A mother in Sacramento is suing McDonald's for enticing kids with Happy Meals. She claims giving fun toys with meals is "deceptive to children," since they aren't smart enough to realize Happy Meals are little boxes of death.
Remember that little "Gulf of Mexico oil spill" story from the summer? The government won't let it slide! The Justice Department has filed a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against BP and others, seeking removal costs and damages. Lots of it.
The publisher and ghostwriter of Real Housewife of New Jersey Danielle Staub's memoir, The Naked Truth, are being sued by Staub's ex-husband, Kevin Maher. The lawsuit claims that Simon & Schuster and the author defamed Maher by calling him abusive.
The Winklevoss twins are at it again! Tyler and Cameron, the crew-rowing siblings who walked away with a $65 million settlement after suing Mark Zuckerberg, have filed another suit against the Facebook founder, saying they didn't get enough last time.
The foolish financiers who lent money to the bankrupt Tribune Company are reportedly planning to sue recently departed Tribune destroyer Sam Zell, saying that he took on so much debt when buying the company that he made it "immediately insolvent."
Former New York Daily News gossip duo Rush & Molloy are suing MTV for stealing gossip peon Shallon Lester and putting her in an inane reality show. That silly idea was theirs first!
In 2003, Monserrate Luna boarded a flight in NYC headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico. When she bit into her chicken meal, she says, there was a lizard in it. She sued. We got a copy of her insanity-inducing deposition.
This is fun: Greenpeace is suing Dow Chemical and two of its PR firms, claiming that they hired private investigators "who stole documents, tapped phones and hacked into computer networks between 1998 and 2000." They have lots of documents!
Actor Charlie Sheen is suing porn star Capri Anderson for extortion, claiming that she demanded a million dollars in exchange for keeping quiet about his probation violations. He also says she stole his $165,000 Patek Philippe watch. True love!
Is it really surprising that debt collectors use Facebook to try to contact debtors? They're basically paid to annoy people by any means necessary. Now a woman is suing a debt collection agency for using Facebook to harass her.
A Miami doctor is suing Hillstone Restaurant Group, parent of the Houston's chain, after a bad experience with an artichoke. Apparently Arturo Carvajal ordered the off-menu special of "Grilled Artichokes." Then he ate the entire thing, leaves and all.
Two Democratic political consultants are suing rich website owner Arianna Huffington and her business partner Ken Lerer, claiming that Huffington and Lerer stole their idea for The Huffington Post. How convenient that it was called "The Huffington Post," then!
A New York judge dismissed Diandra Douglas' lawsuit for half of her ex-husband Michael's salary from Wall Street 2. She can still sue in California, where they divorced. There was no ruling on if greed is good or not.
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the manpurse-loving twins who sued Mark Zuckerberg for supposedly stealing the idea for Facebook (and later accepted a $65 million settlement ), have been ordered to pay their lawyers $13 million. Lawsuits don't file themselves for free.
Anthony Franzese is suing the landlords of his former East Village building for $21 million after an air-conditioner fell out of a sixth story window, bounced off an awning, and hit him in the head. It's a crazy story.
The Feds are championing an employee who cussed out her supervisor on Facebook and called him crazy, saying such trash talking is protected speech. It's a big win for the internet's oversharing class.
The porn company West Coast Productions ("Your source for ethnic adult content") is suing 9,729 BitTorrent users for illegally downloading its film Teen Anal Nightmare 2. This teen anal nightmare just became a real-life nightmare.