The Beastie Boys were slapped with a lawsuit of the eve of the death of band member Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, adding insult to the devastating injury of losing the musician at the age of 47.
Defense attorney Joe Amendola is looking for a delay in his client's trial.
A recent lawsuit against John Travolta will do little to quell the longstanding rumors that the actor is a closeted homosexual. An ex-masseur is suing the actor for $2 million, claiming that he sexually assaulted him back in January.
Treyarch recently announced their next venture into the ?Call of Duty? franchise, confirming rumors that the game will be a sequel to their 2010 title. ?Black Ops 2? is slated for a November 2012 release, and fans are gearing up for the Los Angeles-based Cold War shooter. However, Activision could be facing some legal troubles over the new game?s setting.
John Travolta was hit with a sexual battery and assault lawsuit for $2 million by a masseur claiming the actor rubbed his leg, touched his genitals and made strange references to sexual favors.
Google Inc infringed some of Oracle Corp's copyrights on the Java programming language, a U.S. jury found on Monday after days of deliberation.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) is suing Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), accusing leaders of the world's biggest retailer of not upholding the best interest of shareholders by quashing an investigation of bribery of public officials by its Mexican subsidiary.
A UC San Diego student, who was forgotten by the DEA in a cell for five days without food, water or any human contact, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against federal drug officials saying he suffered kidney failure. Daniel Chong's attorney Eugene Iredale has sent a five-page demand notice to the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) general counsel, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
French fashion house Hermès successfully won a fake Birkin bag lawsuit on Tuesday
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Jose Padilla's lawsuit against Bush administration counsel and torture memo author John Yoo.
Arkansas native Sharon Jones will have to give up her $1 million winnings from a lottery ticket she found discarded in the trash at a local convenience store after a judge ruled the original buyer for the ticket was the true winner.
A judge Tuesday ruled that a woman, who threw away the $1 million winning lottery ticket right after she had bought it, was entitled to the money.
Houston-based oil ang gas giant ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) has been fined $257 million to settle charges brought by the Chinese government following a massive oil spill. The company's Chinese venture partner, CNOOC Ltd., was also fined, to the tune of $76 million.
New DNA testing has proven the innocence of Colorado man Robert Dewey, who was wrongfully convicted for raping and killing Jacie Taylor in 1994. Dewey is expected to be released Tuesday after spending the last two decades behind bars.
Google Inc and its board were sued on Monday by a shareholder who wants to block the company's stock split plan because it entrenches the Web search company's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, according to court documents.
David Dalton, was said to have withdrawn his role as defense attorney for GCW in January. According to The St. Louis website, Dalton is said to be back as defense counsel.
A federal district judge issued a last-minute preliminary injunction that blocks the implementation of Department of Labor rules that stiffen employer obligations under the H-2B non-farm seasonal work visa. The rules were set to go into effect Friday, April 27.
An Indiana teacher was fired from a Roman Catholic school after undergoing in vitro fertilization, which the Church strictly shuns, according to the Associated Press. The 31-year-old former educator, Emily Herx, is filing a lawsuit claiming that her termination last June was a result of discrimination. The case could spark serious legal controversy over reproductive rights and religious rights.
Boeing Co turned in a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday as the company was able to ramp up production to meet rising demand.
Deion Sanders has been charged with assault of his estranged wife.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc must defend fraud claims brought by a bond insurance company over its notorious Abacus mortgage product deal, a New York state judge ruled, but she decided that the investment bank did not unjustly enrich itself.
Debbie Stevens, a New York based kidney donor, was fired after donating her organ to her boss. Now the 47-year-old divorced mom of two is demanding her kidney back in a lawsuit.
