LOS ANGELES – Lauryn Hill is being sued after being accused of stealing clothes from a former fashion consultant.
The 36-year-old singer - who recently gave birth to her sixth child - has been hit with a lawsuit which alleges she walked away with the majority of a "wardrobe of high fashion items" that were provided by company Via Davia Vintage for her 2007 European tour.
LOS ANGELES – Dr. Dre won't be behind the microphone at a federal courthouse after all - the rapper settled a lawsuit over damages from unauthorized online sales of his album "The Chronic" a day before trial.
NEW YORK – A TV daredevil and the Empire State Building's owners have settled a $12 million lawsuit over his April 2006 parachute-jump attempt.
Court records show the building owners' civil case against stuntman Jeb Corliss was closed last week.
Corliss lawyer Mark Jay Heller says it was settled on confidential terms. A lawyer and a spokeswoman for the skyscraper's owners did not immediately respond to telephone and email messages Tuesday.
Heller says Corliss is pleased with the resolution.
DALLAS – A Texas man is suing comedian Andy Dick over his December performance at a Dallas nightclub.
Robert Tucker claims he suffered emotional distress and defamation as a result of an alleged incident in which Dick exposed his genitals while walking through the audience.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Attorneys for country music star Tim McGraw have filed a countersuit against Curb Records, seeking a ruling that would release him from his 20-year contract with Mike Curb.
NEW YORK – Academy Award-nominated actress Rosie Perez is suing the producers of television's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," alleging she was injured during the filming of a 2009 episode in New York City.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tim McGraw and Curb Records could be headed to court over an unreleased album.
The independent record label has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against McGraw, claiming the country superstar failed to provide a fifth and final album that met contractual obligations by an April deadline.
NEW ORLEANS – The actress who played Elly May Clampett on the hit television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" is suing toy manufacturer Mattel Inc., claiming the company used her name and likeness for a Barbie doll without her authorization.
The federal suit filed Wednesday in Baton Rouge, La., says packaging for the "Elly May" Barbie doll features a photo of Donna Douglas portraying the character. Douglas says she never endorsed the doll or gave Mattel permission to use her name to promote its sale before the toy maker introduced the doll in December 2010.
GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio – The Ohio makers of James Brown's signature capes are being sued over one the Godfather of Soul never got to wear.
LOS ANGELES – Members of the "Happy Days" cast sued CBS Corp. on Tuesday, alleging they're not getting a cut of the money made in sales of DVDs, lunch boxes, board games and other merchandises related to the television show.
The plaintiffs named in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court include Anson Williams, Marion Ross, Don Most, Erin Moran and Patricia Bosley, wife of the late Tom Bosley, who died last year. Two prominent members of the 1974 to 1984 sitcom, Henry Winkler and Ron Howard, are not party to the lawsuit.
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A federal appeals court has upheld a South Carolina real estate investor's $4 million verdict in a dispute over profits from the A&E reality television show "Flip This House."
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week upheld the verdict awarded to creator and one-time host Richard C. Davis.
A jury in 2008 awarded the money to Davis, who created the show and appeared on its first season. The Trademark Properties Inc. real estate investor sued after he said the cable network broke an oral agreement to split the show's profits.
