Ashley Olsen Sues Paper for $40 Million Libel
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Actress Ashley Olsen, who with her  twin, Mary-Kate, run a multimillion dollar entertainment  empire, is suing the National Enquirer for $40 million, saying  the tabloid is trying to ruin her career by linking her to a  phony drug scandal.
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Readers of James FreyÂs ÂA Million Little PiecesÂ had filed lawsuits claiming they had been defrauded after he admitted making up portions of the memoir.
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US sprint star Marion Jones has filed a $US 25 million ($AUD 32.7 million) defamation lawsuit against accused steroid peddler Victor Conte saying he has sullied her reputation by making false claims she used banned performance enhancing drugs.
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A middle-aged Massachusetts woman sued the National Football League on Tuesday, alleging she was sexually harassed while taking part in a television advertising competition.
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Celebrity magazine Hello! plans to appeal a court ruling ordering it to pay more than &#36;1.9 million to a rival for printing unauthorized photos of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, a lawyer for the magazine said Thursday.
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NEW YORK - After spending time at a treatment center for an eating disorder, Mary-Kate Olsen is under heavy scrutiny during her freshman year at New York University.    Her publicist, Michael Pagnotta, denied Tuesday a report on NBC's "Today" show that the 18-year-old actress had suffered a setback and returned to Los Angeles...
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The publisher of Kitty Kelley's controversial new biography of the Bush family has accused Newsweek of allegedly violating a prepublication agreement and said the magazine owed "substantial damages."
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In a case that involves issues as lofty as the First Amendment and as basic as which cut of meat was served, a restaurant critic is being sued for libel for describing a $15 piece of beef as "miserably tough and fatty."
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Hotel heiress Paris Hilton is seeking at least $100,000 in damages from greeting card maker Hallmark for using a photograph of her face superimposed onto a cartoon body and her trademarked catch phrase, "that's hot."
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PARIS - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are getting supersized in France.    The 18-year-old actresses are promoting McDonald's Happy Meals in the 1,035 McDonald's outlets in the country...
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Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi has filed a lawsuit for libel against a promoter who allegedly said she was an accomplice in her daughter's death, Trevi's lawyer said Wednesday.
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Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK Editor Rem Rieder of American Journalism Review said his publication would provide legal support for freelance writer Susan Paterno, whose story about the Santa Barbara News-Press prompted a libel suit from the paper this week.
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An author sued by a film company after her novel about life as a truck-stop prostitute was exposed as a hoax was found liable for fraud on Friday in a case involving tales of the author's multiple personalities.
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The sister of a former U.S. state  prosecutor who killed himself after he was targeted by a  television show as a suspected pedophile is suing NBC Universal  for $105 million.
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Kate Hudson has accepted libel damages from a supermarket tabloid that claimed she was dangerously thin, her lawyer said Thursday.
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The folks behind that controversial "Save Mary-Kate" gear could use   some saving of their own right about now--from the Olsens and their   high-powered legal team, who literally want to the shirts off the   designers' back.
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Paris Hilton is suing over the use of her picture and catchphrase "That's hot" on a greeting card. Hilton sued Hallmark Cards Inc. in U.S. District Court seeking an injunction and unspecified damages to be determined at trial.