Three of the largest banks in the US are reportedly being sued by the state prosecutor for New York, Eric Schneiderman, over claims that they misused a national private electronic mortgage registry and facilitated the illegal seizure of homes. Mr Schneiderman is accusing Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase of pursuing improper foreclosures …

The TV psychic Sally Morgan, who was reportedly the former psychic for Princess Diana, is suing the Daily Mail newspaper for defamation. Morgan is understood to have taken issue with an article published in the newspaper in September 2011 which accused her of being a fraud. The article, which ran under the heading “What a …

Just a week or so after it launched in the UK and Ireland, the online content streaming service Netflix is reportedly facing a new class action lawsuit from a number of its investors. A report in the Guardian claims that Netflix’s investors are suing because they believe the management of the company to have misled …

The comedy actor Neil Morrissey has reportedly been awarded a substantial amount in compensation after successfully suing Associated Newspapers for libel. The case centres on two articles which were published in British tabloid the Daily Mail back in March 2010, in which it was claimed that Morrissey was banned from a bar in France due …

The US wireless carrier AT&T has reportedly settled a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by the digital video recorder giant TiVo for a total of $215 million. The case came about after TiVo filed lawsuits against two other companies – EchoStar and Dish Network – over a patent relating to time warp technology. The …

The owner of Rangers Football Club, Craig Whyte, is reportedly seeking legal advice in preparation to launch a lawsuit against BBC Scotland for defamation over a documentary it aired about him in October. Mr Whyte is understood to have consulted Glasgow law firm Bannatyne Kirkwood France (BKF) and Co. to start legal proceedings against BBC …

Palo Alto Networks is facing a new patent infringement lawsuit from Juniper Networks, which is accusing the firm of wilfully infringing on six of its patents. In the lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, Juniper Networks claims that although the technology used to create …

The film director James Cameron has reportedly been sued again over allegations that he stole the original idea for his hit 2009 movie Avatar. Bryant Moore, a science fiction screenwriter, is claiming that Cameron based Avatar on two of his own scripts, for projects entitled Descendants: The Pollination and Aquatica. He pointed out that there …

The telecommunications company BT has become the latest in a long line of companies to file a patent infringement lawsuit against Google over its highly successful Android operating system. In the lawsuit, filed in Delaware, in the US, BT is claiming that the mobile platform infringes on a number of patents relating to BT’s work …

Motorola Mobility has triumphed in its lawsuit against Apple, after claiming that the company had failed to license one of its wireless intellectual properties. A court in Germany has now ruled in the Android smartphone maker’s favour. The senior vice-president of Motorola Mobility, Scott Offer, welcomed the ruling, saying: “We will continue to take all …