The publishing group responsible for the Sunday Mirror has reportedly failed to overturn a breach of privacy ruling involving the French actor Olivier Martinez. Martinez sued Mirror Group Newspapers in the French courts back in 2008 after it published an online article relating to the actor’s relationship with Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue, from whom …
A chicken firm in Suffolk has been fined a total of £230,000 after two of its workers were injured in separate accidents. The accidents occurred at the 2 Sisters Food Group site, which is located in Flixton, in 2009. The first involved Shaun Alexander, who suffered injuries to his hand after it was crushed in …
The Hollywood actor and director Sylvester Stallone is reportedly facing legal action from a screenwriter who claims that The Expendables is similar to his own work. Marcus Webb is suing Stallone, who co-wrote, directed and starred in The Expendables, for copyright infringement, claiming that the film is “in some places identical” to a film he …
An environmental group has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the California-based theme park Disneyland. The lawsuit was filed by the Mateel Environment Justice Foundation following accusations that numerous attractions in the park contain potentially dangerous levels of lead, and that children could exposed to it. The attractions cited in the legal documents include the stained …
According to the global news agency Reuters, the Credit Suisse Group AG has been sued by Assured Guaranty Ltd over claims that the Swiss bank made false representations about the quality of mortgage loans it insured. In the complaint, Assured claimed that Credit Suisse’s unit known as DLJ Mortgage Capital was misleading about a total …
The US Department of Defense has reportedly been hit with a class action lawsuit from a group of war veterans, who are suing after nearly five million health records of a sensitive nature were stolen from a contractor’s car. According to the lawsuit, which stems from a police complaint made in September 2011, the records …
A farming company based in Fife has been prosecuted and fined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker was involved in an accident and lost two of his toes. The incident took place in September 2009 at the premises of R Todd & Company in Fife, when worker Peter Ednie was attempting …
The Hollywood actress Jessica Alba is reportedly suing a US weight loss aid company for using her image without permission to promote its products. Alba, who is best known for her roles in the television series Dark Angel and the Fantastic Four films, is pursuing the weight loss aid company Belly Bandit for prominently featuring …
Sony has admitted that potentially 1.6 million of its Bravia-brand TV sets may have safety issues relating to overheating, but has denied recalling the products from the market. In a statement about the issue, the UK PR manager for the company, David Edwards, explained the situation: “The issue came to our attention through reports in …
The micro-blogging platform Twitter has secured the rights to the trademark for the word ‘Tweet’, and has subsequently dropped its trademark infringement lawsuit against marketing company Twittad. Twittad, a service designed to help members of Twitter get paid for tweeting ads, had previously applied for and received the trademark for the phrase ‘Let Your Ad …
