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..files $500K lawsuit against the director for 'violating her civil rights' Shoshana Roberts says she was paid $200 to be filmed walking through the streets of Manhattan for 10 hours, with the resultant video of her being catcalled more than 100 times quickly going viral. Now the 24-year-old aspiring actress has filed a lawsuit against the director of the clip and the advocacy group who came up with the idea of documenting street harassment, claiming they did not get her written permission to air the video before using it to cash in on advertising. The two-minute footage received over 40...

The North Face has made good on its threat to sue The South Butt. The international apparel maker filed a federal lawsuit in St. Louis late last week alleging trademark infringement by The South Butt, a Ladue, Mo.-based company started by a teenager making fun of The North Face name. For now, The South Butt isn't backing down.

Nebraska Democratic State Senator Ernie Chambers has decided to go straight to the top in an effort to stop natural disasters from befalling the world. Chambers filed a lawsuit against God in Douglas County Court Friday afternoon, KPTM Fox 42 reported. Click here for more from KPTM Fox 42 in Omaha. The suit asks for a "permanent injunction ordering Defendant to cease certain harmful activities and the making of terroristic threats." The lawsuit identifies the plaintiff as, "the duly elected and serving State Senator from the 11th Legislative District in Omaha, Nebraska." Chambers also cites that the, "defendant directly and...

It was bound to happen. It seems that a guy called Trujillo has been the first to file a class-action suit against Apple and AT&T because of the iPhone. The reason? You guessed it—it's the battery. Read all about this dumbtastically stupid lawsuit, including the entire complaint text, after the jump. Trujillo, hopefuly not related to the former Dominican dictator, claims that he didn't know that the battery is a "sealed unit with it's [sic] battery soldered inside" and that: "The battery enclosed in the iPhone can only be charged approximately 300 times before it will be in need of...

WASHINGTON - A judge had to leave the courtroom with tears running down his face Tuesday after recalling the lost pair of trousers that led to his $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner. Administrative law judge Roy L. Pearson had argued earlier in his opening statement that he is acting in the interest of all city residents against poor business practices. Defense attorneys called his claim "outlandish." He originally sued Custom Cleaners for about $65 million under the District of Columbia consumer protection act and almost $2 million in common law claims. He is no longer seeking damages related...

Panel Delays Moose's PayMontgomery Seeks Details on Legal SettlementBy Matthew Mosk and Dana Hedgpeth Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, August 7, 2003; Page B01 Montgomery County is withholding former police chief Charles A. Moose's final paycheck while the county Ethics Commission seeks more details about a legal settlement he listed as income on his 2003 financial disclosure form, county officials said. Moose is asking to keep confidential the source and amount of the money he and his wife received before his resignation June 28. The payment was mentioned on forms made public by the commission last week. The forms do...

She was the only Orange County woman to lose her husband in '91 campaign. --- Carol Bentzlin remembered ordering pizza after watching news about a battle in Kafji, Saudi Arabia, a border town where seven Marines were killed in battle with Iraqi forces. The pizzas were an extravagance for her family, living at Camp Pendleton on a Marine's pay – a celebration that ended with a knock at the door. Three solemn Marines walked into her living room. One read a statement held with shaking hands. --- The Pentagon later said the crew was struck by a Maverick missile from...

CAL-ERT 03/30/02 - 3:00 P.M. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED SB1490 (Perata) would give local officials, such as district attorneys, city attorneys, etc. access to California Dealer Record of Sale (DROS) information. The access to the DROS database should be limited to law enforcement agencies. The idea of allowing the unrestricted access to the DROS database by city attorneys who are pursuing exploratory civil actions would vilate the privacy of firearms purchasers... Click the link above to read the rest of the article.