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LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson has gone from the King of Pop to the King of Pay Up. The scandal-scarred singer has been sued for the second time in a week by someone claiming he failed to fork over money he owes.
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Online auctioneer eBay Inc. asked for a new trial Tuesday on claims the company stole ideas for an electronic marketplace from a Virginia inventor.
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A longtime member of the O'Jays has sued his former partners and record label over royalties.
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The estates of some of American musicâs biggest names, including Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Sarah Vaughan, have sued Universal Music Group for more than $6 million, claiming the company cheated them out of royalties, The Associated Press reported. The lawsuit, which was also filed on behalf of some living artists, asserts that the company withheld record royalties, engaged in self-serving schemes with record clubs and suppressed payments from Appleâs iTunes and other digital distributors. The court papers accuse Universal of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment. The 14 plaintiffs are Patti Page, Tony Martin, Dick Hyman, Richard Hayman, Kitty Kallen and the estates of Basie, Goodman, Vaughan, Woody Herman, Les Brown, the Mills Brothers, Jerry Murad, Frankie Laine and the gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The lawsuit, filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, says Universal has been using questionable accounting practices since at least 1998. âWe believe that these claims are baseless, and we are confident that we will prevail in court,â said Peter Lofrumento, a spokesman for the Universal Music Group.
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The future's Orange, the past is in red Debt-collector Moorcroft Debt Recovery has been sending out letters, on behalf of Orange, trying to collect on long-cancelled contracts and already-settled bills: at least according to their own support desk.â¦
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Rules that law may change before hearing A court case over payment discrepancies to the author of Atari computer games can be appealed to the House of Lords because the law may have changed by the time the case gets there.â¦
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A letter to inmate No. 1352951 and a cell phone bill for $76.63, both found in a soggy New Orleans duplex ruined by Hurricane Katrina, led Louisiana bounty hunter James Martin to Texas. Again.
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A former business associate of Michael Jackson filed a breach-of-contract suit against the pop star on Tuesday, seeking &#36;3 million he says the performer owes him for unpaid loans, cash advances and producing fees.
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By Chrissy Vick, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Sep.
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Mayfair Gallery, a Los Angeles antique store, has filed a lawsuit against Michael Jackson claiming the pop star owes them almost $180,000, which is slightly less than half of his total bill from the gallery.  Jackson was purchasing a $37,000 urn, $30,0...
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NEW HAVEN, Connecticut  - A dealer in antique   treasures who admitted stealing more than $3 million in rare   maps was sentenced on Wednesday to 3-1/2 years in prison after   a judge ruled that he deserved leniency for cooperating.
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HARRISON, Ark. - A man accused of trying to elude a debt by faking his own death has missed a court appearance and authorities are trying to find him.  Terry Wade Presnell, 43, is charged with felony theft by deception and failure to appear in court in Harrison.
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A lawsuit filed Tuesday by two court-appointed trustees of the estate of James Brown accuses the singerâs longtime business managers of looting millions of dollars.
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Bid $5m on own auctions, attorney general claims A jewellery company which allegedly bid on its own eBay auctions to "illegally drive up prices by as much as 20 per cent" will pay $400,000 (Â£204,000) in "restitution and penalties", Reuters reports.â¦
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AUSTIN, Minn. - A man has been ordered to pay nearly $3,000 to the woman who became seriously ill in April after opening a parking ticket envelope in which he had placed dog feces. Joshua Steven Solberg, 22, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct Friday in Mower District Court.
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Rock star Courtney Love is being sued by a luxury Southern California rehab center that says she has not paid a $180,000 bill for drug and alcohol treatment in 2005, court document show.
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SPRING HILL, Tennessee - Town officials have restored a woman's business license weeks after accusing her of trying to sell a sex toy - a vibrating yellow-ducky sponge - at a flea market.