The woman who taught Tiger Woods’ kindergarten class has retained Gloria Allred to pursue a retraction from the now world-famous golfer of a story he told in a book about…
A lawsuit filed by the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani over his elimination from the Duke University golf team has been dismissed by a federal judge…
The Thomas M. Cooley Law School is paying $1.48 million over 11 years for naming rights to the stadium for a minor league baseball team called the Lansing Lugnuts.
A lawyer who once made the low-budget film Zombie High has a new career as an intellectual property litigator now battling Disney on behalf of the heirs of a comic…
In the opening briefs in a case between two media giants that is widely seen as a critical test of the Digital Milennium Copyright Act, each side accuses the other…
A former model who says she was horrified to learn her photo was used as a “masturbatory prop” in the comedy Couples Retreat has sued the movie makers for $10…
Robert “Joe” Halderman, the former CBS producer charged with attempted grand larceny in a scheme to extort $2 million from David Letterman, pleaded guilty this afternoon.
One of the most talked about moments of Sunday night’s Oscars was the acceptance speech for the winners of the Documentary Short category. Cameras followed Music by Prudence producer-director Roger…
Quinn Emanuel partner David Quinto does double duty for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He protects trademarks and copyrights for the organization—and he’ll be protecting the awards…
A journalist who was embedded with his three-man unit during the Iraq war to write an article for Playboy, wound up making him look bad, a soldier says, by reworking…
Accused of including fictitious information in his book about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Japan during World War II, Charles Pellegrino is now seeing The Last Train from…
A man who was beaten on an episode of Jersey Shore is suing to prevent Tuesday’s planned DVD release of the first season as well as any re-airings of both…
The father of the Olympic luge athlete killed in an accident last week is dismissing the idea of a lawsuit. But a luger injured in a November accident is considering…
The man whose offbeat “Pants on the Ground” audition during American Idol’s recruiting session in Atlanta became an overnight sensation has hired a lawyer to claim royalty rights from those…
An Australian judge has ruled the 1980s song “Down Under” by the band Men at Work copies a song written more than 70 years ago, “Kookaburra Sits in the Old…
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