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more about #lawsuits more comments → raincoaster: Brilliant title, brilliant ruling. more » BettyCrocker: LOLsuit = sheer giggly genius. Defamashuns - ur doin it rong. more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: "[A] statement that Mr. Torrosian was 'a douche' or 'douche bag' . . . is not capable of being proven false." The Honorable Judith J. Gische has spok... more » plasticene: well, I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop. more » econdave: She should have married George Costanza. Their kids would have the best-looking appendages ever! more » miss_msry: That is no Vargas Girl. And who is she trying to kid, 57? Add 20 years to that. more » OliversArmy: NY Post: "Once, the suit says, the super's wife whacked Rotger in the family jewels with a bag in an unprovoked attack this past August. Rotger was "... more » Maxichamp: That's what happens when you live in a gait-ed community. more » scroll_lock: They met when he brought up a UPS tarsal to her door. more » scroll_lock: The board president sounds like an anti fun gal. more » scroll_lock: Are they really going to kick them gout of the building? more » scroll_lock: This is an archly conservative board. Callous, too. more » scroll_lock: I heard she went toe to toe with the board but they just kept hammering away. more » scroll_lock: She should issue a blistering rebuke to that board. more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: This is toe good to be true! more » -
#lolsuits
The Reign of the Douche
A year ago, interrupty superflack Ronn [sic] Torossian filed America's Greatest Lawsuit when he sued rival flack Drew Kerr for $20 million(!) for setting up a website—RonnTorosianPR.com—with a picture of a douche ad on it. Douche sayswhat? More » -
#classwar
Hot Foot Hottie and Poor Hubby Need More Money Cause Board's Crummy
A hot sexxxy foot model's hot feet got too hot for her fancy Upper East Side neighbors, once she married a hot doorman in her building, alleges the hottest new tabloid class war story to hit hot type! More » -
#scandals
Naked Old Rich People Sue Each Other
This Palm Beach wealthy socialite scandal/ lawsuit is a totally impenetrable thicket of rich-person backbiting, except for the key fact that it involves naked photos of a 57 year-old woman, and the widow of Dr. Atkins. Interested? Sicko. [Page2Live] -
#lawsuits
Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads
Facebook and Zynga are the defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, which seeks upwards of $5 million for social network users scammed in online game ads. Neither company's top-drawer investors can be happy.
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#lolaw
Oh Now Kate Major Is Ready to File a Comical Lawsuit
Former tabloid reporter-turned Jon Gosselin love interest Kate Major is helping us with "punchlines," but for her they are just "decisions made by Kate Major." Lawsuit, why not? More » -
#internalmemos
New York Post Employees Shouldn't Leak Anything about That Lawsuit, According to Numerous Leaks
Former New York Post editor Sandra Guzman sued the paper last week over lurid allegations of racism, sexism, and all-around dickishness on the part of editor Col Allan. They just sent this memo out telling staff to hush. More » -
#mediacrack
Moonie Newspaper Editor Shockingly Forced to Attend Moonie Wedding
In your well-regarded Tuesday media column: A Washington Times editor reaches his breaking point, the NY Daily News makes a bizarre investment, Lou Dobbs has a terrifying new career option, and magazines are now pointless. More » -
#facebook
Class Action Suit in the Works for Victims of Social Gaming Scams
Facebook and MySpace might finally pay the price for the big social gaming scandal: At least one law firm is investigating whether to launch a class action suit on behalf of duped users. More » -
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#racism
The New York Post Is a Hellish Cauldron of Racism, Sexism, and White Rage: Lawsuit
A former New York Post editor who was fired last month for complaining about a ludicrously racist cartoon has filed a detailed complaint in federal court accusing editor Col Allan of racism, sexism, and all-round dickishiness of the highest order.
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#hackfights
Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling
You'd think tech bloggers would learn from the peacemaking founders of Skype, who just dropped lawsuits holding back the $2.8 billion sale of their former company. Instead the writers are calling one another inaccurate, spineless "toddlers." More » -
#advertising
Someone Patented Product Placement in TV Shows
It's hard to believe that there is actually an inventor of product placement; like swine flu, it always seemed just nature's dark side. But someone thinks he did in fact invent it and is willing to sue to prove it. More » -
#smoking
Clove Makers All Like, 'What Cigarettes?'
The fiendish "government" is trying to ban clove cigarettes. So Big Clove has invented a novel way to fight back: Getting a court to declare that their clove cigarettes are not, in fact, cigarettes. Dude. Come on. Just declare it. More » -
#boobs
Ex-Beauty Queen's Breast Implants Lead to Lawsuit
Carrie Prejean and her breasts are headed to court. The ex-beauty queen turned anti-gay activist is being sued by the organizers of the Miss California USA pageant who say they paid for her boob job. More » -
#lawsuits
New Guinea Tribesmen Would Like to Bankrupt The New Yorker
As if Conde Nast didn't have enough to worry about: the New Guinea tribesmen suing the New Yorker for defamation now want a cool $45 million. Beware, reporters: Even your cab driver is lawyered up these days. More » -
#gossiproundup
Oprah Slammed with Mile High Lawsuit
One of Oprah's flight attendants wants monetary revenge for not having sex. Christina Hendricks got married. Jail makes Roman Polanski sad. And Blago and Trump's hair wars will be television gold. Happy Monday and welcome to your gossip roundup! More » -
#lawsuits
Kate Gosselin Hires The Lawyer Suing Us For McSteamy Tape To Sue Jon Gosselin
What a small world! Who would've thought? Marty Singer—the lawyer laying into my boss for a cool mil over the McSteamy Tape—would be taking other big-money cases on behalf of sleazy celebrities? Well, he got to Kate Gosselin! More » -
#bullies
Cablevision's Jim Dolan Successfully Sues Blogger Into Submission
CityFile just published a groveling retraction of an item it published in July in the face of a defamation suit from Jim Dolan, the truculent chairman of Cablevision, which owns Newsday. More » -
#lawsuits
Video Game "Crusader" Files Wacky Facebook Lawsuit
Disbarred Florida lawyer Jack Thompson gained some notoriety when, in 2006, he appeared on 60 Minutes to rail against violent video games. Nerds the world over took to Facebook to call him names. Now he's suing the website. More » -
#defeat
Having Lost His Crusade, a Disgraced Newsman Contemplates His Remaining Empty Years
It's all over but the cryin' for Dan Rather. A New York appellate court today tossed out his lawsuit against CBS News for breach of contract and fraud. So there's really no reason to pay attention to him anymore. More » -
#heroes
Badass Trustee to Madoff Fam: 'Give It All Back'
Irving Picard has the thankless job of divvying up the remaining crumbs of Bernie Madoff's empire among the Madoff victims. But Irving Picard is going to be much more popular now that he's finally suing Madoff's family, for everything. More »
