“Michael Minelli, a 27-year-old club promoter, claims that the inclusion of his photograph in the book has subjected him to ‘hatred, contempt, and humiliation’ and has resulted in ‘friends, acquaintances, coworkers, employees, and strangers alike’ calling him a ‘douchebag.’” [Link]
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“Kimberlee Ouwroulis, who began stripping when she was 40, says the manager at New Locomotion strip club sat her down on June 6 and said, ‘Your time is up here,’ the Post reported. When she asked if it was because of her age, he allegedly told her another older woman had been fired the same day, and the club was going for a younger look. Ouwroulis says she would like to continue stripping until she is 47 or 48.” [Link]
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“Despite her legal team’s request to have the case dismissed, Charlize Theron is heading to Federal Court for the Southern District of New York later this month for a breach-of-contract lawsuit against her by Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil. ” [Link]
“The settlement was announced Tuesday night by attorneys for the husband and three adult children of Milena Del Valle, who was killed in July 2006 when part of a tunnel ceiling collapsed on her car. The main defendants in the lawsuit included companies that worked on the Big Dig — Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Modern Continental Co., Gannett Fleming Inc.— and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. ” [Link]
“I Will Not Lose, LLC CEO Reggie Tucker claims Rocawear’s marketing executives used his trademarked phrase ‘I Will Not Lose’ to promote their urban wear range internationally without permission. ” [Link]
“Terri Hughes, who is African-American, alleges that when a host of another Playboy show — who was also an African-American woman — requested for Hughes work on her show, the executive producer of Playboy Radio warned, ‘I don’t know how to say this, and it might offend you, but I’m just going to say it anyway — no Negro shows.’” [Link]
“Former Eagles quarterback turned entrepreneur Ron Jaworski is being sued in Superior Court here by the owner of Running Deer Golf Club, under claims his allegedly deceptive business practices forced the club to file for bankruptcy. The civil suit was drawn up on behalf of Edward Carman, who designed, built and has operated the Pittsgrove links alongside his family since its creation in 1998.” [Link]
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“The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday the lawsuit against the Colorado-based company, Crocs, describes how a young boy identified only as ‘A.M.’ had his toes mangled in an escalator at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport allegedly due to the popular shoe brand. Meanwhile, radio producer Belinda Skelton, thought to be the unidentified boy’s mother, described to the Journal-Constitution last month how her 4-year-old son, Andrew Meyer, had been injured at the airport.” [Link]
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“A New York judge has tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette school teachers who said the makers of the movie ‘Borat’ deceived them. Judge Loretta Preska says all three accepted money and signed agreements releasing the filmmakers from liability. She noted in a Sept. 3 ruling the agreements said the plaintiffs consented to appear in a ‘documentary-style’ movie.” [Link]
“Steven Spielberg and major Hollywood studios stole the plot from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1954 film ‘Rear Window’ in making last year’s ‘Disturbia,’ a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday said. Dreamworks, its parent company Viacom Inc, and Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co’s NBC Universal, are accused of copyright infringement and breach of contract for making ‘Disturbia’ without first obtaining permission from the copyright holders, the suit said.” [Link]
“Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of ‘No Country for Old Men’ for more than $10 million that the Oscar-winning actor claims he is owed for starring in the 2007 hit crime thriller. The lawsuit against Paramount Pictures claims that Jones was promised ’significant box-office bonuses’ and other compensation depending on the success of the film, which went on to make more than $160 million.” [Link]
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