Ex-beauty queen Carrie Prejean reportedly doesn’t have to repay Miss California USA pageant organizers for the $5,200 they allegedly paid for her breast implants or give them any of the…
There’s no question that Laura Dekker is an accomplished sailor. And a psychological report says her social and emotional development wouldn’t be hindered by an around-the-world solo sailing trip.
A Montana jury yesterday held that the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats must pay $850,000 to the family of a 18-year-old who was struck in the head by a…
Contract lawyers for entertainment companies are trying to cover all the bases with contracts that assert rights to revenue streams not only on Earth, but throughout the universe.
Seven teenage girls and young women—many of whom knew each other from high school—are being probed in an ongoing investigation of a multimillion-dollar celebrity burglary ring in the Los Angeles…
Seems officials at the University of Central Florida promised Marcus Jordan he could wear the Nike Air Jordan shoes pioneered by his famous dad, legendary professional basketball star Michael Jordan,…
In a sign that litigation and legal wranglings may outlive the popular reality show Jon & Kate Plus 8, TLC has sued Jon Gosselin for breach of contract.
A California divorce court may have to decide who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers, following a separation announcement yesterday by the baseball team’s husband-and-wife co-owners, Frank and Jamie McCourt.
A pick-up basketball game at the University of Texas led to a misdemeanor assault charge against a star Longhorns freshman safety after he allegedly fought with a law student at…
Len Elmore has had plenty of successes in his life. He was a pro basketball player for 10 years, a Harvard Law School grad, a prosecutor, a sports agent, a…
Observers are debating how best to handle shakedown attempts, following David Letterman’s startling announcement on his Late Show television program last week that he had sexual relationships with some women…
Attendance was way up yesterday at a Harvard Law School entertainment law class after Tom Cruise made an unexpected appearance along with a celebrity lawyer who was serving as a…
Celebrity lawyer Gerald Shargel, who is representing a CBS News producer accused of attempting to extort $2 million from David Letterman, did the rounds this morning on network television shows.
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