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Lawsuits Inspire Subway To Make The Footlong TRULY 12 Inches Long

Keith James — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:01:06 +0000

In this lawsuit-crazed society, if we smell even a little bit of money, we'll sue and take people to task and to the cleaners and most likely win. Two guys in New Jersey decided to put the squeeze on sandwich juggernaut Subway for their bread being not quite a foot long as they advertized. First the company defended itself and now they have pledged to ensure each sandwich's true size...

That Facebook Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Email You Got Recently Was… Legit?

Keith James — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:11:14 +0000

That's right... If you recently got an email you thought was SPAM naming Facebook in a class action lawsuit over 'Sponsored Story' ads, this time the email was actually real, so don't delete it and if you have (like me), go into your trash bin and undelete it! A simple seamstress named Angel Fraley kicked it off and the lawsuit was settled for $20 million! Want a piece?

Ukrainian Singer Accuses Carly Rae Jepsen of Stealing 'Hunky Santa' Song for 'Call Me Maybe'

Jeff Giles — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:51:25 +0000

It’s a sad fact of the pop culture landscape that where huge hits go, lawsuits tend to follow — and now Carly Rae Jepsen is facing one over her summer-defining smash ‘Call Me Maybe.’ TMZ reports that Jepsen is facing legal action from a Ukranian singer named Aza, who’s accusing her of lifting the arrangement [...]

Author's Lawsuit Claims Ubisoft Ripped Him Off With 'Assassin's Creed'

Phil Villarreal — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:00:20 +0000

To most people, the concept behind the Assassin’s Creed games seems unique. But the setup, in which corporations jack into ancestral memories to relive the past, sounded a bit too familiar to sci-fi author John L. Beiswenger, who says the franchise ripped off his 2003 novel, ‘Link.’

Psychic John Edward Fails to Predict $150,000 Lawsuit Against Him

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:29:37 +0000

Psychic John Edward might have the “ability” to talk to people who have gone to the great beyond and use them as a conduit to predict the future or reveal some lost truth about the present. However, even Edward probably didn’t see this news coming. A dance teacher has filed a civil lawsuit against Edward [...]

Pitbull Claims Lindsay Lohan's Attorneys Plagiarized Documents

Trent Fitzgerald — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:30:14 +0000

New developments have surfaced in the ongoing legal battle between Pitbull and Lindsay Lohan who is suing the rapper over his 2011 chart-topping hit ‘Give Me Everything.’ Pitbull’s lawyer Marcos Daniel Jimenez has filed a motion against Lohan accusing the actress of plagiarizing her lawsuit. In Lohan’s complaint, the starlet claims that Pitbull’s song ruined [...]

'Toddlers & Tiaras' Mom Sues Media Outlets for 'Sexualizing' Her Daughter… Wait, What? [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:52:09 +0000

A mom of one of the little girls featured on ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’ is suing several media outlets for “sexualizing” her five-year-old daughter. Shocker! (Seriously, we are kind of shocked.) The TLC reality show features overly-made-up little girls in tacky beauty pageants, with the parents of those kids often under fire for making their daughters [...]