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3 Toronto lawyers lost their jobs after an epic-sounding "night of debauchery." Now one's suing for wrongful termination. So what, exactly, went down? More »
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Eva Gabrielsson and Stieg Larsson were partners for 32 years. Yet when he died suddenly and his Lisbeth Salander series became a posthumous international phenomenon, she was cut out — creatively and financially — despite the rumors that she was behind their writing (rumors she refutes.) In a new memoir, she asserts her claim for being quite a heroine in her own right. More »
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When Coke was confronted for promoting sugary Vitaminwater as a health beverage, their reaction was basically, "What? You morons actually believed that?" (We're paraphrasing.) More »
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The parents of a 14-year-old kicked off his Junior High basketball team when he wouldn't cut his hair are planning to sue the school district. More »
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The nursing student expelled by her college after she posted a picture of herself holding a placenta to Facebook is suing the school. More »
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A man described rather snidely as "a single, unemployed computer technician," was denied a legal name change. "Backing up his bid are friends — including one named Hobnose Bordercollie — who say they already call him Boomer the Dog." More »
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Times Square's litigious "Naked Cowboy" - aka Robert Burck - has issued a cease-and-desist order to self-styled "Naked Cowgirl" Sandy Kane who, like the Cowboy, is also not really naked. (Burck previously sued the Blue M&M.) [People] More »
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We'll just let this sink in: "Last week the Chicago Bar Association held a What Not To Wear Fashion Show." More »
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France, for years notoriously laissez-faire when it came to domestic abuse, is making up for lost time: with proposed "anti-psychological abuse" legislation: More »
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The vast majority of Parisiennes are breaking the law. Because, legally, women aren't allowed to wear pants: More »
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Dannon has settled a suspicious-sounding false-advertising class-action lawsuit, reimbursing customers who, apparently, still had digestive troubles after eating Activia, to the tune of $35 mil. Dannon denies wrongdoing. After all, they implied men shouldn't eat it. [LA Times] More »
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The case of Amanda Kurowski, a New Hampshire 10-year-old whom the courts have ordered out of home-schooling and into her local public schools, is making serious waves. Obviously, some are quick to call it religion-demonizing-by-evil-seculars. But is it? More »
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A horrible case of accused neglect has taken a baby from her parents and raised questions about exactly why they were deemed unfit. More »
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An Australian party-planning company, Pinkalicious, specializing in dances "for lesbian and bisexual women" has won the right to ban men from their 'dos - "because they might pester women for sex." More »
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Calling one's wife ugly may soon become a criminal offense under Malaysia's Domestic Violence Act. Women's Development Department director-general Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur describes emotional violence as "a form of abuse that scars women deeply and lowers their self-esteem, dignity and self-confidence." [Hindustan Times] More »
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Marhaba, a mother of four, has been abandoned by her husband in her Tajikistan village. The problem? The marriage, conducted according to Islamic rites, was never legally registered - so now he's under no obligation. And this is becoming increasingly common. More »
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When Janice Langbehn's partner of 18 years suffered an aneurysm, Langbehn and their children were not allowed to visit her in the hospital. Now the case is the subject of a lawsuit with major implications. More »
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Polyamory advocates now want their marriages recognized. Good luck with that! More »
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Whether or not pregnant women should be served alcohol when pregnant, and more to the point, whether they should drink it, has been a big controversy lately. More »
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DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. More »
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Twitter is rocking the food world to its very core. More »
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The general consensus about Project Runway's half-assed Fashion Week show? Sad. Very, very sad. More »
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The Humane Society of the United States has filed a lawsuit in D.C. against six retailers and designers — Dillard's, Lord & Taylor, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Andrew Marc — claiming they falsely label real fur as "faux" and pass Asian raccoon dog fur off as fox, rabbit and raccoon. The HSUS claims it only took legal steps after having the allegedly faux fur analyzed and sending dozens of letters to the stores notifying them of the findings. In addition to fines, the HSUS has asked that the falsely-labeled inventory be seized, and has suggested that charges be filed against the retailers. [Crains] More »
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So, remember when Phat Fashions sued Victoria's Secret for $1 million this past spring for trademark infringement? (The logos are kind of similar, involving as it does a "P" on a vaguely heraldic shield.) The case has been settled; apparently a judge "dismissed the suit after both parties reached a mutual agreement." Unfortunately at this point the terms are (Victoria's) secret. Sorry, we had to. [DNR via New York Magazine] More »
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We didn't think we could still use the words "shocked" and "Dov Charney" in the same sentence, but if true, the latest revelation about American Apparel's Chief Executive Sleaze is truly horrifying. According to legal journal "On Point News", when the latest in a string of female employees, Mary Nelson, charged Charney with a battery of sex harrassment offenses ("cock socks" and "reigns of sexual terror" were both convincingly invoked), it Charney tried to get her lawyers to let him settle in secret, but publicly claim her charges had been dismissed in a fake hearing his people had put together. More »
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