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Lawsuit: iPhone app developer Storm8 stole phone numbers, user data
Lawsuit: iPhone app developer Storm8 stole phone numbers, user data
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims that popular App Store app developer Storm8 may have bypassed safeguards in order to obtain data such as phone numbers via games downloaded over 20 million times. World War, iMobsters, Racing Live, ... continue
$16 million award in CA “Wee for Wii” water intoxication death
$16 million award in CA “Wee for Wii” water intoxication death
The family of Jennifer Strange, the Rancho Cardova, CA woman who died after consuming massive quantities of water in an ill-conceived radio station contest, has been awarded $$16,577,118 in damages. Strange, 27, attempted to win a Wii gaming ... continue
Dr. Phil McGraw Responds To Brainwashing Lawsuit
Dr. Phil McGraw Responds To Brainwashing Lawsuit
Dr. Phil McGraw has responded to the lawsuit filed against him by a former patient who claims she was physically and emotionally abused. The TV shrink denies ever subjecting Shirley Dieu to brainwashing. Dieu sued Dr. Phil, his ... continue
Chris Rock Hit With $5 Million Lawsuit Over “Hair” Documentary
Chris Rock Hit With $5 Million Lawsuit Over “Hair” Documentary
Chris Rock has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over his upcoming comedy documentary film "Good Hair." Independent filmmaker Regina Kimbell claims the funnyman stole ideas from her own "My Nappy Roots" film. In the lawsuit she ... continue
Writers Sue Jennifer Aniston’s “Love Happens”
Writers Sue Jennifer Aniston’s “Love Happens”
Jennifer Aniston's next film might not see the light of day. Two screenwriters claim NBC Universal stole their script for "Love Happens," Aniston's upcoming film with Aaron Eckhart. Greg Crowder and Tony Freitas filed a suit against the ... continue
Microsoft and Bungie getting sued for Halo 3 glitches
Microsoft and Bungie getting sued for Halo 3 glitches
In a move that pretty much sums up everything that is wrong with the American legal system, gamer and greedy, opportunistic git Randy Nunez is suing Microsoft and Bungie because his copy of Halo 3 doesn't always ... continue
Man suing Microsoft for $50,000 over scratched discs
Man suing Microsoft for $50,000 over scratched discs
Microsoft released one helluva janky product when it launched the Xbox 360. I know this, because BOTH of my 360s are currently being repaired in Frankfurt. Ugh. As well as the Red Ring of Death (which afflicted both ... continue
Man sues after finding condom in his soup
Man sues after finding condom in his soup
Remember the tampon infused steak from last week? This week, a dude in California is claiming he found a used condom melted into the cheese of his French Onion soup at an Easter brunch in April. Why can't ... continue
RIAA smacks down Usenet.com in court
RIAA smacks down Usenet.com in court
Usenet.com is preparing for what may amount to "hundreds of millions of dollars" in damages after losing a case brought by the RIAA in New York against the internet dinosaur. Ars Technica detailed the laundry list of grievances ... continue
Man sues Guinness Records for calling him the worlds most litigious man
Man sues Guinness Records for calling him the worlds most litigious man
A man named by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the world's most litigious man has sued the publisher for giving him the title. Jonathan “Johnny Sue-nami" Lee Riches of Lexington, Kentucky claims in his lawsuit ... continue
Someone tell this woman she’s an idiot
Someone tell this woman she’s an idiot
Last year the 21 year old daughter of a state district judge gets convicted of intoxicated manslaughter of her boyfriend. It seems that at the time of the accident that killed her boyfriend she had blood alcohol ... continue
Scarlett Johansson To Sue U.K. Cosmo
Scarlett Johansson To Sue U.K. Cosmo
Scarlett Johansson will be suing the U.K. version of Cosmopolitan magazine after they reportedly published a misleading interview chock-full of false information. According to Johansson's rep, the January cover story is an "obvious attempt...to gain monetarily by ... continue