Gest wants Minnelli prenup dismissed
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David Gest, the estranged husband of Liza Minnelli, asked a judge to set aside his prenuptial agreement with the star, the latest development in their lengthy divorce battle.
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A lawyer for a German man who was abducted by the C.I.A. urged an appeals court to reinstate his lawsuit.
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In a surprise move in his first appearance since taking over as his own lawyer, Anthony Pellicano, the embattled Hollywood private investigator, withdrew his request for a hearing into allegations that the F.B.I. and federal prosecutors violated his constitutional rights by using his former girlfriend to elicit confidential information, The Los Angeles Times reported. In withdrawing the request, Mr. Pellicano, who is facing trial on wiretapping and conspiracy charges, told Judge Dale S. Fischer of United States District Court, âI donât believe I had any chance of prevailing.â The accusation of prosecutorial misconduct was a crucial element in the defense of the lawyers who previously represented Mr. Pellicano. Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the United States Attorneyâs Office in Los Angeles, expressed satisfaction with the withdrawal and said, âWe have always believed that the motion was unfounded.â The judge plans to begin the trial on Feb. 27.
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A judge threw out a $10 million civil assault lawsuit Monday filed against Liza Minnelli by her estranged husband, David Gest, who claimed she beat him so badly during alcoholic rages he had to be hospitalized.
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The Supreme Court on Monday issued  notices on a plea of Hollywood actor Richard Gere seeking to  stay the arrest warrant issued against him by different courts  in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in relation to the Shilpa  Shetty kissing row.
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The U.S. government asked a judge yesterday to dismiss a Falls Church couple's challenge of their son's imprisonment based on reasons and evidence that would be kept secret from the family and the public.
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"If it agrees with the request by the prime minister's office, the Constitutional Court would annul the trial"  An Italian judge has effectively frozen the trial of US and Italian spies charged with kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan in 2003 and then flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured. via Manawatu Evening Standard
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Officials from a suburban Massachusetts school district asked a federal judge Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two couples who claim their parental rights were violated when homosexuality was discussed in their children's classrooms.
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COLUMBUS - During the tedious investigation last year surrounding Maurice Clarett, the former star running back vowed to Athletic Director Andy Geiger he would someday try to &quot;get&quot; Ohio State.
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Entertainer Liza Minnelli filed a breach-of-contract suit on Tuesday against her longtime personal assistant after he reportedly accused the performer last month of beating him during alcohol-fueled rampages.
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Reuters reports that Liza Minnelli&#39;s former bodyguard/chauffeur is suing the singer for sexual harassment. From the court papers, which were unsealed on Wednesday (the lawsuit was filed on Sept.
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Liza Minnelli&#39;s bodyguard claims that she forced him to have sex with her in order to keep his job. M&#39;Hammed Soumayah said that Liza Minnelli withheld his pay and coerced him into having intercourse.
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BOULDER, Colo.  - Lawyers for JonBenet Ramsey   murder suspect John Mark Karr asked a judge on Friday to stop   prosecutors, at least for now, from testing DNA from the   schoolteacher or forensic evidence in the decade-old case.
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Software company asks appeals court to cancel patent infringement judgment.
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Attorneys for billionaire investor Ron Burkle called on a judge to seal records related to his divorce proceedings, using a new state law that compels the court to close records that otherwise would be made public.
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The heads of Fiat SpA and General Motors  Corp. will meet face to face in a last-ditch attempt to avoid  litigation over whether the Italian group still has the right  to sell its loss-mired carmaking arm to GM.
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When her three-year-old marriage broke up, the 44-year-old doctor assumed she and her ex would split their property and jointly parent their two children. Her stay-at-home spouse wanted sole custody and the right to move the children out of Massachusetts.