Mediation fails between Burton, ex
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Mediation talks collapsed between Tim Burton and his ex-girlfriend, who claims she was cheated out of her rights to assets that the director promised her during their nearly decade-long relationship, attorneys said.
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The Shaq-Kobe split is a good example of why no-fault divorces caught on so quickly. They were never going to stay together, no matter how good the winning was.
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An Arab mediator brokered a meeting between rival Lebanese leaders on Thursday but a political source said their dispute was unresolved and a breakthrough remained distant.
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A California judge rejected Michael Jackson&#39;s lawyer&#39;s requests to remove district attorney Tom Sneddon from Jackson&#39;s child molestation case.
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Sheffield United&#39;s bid to have their relegation from the Premiership reversed remained unresolved after an arbitration panel hearing here on Tuesday concluded without a decision.
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Episcopal bishops at odds over homosexuality ended a private meeting Wednesday saying they had failed to reach agreement over dioceses that reject the authority of the church's incoming national leader, who supports gay relationships.
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A South Korean man&#39;s legal battle against Coca-Cola to obtain compensation for his decayed teeth has ended in failure, the Korea Times reported.
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A judge rejects a bid by Michael Jackson's lawyers to delay or dismiss a child molestation case against him.
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"Babe" farmer James Cromwell filed to divorce his actress-wife Julie Cobb after more than 18 years of marriage. Cromwell, 64, filed a dissolution of marriage petition in Superior Court on Tuesday citing unspecified irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. They married May 29, 1986, and separated Oct. 31, 2004, according to the petition.
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A peace coalition&#39;s plan to greet the Republican National Convention with a mass rally in Central Park was thwarted yesterday by a state Supreme Court judge who upheld the city&#39;s denial of a permit.
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The arbitrator in the Deion Branch case yesterday denied the NFL's motion that the mediator had no jurisdiction in Branch's dispute with the Patriots and then informed both sides he would not be available to hear the first of Branch's two claims against the team tomorrow, as originally expected.
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Pop icon Paul McCartney and ex-model Heather Mills failed to agree on a divorce settlement on Monday after six days in court, leaving the judge to decide how much of the former Beatle's fortune Mills should receive.  Judge Hugh Bennett will make his ...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected a staff recommendation to bring civil charges against former Global Crossing Ltd. chairman Gary Winnick, his lawyer said Monday.
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The International Cricket Council yesterday abandoned a hearing into allegations of racism in Zimbabwe cricket after a bitter row between the two warring parties over court procedure.
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By JOHN A. COLVIN  PORT ALLEN - A resolution supporting a subdivision development on the city's outskirts failed without a vote before the City Council on Wednesday night.
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The latest -- and likely final -- nail in the coffin of the National Hockey League's 2004-05 season was driven in yesterday when the United States Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service failed to broker a deal between the league and the players association.
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The International Cricket Council&#39;s racism inquiry in Harare ended in a shambles on Thursday with the two-man panel unable to crack the deadlock between the rebel white players and the Zimbabwe Cricket Board.