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Suit Claims 'Hangover II' Is Based on Actor's Script About Real-Life Incident
A pro se lawsuit filed by a Bollywood actor claims The Hangover Part II was based on his difficult honeymoon in Asia. Michael Alan Rubin says the script was based on his honeymoon with a Japanese woman who refused to share a room
Updated: 10/18/2011 09:24A
Amazon sued for posting actress's birthday
Neither Amazon nor IMDb have comment on the claims. This isn't the first time the companies have dealt with this kind of complaint. Los Angeles actress Eriko Tamuro, who was once a Britney Spears-like teen idol in Tokyo, settled a lawsuit with IMDb in
Updated: 10/18/2011 09:21A
BofA seeks to oust AIG law firm from $10 billion case
(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp asked a judge to disqualify the law firm representing AIG in the insurance company's $10 billion mortgage-fraud lawsuit against the bank, alleging a conflict of interest by one of the firm's partners.
Updated: 10/18/2011 08:55A
Mother of slain Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington sues security company
Media outlets report that Gil Harrington filed the $3.5 million lawsuit last week in Roanoke County Circuit Court against Regional Marketing Concepts Inc., doing business as RMC Events. Twenty-year-old Morgan Harrington disappeared after she left the
Updated: 10/18/2011 08:55A
BofA seeks to oust AIG law firm from $10 bln case
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp asked a judge to disqualify the law firm representing AIG in the insurance company's $10 billion mortgage-fraud lawsuit against the bank, alleging a conflict of interest by one of the firm's partners.
Updated: 10/18/2011 08:48A
AM Roundup: Remembrances, Polar Bears, More
As our own Dionne Searcey reported in June, the investigation led to in $60 million judgment against an Oregon company in a civil-racketeering lawsuit. Tymoshenko accused the firms of legitimizing a witch hunt and hired Covington & Burling LLP and BDO
Updated: 10/18/2011 08:42A
ECHR Finds Bulgaria Guilty of Violating Right to Peaceful Assembly
ECHR came up with a pronouncement on a fourth lawsuit initiated by OMO Ilinden Pirin where it did not find any violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. The main complaint of the applicants was that their right to peaceful assembly and
Updated: 10/18/2011 08:41A
Training Proposed After TRICARE Breach
A $4.9 billion class action lawsuit, alleging privacy violations, has been filed in the case. The proposed rule would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation "to require contractors to complete training that addresses the protection of privacy,
Updated: 10/18/2011 08:41A
Forecast Sales vs. Axxiom - False Marking Lawsuit Concludes
Forecast Sales, maker of the Pirate Brand® line of aftermarket and new products, filed a false marking lawsuit last year against Axxiom Manufacturing because of Schmidt® products with large patent numbers molded right into them.
Updated: 10/18/2011 08:40A
MosCityGroup appeals $178 mln award to Alfa-Bank
An appeals court will hear on November 7 an appeal filed by the MosCityGroup Corporation (MCG) development company against a court decision to award Alfa-Bank $178.2 million in its lawsuit, the court told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI).
Updated: 10/18/2011 08:40A