According to Reuters, Google has been ordered to remove the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims from YouTube, following a U.S. appeals court decision on Wednesday. The court case was the result of a lawsuit filed by an actress in the film received death threats after it went viral. The film sparked violent protests…
Candy Crush Makers Sadly Realize They Can't Copyright the Word 'Candy'
The makers of the ultra-addictive hit game "Candy Crush" had a change of heart regarding their plans to trademark the word "candy," which is probably a very good thing.
Intern Sues Fashion House Alexander McQueen Over Unpaid Work
A former intern is suing the fashion house founded by the late designer Alexander McQueen over wages she says she owed for four months of work.
Adult Film Star Alleges Match.com Used Fake Profiles With Her Image
Adult film star and Playboy model Melissa "Midwest" Harrington has joined a lawsuit filed against Match.com alleging the Internet dating site intentionally used her image in fake profiles.
Law Firm Forced To Work With "Uppity Bitch" Who Was A Grammar Nazi
The breakup of a small law firm in Texas has revealed some gross and amazing details and none of it is pretty.
Here's Every Finable Offense For Raiders Cheerleaders
Lacy T., a Raiderette during the recently completed season, has sued the Oakland Raiders for a slew of shoddy business practices regarding cheerleader pay. The whole suit, which you can read at the bottom of the page, is a glimpse into the many indignities of being an NFL cheerleader (besides the many obvious ones).…
NFL Cheerleaders Sue Oakland Raiders Over Crap Wages
On Wednesday, the cheerleading squad for the Raiders filed suit against the NFL team, alleging wage theft and unfair employment practices. And you thought the worse thing the Raiders had to worry about was their shitty football season.
Brazilian Dude Pissed About His Lulu Rating Sues the Company
A Brazilian law student who's pissed about his apparently low rating on the no good, very bad dating/non-consensual objectification app Lulu is suing the company, arguing that allowing anonymous and disparaging comments to be posted about a person is unconstitutional under Brazilian law.
Hilarious Lawsuit Claims Twilight Movies Are Perverted and Racist
A complaint filed by the makers of Twilight parody TwiHarder claims that the teenpire movie series is chock full of racism and perversion. (What did I watch?)
Thousands of Women File Lawsuits Against Makers of Nuvaring
Well, here's some scary-as-shit news from the world of "being a woman is really crappy and hard and dangerous sometimes."
Beastie Boys to Girls: Get Your Own Damn Song
The Beastie Boys are threatening to sue GoldieBlox because the toy company used a parody of the Beastie Boys' song Girls in their awesome video showing little girls using an enormous Rube Goldberg contraption to turn off a shitty princess TV ad. Along with Universal Music, the Beastie Boys sent a letter to GoldieBlox…
Lady Sues Jay Leno for Implying She Had Sex with a Rat
Another day, another bestiality lawsuit involving Jay Leno.
Harper Lee Sues Hometown Museum for Peddling Mockingbird Tchotchkes
For an 87-year-old one-(huge) hit-wonder, Harper Lee has been in the news a lot recently, from that time back in early May when she sued an agent for allegedly “duping” her into signing over the copyright to To Kill a Mockingbird six years ago, to her current lawsuit against a museum in her Alabama hometown for the…
Conservative Whining About Whore Pills Might Go to the Supreme Court
As we approach the date of the implementation of the biggest, bulkiest piece of Obamacare and (if you ask a Tea Partier) THE END OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY FOREVER BENGAZI!, lawsuits protesting the Affordable Care Act's birth control mandate continue to push their way through the the sluggish peristalsis of the court…
Surprise! Big Banks are Sexist Bro Fests
Bank of America has to cough up $39 million after settling a lawsuit alleging that its Merrill Lynch brokerage arm systematically discriminated against female employees, passing them over for promotions, shutting them out of lucrative partnerships, and otherwise blocking their pathways to professional success. That…
Wildfox CEO Denies Pressuring Teen Into Sex, Claims It Was Consensual
Last week, in a lawsuit, a woman named Megan Chereek accused Jimmy Sommers of Wildfox Couture of pressuring her into having sex in exchange for a modeling job. Today, we got an email from a Wildfox employee, informing us that Sommers denies the allegations.
Some Disgruntled British Dude Is Suing Belle de Jour for Defamation
Brooke Magnanti, the research scientist/former sex worker behind Belle de Jour, is being sued for defamation by an ex-lover, who’s pursuing damages for defamation and breach of privacy, and wondering (quite vociferously) out loud to anyone who will listen, i.e. the Mail, if Magnanti ever really was a sex worker.
Lawsuit Against Vitaminwater Claims It's Nothing But Soda Sans Bubbles
Vitaminwater is still in hot (neon-dyed sugar) water over its claims that its anything other than Obesity in Landfill (tm?) — and it looks like they're finally going to see their day in (class action lawsuit) court.
How One Model Has Been the Unpaid Face of Sally Hansen for 7 Years
Model Marina Asenova says she became the face of Sally Hansen when her former agency, MC2, struck a deal with the company and kept it from her. And now she's going after Sally Hansen's parent company, the beauty giant Coty, for looking the other way.
'Mostly White' Diners Line Up to Support Paula Deen's Racist-aurant
Some Americans are going out of their way to patronize Paula Deen's restaurant The Lady and Sons in Savannah, Georgia to support Deen in this difficult, deep-fried-racist time — some of whom even plan to boycot the Food Network for dropping her in the wake of the controversy. If you were curious, "Most of [these]…
