lawsuits

Super-Litigious 'Pinball Wizard' Is the World's Biggest Victim

Lauri Apple · 07/03/11 05:27PM

John Luckett asserts that the lawsuits he files all the time, against everyone, are not "frivolous" at all. "I've just had a bad experience of the whole world trying to screw me. I have had a lot of horrible things happen," he tells the Las Vegas Weekly.

Wikileaks to Sue Visa and Mastercard

Max Read · 07/02/11 09:44AM

Wikileaks says it'll sue Visa and Mastercard—claiming the credit-card giants violated E.U. antitrust law by suspending transfers to the anonymous secrets-sharing site last year—if the companies don't re-open payments by next Thursday. [Forbes]

DJ Paulie D Sued for $4 Million for Trademark Infringement

Brian Moylan · 07/01/11 02:10PM

DJ Paulie Lis filed a suit in a Hartford court looking for $4 million dollars in damages because he says his DJ business and copyrighted name "DJ Paulie" have been rendered valueless ever since Jersey Shore's DJ Paulie Destruction came onto the scene. Turf war!

Racism Undermined Allure of Texas Topless Bar

Lauri Apple · 07/01/11 06:56AM

With its unassuming facade, dollar deals, and classy entertainment offerings, Michael's International in Houston is the perfect hang-out spot not only for discriminating gentlemen, but also for gentlemen who discriminate—as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday.

Mark Halperin Has Now Called Obama Both Types of Genitalia

Hamilton Nolan · 06/30/11 02:27PM

In your pleasant Thursday media column: Mark Halperin's Obama's-a-pussy flashback, Ashton Kutcher vs. the Village Voice, Greta Van Susteren calls for more outrage, an angry subject sues David Grann, and Brits are coming for you news.

Something New to Fear: Your Eyeballs Exploding

Lauri Apple · 06/29/11 06:35AM

Jose Goncalves of Hartford, Connecticut, doesn't have a working right eye anymore, but he does have 925,000 new dollars. The money comes from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which agreed to compensate Goncalves for a botched cataract operation during which his eye, uhhhh, blew up.

Cornell Frat Sued for $25 Million Over Hazing Death

Max Read · 06/28/11 06:47PM

College fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon—"Same Assholes Everywhere," if we remember correctly—was just hit with a $25 million lawsuit over the death of a Cornell first-year, allegedly thanks to a hazing ritual gone wrong.

The Facebook Twins Finally Surrender

Ryan Tate · 06/22/11 06:32PM

It's over. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have finally—finally!—given up the legal war that earned them $100 million, that shamed the founder of Facebook, and that spawned an Oscar-winning movie.

Supreme Court Kills Huge Discrimination Suit Against Wal-Mart

Hamilton Nolan · 06/20/11 10:16AM

The Supreme Court has just ruled that what would have been the largest sex discrimination suit in history—more than a million women suing Wal-Mart—cannot proceed as a class action suit. The women are all free to sue the company separately, but the mega-humongo class action suit would have been a serious financial threat to the company, while various isolated lawsuits will not be.

Police Chief Sexts and Tells, Now Has All Kinds of Problems

Lauri Apple · 06/11/11 05:10PM

On Thursday, Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) Police Chief Christopher Cole admitted publicly that, from his office at City Hall, he sexted explicit pics of himself to a woman with whom he'd been having an "intermittent personal relationship." Hey, at least he's being honest, right?

Hippie Homebuilder Harshed for Building Crazy House

Jeff Neumann · 06/08/11 06:34AM

59-year-old Alan Kimble Fahey is facing a legal shitstorm over a crazy compound/house/thing he's been working on for many years in the Mojave Desert that he calls Phonehenge West. The Man says Fahey needs to follow building codes, and Fahey's all like "no way, Man," and now he might have to tear the place down. A judge yesterday found Fahey guilty of violating building codes, and his lawyer told the Los Angeles Times that Fahey "faces pretty hefty fines and fees."

Mark Zuckerberg Says He's Being Framed

Ryan Tate · 06/02/11 02:24PM

It's all a forgery, Mark Zuckerberg says. The contract where he signs over Facebook ownership; the emails where he tries to swindle his business partner — all fakes from a known liar. Once a liar always a liar, right, Mark?