Tolkien Heirs Sue New Line Over Millions From âRingsâ
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The Tolkien Trust joined a private family trust of Tolkien heirs and the British arm of HarperCollins Publishers in suing New Line Cinema for breach of contract.
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Barclays, the UK banking giant, is being sued for around $150m by HSH Nordbank over losses the German regional bank alleges it made by investing in sophisticated bonds.
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The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-Earth is a fantasy-based strategy game that lets players command the armies of good or the forces of evil in epic battles that rage across an enormous map in a title that spans all three books of JRR Tolkien&#39;s
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In what may prove to be hold-up for the long-awaited adaptation of "The Hobbit," the Tolkien Trust has sued New Line over alleged lack of profit participation in the "Lord of the Rings" movies.  The Tolkien Trust, a British charity managing the estat...
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The popular online social network Facebook Inc. is being sued by an Indiana woman who alleges it has profited from its members sending thousands of unauthorized text messages to mobile phone users whose numbers previously belonged to other people.
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The suit seeks $1 billion in damages and an injunction against further violations.
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BSkyB launched a multimillion-pound lawsuit against EDS yesterday, claiming that the US computer services group breached a contract to create a new IT system that would improve the satellite broadcaster&#39;s handling of customer inquiries.
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A US firm gets the go-ahead to sue the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund for Â£16m in a row over souvenirs.
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Apple Computer has filed suit against three individuals it alleges posted illegal test versions of its next version of Mac OS X, code-named &quot;Tiger,&quot; it was reported Tuesday.
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The studio behind the Lord of the Rings films is sued over claims it failed to pay JRR Tolkien's estate royalties.
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Airbus parent EADS is suing &quot;unknown  persons&quot; for leaking an internal document that suggested  tensions at the Franco-German company as it tries to resolve a  crisis sparked by delays to the A380 superjumbo.
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GOLD Fields, moving to hold its ground in the face of an increasingly hostile takeover battle with Harmony, filed a complaint in a New York district court on Friday in one of many actions taken to stymie Harmony&#39;s bid to become the world&#39;s biggest gold
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American heirs to a property empire   confiscated by the Nazis said they would fight for restitution   from KarstadtQuelle after the German retailer contested a court   order to compensate them.
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The estate of "Lord of the Rings" creator J.R.R. Tolkien is suing the film studio that released the trilogy based on his books, claiming the company failed to pay a cut of gross profits.
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MADRID, Sep 6 (IPS) - Representatives of more than 5,000 survivors of the   Chilean dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and the families  of victims  brought a lawsuit Monday against the former  dictator's executor, Oscar  Aitken, in the Spanish capital.
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NOVEMBER 19--Another day, another lawsuit for the King of Pop. A Los Angeles antiques dealer yesterday sued Michael Jackson for allegedly failing to pay a $180,000 bill for merchandise he purchased earlier this year.
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By Susan Decker  Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's third-largest personal computer maker, sued rival Clevo Computer Co, claiming the Taiwanese company infringed two patents for PC functions and owed millions of dollars in licensing royalties.