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December 2007
- Texas Couple Fights to Save Their Orgies
  
  Newsweek | Dec 16, 07 5:37 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Swingers Jim Trulock and Julie Norris think they should be allowed to have sex in the privacy of their own home—with 100 of their closest friends. Unfortunately, the Dallas suburb they live in disagrees, Newsweek reports. Trulock and Norris have twice been charged with running a sex club after holding wild, sex-drenched parties. “It's none of the government's business!” their lawyer insists. More »
- Label to Die for: 'Danger— Avoid Death'
  
  Associated Press | Dec 13, 07 1:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Turns out creators of the bizarrely macabre warning posted on a tractor—"Danger: Avoid Death"—didn't make such a grave mistake after all. The warning was so peculiar that it won the 11th annual Wacky Warning Label Contest, an event run by a lawsuit abuse group. Second place went to the warning on an iron-on decal that : "Do not iron while wearing shirt." Duh. More »
- Court Indeed a Mickey Mouse Operation
  
  Associated Press | Dec 5, 07 9:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A man is on trial in Italy for counterfeiting Disney and Warner Bros. merchandise, and a surprising set of witnesses has been summoned: Tweety, Mickey Mouse, and Donald and Daisy Duck. Prosecutors in Naples blamed a clerical error for the summons, in which the Italian iterations of the cartoon characters—Titti, Paperino, Paperina and Topolino—were called to testify, the AP reports. More »
November 2007
- Does Judith Regan Have a Smoking Gun?
  
  New York Observer | Nov 27, 07 5:07 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Axed publisher Judith Regan sees herself as “the prom queen who got tripped up by the vicious meanies at News Corp,” the New York Observer posits, but nobody who knows her underestimates Regan's skills as a fighter. Either she really does have damaging secrets about Rudy Giuliani behind her defamation and discrimination lawsuit, or she's betting really big on her contract. Regan reportedly turned down a $6.5-million settlement this summer. More »
- Pavarotti Widow Sues 2 Friends
  
  Associated Press | Nov 26, 07 5:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Luciano Pavarotti's widow is suing two of her late husband's close friends for $44 million over what she terms defamatory remarks about her marriage and character. Nicoletta Mantovani claims they began "feeding the media with rumors" after the maestro died of cancer in September. The duo publicly claimed Pavarotti complained of his wife's obsession with money and her tendency to isolate him. More »
- Vegas Barkeep Sues Rodman
  
  Associated Press | Nov 25, 07 12:17 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Las Vegas bartender is suing Dennis Rodman in federal court for assault, saying the ex-NBA star rubbed up against her and slapped her derriere last year, reports the AP. Sara Robinson is also accusing the Hard Rock hotel for firing her after she filed a complaint regarding Rodman's behavior. It's deja vu for the ex-NBA star, who was sued in Vegas in 2001. More »
- Loser Sues Winner for Falsifying Sex
  
  Associated Press | Nov 23, 07 6:21 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A defeated city council candidate is accusing the victorious incumbent, Michelle Bruce, of deceiving voters by identifying herself as female. Plaintiff Georgia Fuller’s lawyers say voters in Riverdale, Georgia, tend to favor female candidates. “It gives her an unfair advantage, it’s not just sour grapes,” said the lawyer. “I’ve always been Michelle,” answers Bruce, who identifies herself as transgender. More »
- Christian Sues Springer Musical for Blasphemy
  
  BBC | Nov 21, 07 6:53 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Christian activist in Britain is battling in court to sue the men behind hit musical "Jerry Springer—The Opera" for blasphemy. The play, which depicts Eve as a pole dancer and Jesus as a diaper-wearing deviant, is a "spiteful, willful denigration of Christian belief," his attorney argued. More »
- Regan's Claim Reveals the Real Fox
  
  Guardian (UK) | Nov 20, 07 7:11 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - After 11 years of “the rabbit hole fiction” that Fox News is unbiased, the jig may be up, claims the Guardian ’s American editor, Michael Tomasky. An admitted liberal journalist himself, Tomasky thinks it's time Fox stopped pretending not to be a conservative voice, as its audience clearly understands it to be. And he thinks the lawsuit from Judith Regan, "the, um, brains behind the OJ Simpson If I Did It mediapalooza," could be the thing that ends the charade. More »
- Husband Skips After Winning the Lottery
  
  Miami Herald | Nov 19, 07 6:09 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Florida woman is suing her husband for a share of the state lottery winnings he neglected to share with her—or mention to her—before disappearing, the Miami Herald reports. Donna Campbell, an ex-model, had no idea that her airline-mechanic husband had shared a $19-million jackpot with 17 buddies from work when she found a postcard in the mail congratulating him on the purchase of his new home. More »
- Stripper Sues de la Hoya for Coercion
  
  Reuters | Nov 16, 07 9:43 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Russian stripper is suing Oscar de la Hoya for $100 million, claiming he coerced her to say embarrassing photos of the married boxer cavorting with her in drag were fakes. Milana Dravnel, who said she met the Golden Boy at Scores and saw him a couple of times a month for a year, had sold photos she said showed de la Hoya in women’s fishnet stockings and panties for $70,000. More »
- Axed OJ Book Publisher Sues News Corp. for $100M
  
  Bloomberg | Nov 14, 07 4:56 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Axed publisher Judith Regan has filed a $100 million lawsuit against News Corp., charging the company made her the target of a smear campaign and fired her because she had information damaging to Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign. "The smear campaign was necessary to advance News Corp.'s political agenda," she said. Regan was dumped after she championed a controversial book featuring OJ Simpson's almost-murder confession. More »
- Rowling Sues Fan Site Author Over Potter Trivia Book
  
  Reuters | Nov 1, 07 6:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is suing the creator of a devoted online fan site for trying to cash in on her work by publishing a book of Potter information, Reuters reports. Rowling had previously praised the site, the Harry Potter Lexicon, which compiles details from all seven books of the boy wizard's saga into an online encyclopedia. More »
September 2007
- Dry Cleaners Sell Shop Shredded by $67M Lawsuit
  
  Washington Post | Sep 20, 07 3:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Years of legal fees and emotional trauma have forced a couple to sell the Washington D.C. dry cleaning shop that was hit with a $67 million lawsuit by a customer over a lost pair of pants. The publicity from the lawsuit, which the customer lost, cost Soo and Jin Chung most of their business, and this is the second of three stores they've had to close. More »
August 2007
- Rutgers Player Sues Imus Over Insults
  
  ABC News | Aug 15, 07 7:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - One of the Rutgers basketball players radio host Don Imus referred to as "nappy-headed hos" is suing the shock jock for libel, slander, defamation, and violation of her civil rights, among other charges. Kia Vaughn, 20, the Scarlet Knights' star center, is seeking unspecified monetary damages from the 67-year-old radio personality and affiliated companies including NBC, CBS, and Viacom. More »
- Judge May Have Sued His Own Pants Off
  
  Washington Post | Aug 8, 07 6:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Roy Pearson, the DC judge who sued his dry cleaners for $54 million after they lost his pants, may need to start tailoring his resume. A city commission informed Pearson yesterday that his reappointment is in jeopardy, reports the Washington Post. Though the pants trial made Pearson a national laughingstock, it's only one of many questions about his record. More »
July 2007
- $54M Pants Party Helps Pay Legal Fees
  
  Associated Press | Jul 25, 07 12:40 PM CDT