LOS ANGELES – One of the two male masseurs who accused actor John Travolta of sexual assault dropped his $2 million lawsuit on Tuesday, but the lawyer for the second man said he was going ahead with that case and was confident of success.
The unidentified man, referred to as John Doe No. 1, who claimed that the Hollywood star groped him during [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed claims against Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Coand 40 other defendants that they helped mislead investors in General Electric Co’s $12.2 billion stock offering in 2008.
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, who took over the case in February, said a January ruling denying the defendants’ bid to dismiss claims failed to consider key court rulings and improperly relied on certain statements.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Bret Michaels and organizers of the Tony Awards have settled a lawsuit filed by the rocker after a 2009 incident in which he was hit in the head with a set piece and suffered injuries that contributed to a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him.
The confidential settlement also covers Michaels’ claims against CBS Broadcasting, which aired the show and the mishap, which became a viral video watched by tens of millions online.
Bell Mobility Inc. (“Bell”), and its parent company, BCE, were served this morning with a $100 million lawsuit, which alleges the expiry dates on its pre-paid wireless services are illegal.
The lawsuit alleges that Bell systemically breaches its contracts with its pre-paid wireless customers by seizing credit balances, and that Bell engages in “unfair practices”, contrary to Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act.
After Beyonce pulled out of a deal to do a dance-themed video game, she was served with a $100+ million lawsuit from the video game company that struck the deal.
She had applied to have the suit thrown out, but today a Manhattan judge decided that the request was “meritless,” which means the suit will go forward. Beyonce will now either have to settle or have her day in court.
Food companies not wanting to fend off lawsuits need to be a bit better about their marketing, it seems!
After the maker of Nutella settled a lawsuit over its claims that the spread was “a healthy and nutritious part of a balanced breakfast” now we get word of another suit in the same vein.
On behalf of all of us, Annie Lam of Daly City California has sued General Mills because [...]
On the spectrum of Hollywood bombshells, the news Monday that John Travolta has been slapped with a lawsuit involving an alleged gay sexual overture ranks about as shocking as Lindsay Lohan getting picked up for violating parole.
Whether or not the allegations can be proven true, the suit is just the most public acknowledgment of rumors that have floated around Travolta for years.
The heirs of Richard Ritchie, the man who developed the formula for Pepsi-Cola in 1931, sued snack and beverage giant Pepsico Inc. yesterday.
Ritchie’s daughter, Joan Ritchie Silleck, and his son, Robert Ritchie said they wanted to erase any doubt that his documents were theirs to share with historians, collectors and film producers.
Kansas City: A former Kansas City woman who converted to Islam in 2005 said she was harassed for years at AT&T, and that the abuse boiled over in 2008 when her boss snatched her head scarf and exposed her hair.
A Jackson County jury on Thursday awarded Susann Bashir $5 million in punitive damages in her discrimination lawsuit, along with $120,000 in lost wages and other actual damages.
LINCOLN (AP) — Beer vendors in a tiny Nebraska town would be forced to discriminate against residents of a neighboring South Dakota American Indian reservation if a judge agrees with a lawsuit accusing the retailers and others of knowingly contributing to the reservation’s alcohol-related problems, attorneys said in asking for the lawsuit to be dismissed.
The argument is among several made in motions filed Friday asking a judge to dismiss the $500 million lawsuit filed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe against some of the world’s largest beer makers [...]
