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Oksana Grigorieva Attorney Announces Mel Gibson Lawsuit
Oksana Grigorieva will be filing a civil lawsuit against Mel Gibson, according to her attorney. After a victorious week - if you call getting the extortion case thrown out "winning" - Grigorieva's lawyer has announced that there will be a suit filed
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:06P
Pop Torn: 10 pieces of culture we're feeling iffy about
Though, wow, what a lawsuit it is: claiming more than $100 million in damages for himself and the cast and crew of the show, saying that weeks before he made any derogatory remarks about the defendants in the media, they had already decided to cut the
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:05P
Suspect Who Allegedly Sent Death Threats Located
(WHBL-Learfield) - The Wisconsin Department of Justice says it has located one of the people who sent death threats to elected officials during the controversy at the state Capitol. The female suspect wasn't named, but the state says she was located
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:03P
WA transparency groups fear bills may dismay records requesters; concerned
A bill passed unanimously by the Senate attempts to clarify the statute of limitations after a case last year in which a requester filed a lawsuit two years after requesting records. The lawsuit was possible because of the court's literal
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:03P
Lawyers promise new evidence in lingering Lorain molestation case
And as questions linger over among other things, the reliability of the children's statements, not everyone is convinced justice has been done. A local judge freed the bus driver, Nancy Smith, and Joseph Allen, an unemployed sanitation worker in 2009
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:03P
Residents of building that collapsed in 921 win suit
Residents of the Haomen Building in Taipei City have won a long-running lawsuit for compensation from the city's government over the collapse of their building during a major earthquake that jolted Taiwan in 1999. The Taipei District Court ruled that
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:01P
Man sues police(for sex sting arrest
Attorneys for Kenneth David Butler, 45, filed a lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court last month against Charles Walters, Gwinnett County police chief; Cpl. David Schiralli, the department's former public information officer; and several undercover
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:00P
Bennett now a free man
(Pictured: Roy Bennett is much-loved by his constituents who have protested for years against the harassment of their MP by Mugabe and Zanu (PF) High Court judge Justice Muchineripi Bhunu in May acquitted Bennett, but the decision was challenged in the
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:00P
A black eye for liberal bleaters
The "oh, you poor dear" response from too many bleeding hearts is exactly why New Zealand's justice system is so weak and ineffective – and why the rights of criminals are considered more important than the rights of their victims.
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:00P
Price stays, but vote could ban booze till 20
The Alcohol Reform Bill now before the justice select committee includes a split alcohol purchasing age – 18 for on-licence, and 20 for off. But after a number of evidence-based submissions highlighted the detrimental affects of alcohol on developing
Updated: 03/12/2011 12:00P
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