25, 08 8:51 AM CDT
  
  MasterCard will pay American Express $1.8 billion in 12 quarterly installments, settling a lawsuit that claimed it had blocked banks from offering American Express cards to customers, the Wall Street Journal reports. American Express said the antitrust settlement would "help to lessen the impact of this weakening economic cycle." Amex also sued Visa, which settled for $2.25 billion in November. More »
- Elvis Photo Leaves Enquirer Building
  
  newser | South Florida Sun-Sentinel | Jun 24, 08 9:00 AM CDT
  
  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 lawsuit between the developer who bought the building, which was contaminated by a 2001 letter, and the company hired to clean it. More »
- Canada Sings the Blues: Beloved Hockey Theme Iced
  
  newser | Globe and Mail | Jun 7, 08 1:09 PM CDT
  
  Hockey Night in Canada is changing its theme song, and if that doesn’t seem like a big deal to you, you’re probably not Canadian. The 40-year-old ditty has become almost a second national anthem for the hockey-obsessed nation. But thanks to a legal challenge from composer Dolores Claman, the state-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has announced a contest to find the new theme. More »
May 2008
- Secret Service Is Racist, Suit Alleges
  
  newser | ABC News | May 29, 08 10:32 AM CDT
  
  A culture of racism lurks behind the dark glasses of the Secret Service, claims a lawsuit filed by more than 100 current and former black agents who say they were denied promotions. The Service denies the charges, but the suit has brought troubling emails to light, ABC News reports. One circulated among supervisors says a Jesse Jackson assassination “certainly wouldn’t be a great loss,” and others include racially crude jokes. More »

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Jin Nam Chung, left, and Soo Chung stand inside of their dry cleaning business, Custom Cleaners, in Washington on May 2, 2007. The owners of a dry cleaner who were sued for $54 million over a missing... (Associated Press)

A Harry Potter fan begins to read the latest German edition of J.K. Rowling's seventh fantasy book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" after a book presentation Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, in Berlin,... (Associated Press)

One of the disputed Oscar de la Hoya photo (Realnessmess (YouTube))

Dennis Rodman poses backstage before the Christian Audigier Fall 2007 fashion show during the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, Calif., in this March 21, 2007 file photo.... (Associated Press)

Judith Regan is photographed in the studio of her "Judith Regan Show" on Sirius satellite radio in this 2006 file photo in New York. One-time book publishing powerhouse Judith Regan filed a $100 million... (Associated Press)

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