'God' Apparently Responds to Lawsuit Posted: 1 year ago by DrNothing
The legislator who filed a lawsuit against God has gotten something he might not have expected: a response.
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Anti-Spam lawsuit filed seeking $1 Billion Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
The Utah-based Anti-Spam company Unspam Technologies has filed a one billion dollar lawsuit on behalf of over twenty thousand internet users. The suit was filed in Virginia under the CAN-SPAM Act and Virginia law. The question that comes to mind is exactly who is the lawsuit aimed at?
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Coin Collectors File a Lawsuit against U.S. State Department Posted: 12 months ago by maxriter
An advocacy group representing the rights of private collectors fills the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U. S. State Department for refusing to provide information on import restrictions. Some of the restrictions are really doubtful.
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Naked Cowboy lawsuit vs M&Ms maker to go forward Posted: 5 months ago by bevissimo
update to this...
The $6 million lawsuit filed by the New York City street performer known as The Naked Cowboy against M&Ms candy maker Mars Inc can go forward on grounds of trademark infringement, a judge ruled on Monday.
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Colostomy Lawsuit Posted: 12 months ago by digitalgimpling
"A surgery meant to reverse a colostomy on a Dover man went horribly wrong last year, resulting in fecal mater being discharged from his penis and urine passing through his colon, according to a lawsuit filed in Superior Court."
Um, ew
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Westboro loses lawsuit Posted: 1 year ago by unzercharlie
From the good news department: Westboro Baptist church lost the civil lawsuit brought by Marine father, and owes $2.9 Million for protesting at his sons funeral. Apparently, sometimes God hates them too.
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Microsoft's Halo Slips With Crash Lawsuit Posted: 12 months ago by punthe
A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States, claiming Microsoft's blockbuster game Halo 3 is responsible for crashes on the Xbox 360 console.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Lawsuit: Can Rowling Make an Unauthorized Encyclopedia Disappear? Posted: 8 months ago by jwrichards
The Harry Potter Lexicon is a well-known fansite that has earned approbation from everybody, including the author herself. But when Steve Vander Ark decided to publish a print version of the Lexicon through RDR publishers, Rowling and Warner Brothers decided enough was enough and filed a lawsuit to prevent publication. This lawsuit provides a great opportunity to draw a new line between the conflicting doctrines of transformative vs. derivative works, previously set by Castle Rock Publishing. This article on the Legality provides legal explanation written for the layman on one of the more interesting copyrights cases to come.
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Lawsuit filed asking for $1million in damages for damaged umbrella Posted: 2 months ago by bernardblack
Judge dismisses the lawsuit and fines the filing attorney $500 for waste of judicial resources.
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Lawsuit filed over typos in tattoo Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A St. Louis Cardinals fan has filed a lawsuit against a tattoo parlor for typos in a design meant to honor the Cards' 2006 World Series win.
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Suit against God thrown out over lack of address Posted: 1 month ago by KerOBeroS32
A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address. State Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the lawsuit last year seeking a permanent injunction against God.
Update to This
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Home at center of 50 Cent lawsuit destroyed by fire Posted: 6 months ago by bevissimo
Or How to lose a lawsuit and the b---- still don't get da crib.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Authorities say six people are hospitalized after a "suspicious" fire burned down a multimillion-dollar Long Island home owned by Grammy-nominated rapper 50 Cent.
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Puppy mill owners file $900M lawsuit after raid Posted: 1 year ago by marli
The owners of J'aime Kennel have filed a $900M lawsuit against the state of Maine, the town of Buxton, judges, a local legislator, Buxton's police chief, and anyone else they can think of. The kennel was raided in August and had more than 250 dogs and puppies seized for cruelty and failure to provide medical care.
Update to this story
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Lawsuit against National Security Agency thrown out Posted: 1 year ago by kxmk
...finding that the ACLU's plaintiffs had no standing to bring suit against the National Security Agency program since they couldn't prove they were spied upon.
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Lawsuit: Clinic Used Wrong Sperm Posted: 2 years ago by ReBoot
A couple is filing a lawsuit against a fertility clinic which used the wrong sperm during artificial insemination. "They have been forced to raise a child who is 'not even the same race, nationality, color ... as they are.'"
No "D'Oh!" category.
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Companies sued over 'Dirty Dancing' line Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
A number of companies have had a lawsuit filed against them from Lionsgate film studio after they used a line from movie Dirty Dancing on their merchandise without permission.
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Mansion Owner Sues Brett Michaels And VH1 Producers Posted: 7 months ago by punthe
The Poison rocker turned reality-TV lothario has been added to a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed Friday against the producers of Rock of Love by the owner of the $9 million home where they filmed the VH1 series' second season last winter.
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Privacy Crusader Sues Virginia Posted: 5 months ago by doggylives
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Betty "BJ" Ostergren, a Virginia-based privacy advocate who has been fighting to stop county and state government offices from posting public records containing Social Security numbers and other personal records on their sites.
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'Indiana Jones' lawsuit settled Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
A Superior Court order was filed Tuesday finding that Tyler Nelson knowingly violated the agreement that he signed when he was cast to appear in a scene of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."
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Gibson sues Activision, Guitar Hero III retailers Posted: 8 months ago by leehblanc
Seemingly out of nowhere, the famed guitar manufacturer sparked up a lawsuit against Activision claiming that Guitar Hero titles violate one of its patents.
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Government suing former State Senator John Ford’s Rolex Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
A lawsuit, filed in federal court Tuesday, sets the watch itself as defendant and establishes its value at $70,000.
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