Under fire after his ex-girlfriend publicly released audio recordings in which Mel Gibson is accused of threatening her and uttering a number of racial slurs, the famous actor was also…
A Manhattan judge has dismissed a $10 million lawsuit filed by a model who objected to the “lascivious use of her photo” in the comedy movie Couples Retreat.
An Australian judge has ordered the band Men at Work to pay royalties to a music publisher for copying ”Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree” in a hit song…
He was seeking $8 million. But a jury awarded former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen $2 million this week in his legal malpractice claim against a Windy City law firm,…
Is a sequel the same thing as a spinoff? That appears to be a central question in a looming legal battle by the ex-wife of actor Michael Douglas for half…
Charges have been dropped against two Dutch women who had been accused of orchestrating a marketing campaign in which they and 34 other women wore to a World Cup soccer…
In a trial being closely watched by the women’s sports community, a federal court in Bridgeport, Conn., today was to begin a bench trial on an overarching question: Is competitive…
A famous former basketball player for the Chicago Bulls says he lost money because an Illinois law firm didn’t do enough due diligence on the trusted adviser who allegedly cost…
You might think Indiana officials would have learned a lawsuit lesson from the Dillinger Museum. After a seven-year litigation saga, tourism officials in Hammond…
In the past five months, Virginia-based law firm Dunlap, Grubb, & Weaver has filed suits against thousands of individuals accused of illegally downloading independent films—an operation that could yield the…
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