Parliament-Funkadelic singer George Clinton has reportedly filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against American band The Black-Eyed Peas. The lawsuit relates to two remixes of The Black-Eyed Peas popular song Shut Up, which was released in 2003 and sold approximately 8.5 million copies worldwide. Clinton claims that the two remixes – one of which is called …
The president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, has reportedly filed a defamation lawsuit against South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper over what is considered to be an offensive cartoon. The cartoon, published in the Sunday Times in 2008, depicts President Zuma with undone trousers, apparently preparing to ‘rape’ a female figure representing justice. The cartoon was …
Bank of America (BofA), the largest bank in the US and the second largest in the world, has launched legal action against four of its former employees over a break of confidentiality. The four former BofA employees in question used to work for the US Trust, which is one of BofA’s recent acquisitions. After leaving …
ACPI Investments is reportedly set to sue rival hedge fund management company RMG Wealth Management in order to prevent confidential information being used by its competitors. The lawsuit centres on financial professional Stephen Greene, who was formerly ACPI’s chief investment officer within the company’s hedge fund arm. He left the company in April 2010, after …
According to recent reports, mobile phone giant Motorola has reached a settlement with Janam Technologies in their long-running court battle over alleged patent infringement. The lawsuit against Janam Technologies was filed by Motorola back in 2008, through one of its subsidiaries, Symbol Technologies. The allegations made against Janam relates to the alleged infringement of mobile …
A man who worked as a reception assistant at a mental hospital in Nottinghamshire has won £210,000 in compensation after a workplace injury caused him a series of health problems. David Prince, was inspecting a lorry at Rampton secure mental hospital when the incident occurred. In order to examine the vehicle’s contents, the 58-year-old reportedly …
A number of US firms will may to rely on their professional indemnity insurance policies soon, as US patent holding company Intellectual Ventures has sued nine companies for patent infringement. Intellectual Ventures, a firm set up by the former chief technology officer at Microsoft, Nathan Myrhvold, has filed three related patent infringement lawsuits against nine …
One of the oldest and most famous bars in New York, McSorley’s Old Ale House, has reportedly been sued by a customer who was ‘attacked’ by the establishment’s resident cat. The lawsuit has been brought by Cheryl Sibley, 53, who claims that the bar’s resident tabby cat – called Minnie the Second – inflicted “serious …
The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has launched a new licensing scheme for the industry in order to boost standards. The NAEA is convinced that much more needs to be done to curb the damaging consequences of unprofessional estate agents for clients, and protecting their interests is one of the main aims of introducing …