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Nov 4, 2009 6:51 PM CST

Sex Tape Got Prejean to Settle Suit

TMZ says it's had too-racy-to-post video for months

(Newser) - Today’s decision by former Miss California Carrie Prejean to drop a lawsuit against the pageant came after one of its lawyers showed Prejean a sex tape that TMZ says it obtained “months ago but decided not to post … because it was so racy.” As part of...

Prejean, Pageant Drop Lawsuits

NO BOOB-JOB REPO

Nov 4, 2009 8:12 AM CST

Prejean, Pageant Drop Lawsuits

Former Miss California will not have to pay for her new breasts

(Newser) - Have we heard the last of Carrie Prejean? Probably not, but the former Miss California and pageant producers have dropped their dueling lawsuits. A statement says they “wish each other the best in their future endeavors,” but gives no word on the settlement reached. A source tells Radar...

AT&T Sues Verizon Over 'Misleading' TV Ads

Nov 3, 2009 5:31 PM CST

AT&T Sues Verizon Over 'Misleading' TV Ads

Spots wrongly suggest a lack of coverage in large areas, it says

(Newser) - AT&T went to court today to try to stop Verizon from mocking its wireless coverage in new TV commercials. The lawsuit contends that Verizon uses "misleading" maps to suggest that AT&T customers get no coverage at all in large swaths of the country. Verizon's "There's a...

Kate Winslet
Wins $40K in
'Body Image'
Libel Suit

Nov 3, 2009 9:34 AM CST

Kate Winslet Wins $40K in 'Body Image' Libel Suit

Daily Mail lied in saying she lied about exercise, self-acceptance

(Newser) - Kate Winslet is serious about positive body image—and her crusade is aimed at more than just the impressionable young women of the world. The actress has won $40,000 from the Daily Mail, which reported in January that Winslet lied when she said she was taking a break from...

'Tortured' Rendition
Victim Told
He Can't Sue

Nov 3, 2009 4:01 AM CST

'Tortured' Rendition Victim Told He Can't Sue

Canadian sent to Syria plans to appeal

(Newser) - A Canadian citizen sent to Syria after being mistakenly arrested at JFK Airport cannot sue US authorities, a court has ruled. Maher Arar, who says he was tortured during the year he was held in Syrian custody, was told by a New York court that it has no legal right...

Radio Station Fined $16M For Fatal Contest

Oct 30, 2009 3:37 AM CDT

Radio Station Fined $16M For Fatal Contest

Mom died of water intoxication in effort to win Wii for her kids

(Newser) - A Sacramento radio station has been ordered to pay $16 million to the family of a woman who died during its "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest. The woman, who was trying to win the game console for her three children, died of water intoxication after taking part...

Madoff Colleague Found Dead in Swimming Pool

Oct 25, 2009 4:07 PM CDT

Madoff Colleague Found Dead in Swimming Pool

Jeffry Picower faced Ponzi scheme lawsuit

(Newser) - Philanthropist Jeffry Picower, who allegedly reaped billions of dollars from longtime friend Bernard Madoff's Ponzi schemes, was found dead today at the bottom of his Florida swimming pool. Efforts to revive him failed, and his death was ruled a drowning, police said. Picower, 67, wife Barbara, and their foundation were...

Shakira Imitator
Can't Sue Bar

shake it, don't break it

Oct 23, 2009 12:10 PM CDT

Shakira Imitator Can't Sue Bar

Shake it and break it? You're on your own, court rules

(Newser) - A woman who says she shredded knee ligaments when she fell during a “Shake it Like Shakira” contest can't sue the New York bar that staged the competition. Calico Jack’s Cantina is off the hook after Megan Zacher's lawyer failed to convince a judge the bar “knew...

Prejean: Suit a
'Smear Campaign'

BOOB JOB LAWSUITS

Oct 21, 2009 8:08 AM CDT

Prejean: Suit a 'Smear Campaign'

Pageant wants money back for Carrie's breast implants

(Newser) - Thanks to the Miss California pageant’s lawsuit to reclaim the cash it spent on her boob job, Carrie Prejean is still talking. Through her lawyer, at least: He tells Radar the lawsuit is just the latest in an “ongoing smear campaign” and that the pageant is inventing “...

Madoff HQ Was
'Coke-Fueled
Animal House'

Oct 21, 2009 2:58 AM CDT

Madoff HQ Was 'Coke-Fueled Animal House'

Ponzi kingpin now sharing cell with drug offender

(Newser) - Bernie Madoff ran the druggiest, most decadent securities fraud in town, according to court papers filed yesterday. Madoff's offices were so awash in cocaine—paid for with investors' money—that it was nicknamed "the North Pole," and the firm hosted drug-fueled parties featuring topless waitresses, according to a...

Pageant Wants Its Money Back for Prejean's Implants

Oct 19, 2009 6:52 PM CDT

Pageant Wants Its Money Back for Prejean's Implants

Miss California officials quote scripture right back at stripped winner

(Newser) - The Miss California pageant wants back the money it ponied up for Carrie Prejean to get breast implants, countering her lawsuit with one of its own. Prejean alleges she was a victim of, among other things, religious discrimination in being stripped of her crown after taking an anti-gay-marriage stance; the...

TLC Sues Jon for Yakking

MORE DRAMA

Oct 16, 2009 9:48 AM CDT

TLC Sues Jon for Yakking

Plus, Gosselins fired up after former nanny accuses Jon of hacking Kate's stuff

(Newser) - Thought Jon and Kate Gosselin would go away just because their show is ending? Oh no. TLC is suing Jon for breach of contract—specifically, for accepting money to appear on other shows. The suit also claims Gosselin’s reason for blocking Jon and Kate from filming had nothing to...

2 Madoff Victims Sue SEC

Oct 14, 2009 3:32 PM CDT

2 Madoff Victims Sue SEC

Regulators are responsible for victims' losses, suit claims

(Newser) - Two investors who lost a combined $2.4 million to Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme have sued the SEC for negligence. The lawsuit argues that the commission should reimburse the plaintiffs for their losses because it failed in its duty to protect investors. Regulators had "countless opportunities" to catch...

Carly Simon Sues Starbucks

Oct 12, 2009 5:36 PM CDT

Carly Simon Sues Starbucks

Coffee chain's failed music label bungled her album's release, singer says

(Newser) - Carly Simon intended the 2008 album This Kind of Love to be her swan song, and she was excited about the record company that would release it: Starbucks-owned Hear Music. The coffee chain had wooed her with a big advance and promises of high exposure in stores, but instead Starbucks...

Oprah Flight Attendant
Sues Over Sex Allegations

Oct 10, 2009 2:43 PM CDT

Oprah Flight Attendant Sues Over Sex Allegations

Claims co-workers made up story about her and the pilot

(Newser) - A weird lawsuit from the world of Oprah: A flight attendant on the talk show queen's private jet claims she was unjustly fired over false allegations that she had sex with the pilot. The woman says two other flight attendants—one of them the daughter of Oprah pal Gayle King—...

Brit Transsexual Sues for
Health Service Boob Job

Oct 9, 2009 2:00 AM CDT

Brit Transsexual Sues for Health Service Boob Job

Plaintiff claims refusing surgery is a violation of human rights

(Newser) - A transsexual denied breast enlargement surgery by Britain's National Health Service is suing, claiming the denial violates her human rights. The plaintiff—who has undergone hormone treatment and lived as a woman for the last decade—says the surgery is essential to her identity as a woman.

Polanski Made Deal to Pay Rape Victim $500K

Oct 2, 2009 5:53 PM CDT

Polanski Made Deal to Pay Rape Victim $500K

Court papers unclear on whether Samantha Geimer received money

(Newser) - Roman Polanski struck a deal to settle a civil lawsuit and pay his rape victim $500,000 after going on the lam, but it's not clear whether she received the entire sum. Court papers relating to the 1988 suit, which was settled in 1993, indicate that the fugitive director missed...

Court Dismisses Dan Rather's Suit vs. CBS

Sep 29, 2009 6:16 PM CDT

Court Dismisses Dan Rather's Suit vs. CBS

Appellate panel tosses $70M breach of contract claim

(Newser) - Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS is all but over after an appellate court in New York dismissed his case today. Rather's lawyer vowed to appeal the ruling in the breach of contract suit. Rather initiated the suit following his ouster as Evening News anchor in the wake of...

Lawsuit Hits BoA for '1,784 Billion, Trillion Dollars'

Sep 25, 2009 4:46 PM CDT

Lawsuit Hits BoA for '1,784 Billion, Trillion Dollars'

Man requests cosmic sum to compensate for bad customer service

(Newser) - An angry customer is suing Bank of America for "1,784 billion, trillion dollars" over service he found less than satisfying, Reuters reports. Dalton Chiscolm filed the suit for "inconsistent information from a 'Spanish woman,'” a judge says. "He apparently alleges that checks have been rejected...

EPA Sues North Face
Over 'Anti-Bacteria' Boots

Sep 24, 2009 6:40 AM CDT

EPA Sues North Face Over 'Anti-Bacteria' Boots

Company could be fined $1M for misleading claims

(Newser) - North Face may be kicked with a fine of up to $1 million for claiming its shoes have the power to kill fungus and bacteria. The EPA filed a lawsuit against the outdoor clothing company's parent firm yesterday, alleging that the operation violated federal law by advertising that its specially...