From a $54 million action over a pair of lost pants, to a Christian activist who's up in arms over the blasphemous portrayal of Eve as a pole dancer in "Jerry Springer:The Opera," to lawsuits by Judith Regan and Don Imus, everybody is suing somebody these dayshttp://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorMon, 06 Oct 2008 14:03:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38719/ledger-tot-sues-as-insurance-balks-at-10m-payout.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA trustee representing Heath Ledger's 3-year-old daughter is suing the actor's insurance provider, who is balking at paying out his $10 million death benefits, TMZ reports. ReliaStar Life Insurance Co. says it's withholding payment until they determine whether Ledger's accidental overdose death was a suicide, an investigation that includes quizzing Mary Kate Olsen, reports the AP.http://www.newser.com/story/38719/ledger-tot-sues-as-insurance-balks-at-10m-payout.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 30 Sep 2008 7:51:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38165/judge-wont-toss-rathers-70m-cbs-suit.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA New York judge yesterday allowed news anchor Dan Rather to proceed with his $70 million lawsuit accusing CBS of breach of contract over his dismissal. The judge also let Rather's breach of fiduciary duty complaint against CBS continue. But he threw out two other claims, a fraud complaint against CBS and a business interference complaint against CBS and former parent company Viacom.http://www.newser.com/story/38165/judge-wont-toss-rathers-70m-cbs-suit.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 23 Sep 2008 11:13:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36995/suit-spielberg-copied-hitchcock.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSteven Spielberg ripped off Rear Window when he made last year’s thriller Disturbia , a lawsuit filed yesterday alleges. The 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic was based on a 1942 short story, and the owner of the rights to the story has sued for compensation from Spielberg, DreamWorks, and Paramount Pictures, the AP reports. The defendants declined comment.http://www.newser.com/story/36995/suit-spielberg-copied-hitchcock.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 09 Sep 2008 8:25:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36453/great-white-to-pay-1m-over-deadly-ri-stage-fire.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people in Rhode Island has agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims' relatives. The settlement offer from Great White was revealed in court papers today. Roughly $175 million has now been offered by dozens of defendants to settle lawsuits over the blaze in February 2003 at the jammed club in Warwick.http://www.newser.com/story/36453/great-white-to-pay-1m-over-deadly-ri-stage-fire.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 02 Sep 2008 15:31:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36196/clone-maker-files-countersuit-against-apple.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMac clone-maker Psystar countersued Apple this week and charged it with violating antitrust law, PC Magazine reports. The battle centers on a provision in Apple’s end user agreement that prohibits non-Mac hardware from running its operating system. Psystar admits to selling computers with such hardware, and says they can be sold for hundreds of dollars cheaper than Apple's MacBook.http://www.newser.com/story/36196/clone-maker-files-countersuit-against-apple.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 29 Aug 2008 19:09:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36044/seinfeld-defense-lawsuits-are-funny.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJerry Seinfeld insisted yesterday that he didn’t slander a woman suing his wife for cookbook plagiarism because silly lawsuits are fodder for good comedy. The comic cited episodes from Seinfeld as well as his kid-friendly Bee Movie in a court filing as examples of the First Amendment-protected comedic license to poke fun at the legal system, the New York Post reports.http://www.newser.com/story/36044/seinfeld-defense-lawsuits-are-funny.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 28 Aug 2008 9:21:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35887/bratz-dolls-must-pay-barbie-100m-in-copyright-suit.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarbie will get $100 million from her saucier cousins, the Bratz dolls, for copyright infringement, the AP reports. A federal jury ordered Bratz maker MGA to pay Mattel the sum, but it did not award punitive damages and gave Mattel only a fraction of what it sought. Last month, the jury sided with Mattel in deciding that the Bratz designer concocted the idea while working at the larger company.http://www.newser.com/story/35887/bratz-dolls-must-pay-barbie-100m-in-copyright-suit.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Aug 2008 17:04:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35882/hari-puttar-warner-bros-sues-over-bollywood-flick.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe newest Harry Potter adventure doesn’t see the young hero once again battle Voldemort—instead, the Times of London reports, it’s Hollywood vs. Bollywood. Warner Bros. is suing the Indian producer of Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors , alleging it too closely resembles JK Rowling’s wizard tales. The Indian version features a child who must save the world from a crime boss.http://www.newser.com/story/35882/hari-puttar-warner-bros-sues-over-bollywood-flick.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Aug 2008 15:30:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35772/hurt-german-extras-sue-cruises-studio.html?refid=rss_all_defaultGerman extras from the upcoming Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie are suing the actor’s film studio for $11 million after they fell out of a moving truck during shooting. The accident, which happened a year ago in Berlin, landed all 11 in the hospital. “The studio knew the trucks were rickety," a lawyer tells Der Spiegel . "There had even been an internal memo about the railings."http://www.newser.com/story/35772/hurt-german-extras-sue-cruises-studio.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 25 Aug 2008 15:57:17 CDT