Regan lawyer plans lawsuit vs. HarperCollins: paper
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The lawyer for Judith Regan, whose plan to publish a book by O.J. Simpson called "If I Did It" ignited a firestorm of criticism, plans to sue HarperCollins for dismissing the publisher in breach of her contract, The New York Times reported on its Web site on Tuesday.
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CHICAGO -- Tribune Co. , the second-largest US newspaper publisher, was sued by a shareholder for refusing to consider offers to buy the company's biggest paper, The Los Angeles Times.
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Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly sued one of his associate producers and her lawyer on Wednesday, alleging they threatened him with a high profile sexual harassment case unless he and Fox paid &#36;60 million in "hush money."
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The author of a new book talks about recent battles in court over church and state
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The US publisher of Harry Potter sues a distributor and online retailer for shipping copies of the final book too early.
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In an explosive telephone argument that led to her firing, publisher Judith Regan allegedly complained of a "Jewish cabal" against her in the book industry and stated that "Of all people, Jews should know about ganging up, finding common enemies and telling the big lie."
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New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is preparing to file his second civil suit against an insurance broker, San Diego, Calif.
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Conrad Black has raised the stakes in a libel action, threatening to file a $1.1-billion suit against the authors of a 500-page tale of his alleged &quot;corporate kleptocracy&quot; at Hollinger International Inc.
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A lawsuit was filed against Tribune  Co. on Thursday, claiming the newspaper publisher refused to  pay minimum wage and overtime to its newspaper distributors.
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The New York State attorney general said on Thursday that he planned to sue Exxon Mobil Corp.  over a decades-old oil spill in New York City.
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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his wife were sued on Monday over her top-selling cookbook for kids by a rival author who complained of plagiarism and accused the  star of defaming her on TV host David Letterman's show.
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A court in Indonesia will summons the New York Times and one of its reporters via the media after they failed to appear to defend themselves in a defamation suit brought by a US mining executive, his lawyer said Monday.
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The Guardian is at the centre of a new legal row as it publishes a story on the cash-for-honours inquiry.
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Iran&#39;s 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner  and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was sued by a co-author on  Thursday for pulling out of an agreement to publish a new book.
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Media conglomerate News Corp said on Friday it has reached a confidential settlement with publisher Judith Regan related to her 2006 termination, with no admission of liability by either side.
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Publisher Judith Regan, whose book by O.J. Simpson on how he would have killed his ex-wife was scrapped, intends to sue HarperCollins for firing her and then launching a "smear campaign" painting her as an anti-Semite, her attorney said on Tuesday.
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The New York State attorney general said on Thursday he planned to sue Exxon Mobil Corp.  over a decades-old oil spill in New York City.