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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Company alleges patent infringement by rival disk maker GS Magicstor.
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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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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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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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The Beatles are suing EMI and Capitol for at least Â£13.2m after claiming the companies kept millions due to the band.
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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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Movie and music mogul Saul Zaentz has sued the studio behind the hit &quot;Lord of the Rings&quot; movie trilogy for more than $20 million in unpaid royalties, Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported on Thursday.
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Movie and music mogul Saul Zaentz  has sued the studio behind the hit "Lord of the Rings" movie  trilogy for more than $20 million in unpaid royalties,  Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported on Thursday.
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Arts & entertainment: They've lavished money and machinery turning Tolkien's epic story into a musical. Was it worth it?
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The estate of author J.R.R. Tolkien  and Rupert Murdoch's HarperCollins Publishers sued the producer  of the "Lord of the Rings" movies, New Line Cinema, on Monday  in a fight over profits from the blockbuster trilogy.
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Newmont Mining Corp. is suing three environmental activists in Indonesia, claiming they falsely accused the company&#39;s gold mining operations there of causing disease and death.
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A settlement announced on Tuesday between Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema could bring âThe Hobbitâ to movie theaters by December 2010.
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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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Michael Jackson&#39;s latest legal headache is a lawsuit by a Los Angeles antique dealer who claims the beleaguered pop star owes him $180,000.
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Harry Potter publisher Scholastic has gone to court in an attempt to plug the increasing amount of online leaks ahead of Friday's release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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Fifteen actors from The Lord of the Rings films sue studio New Line in a dispute over money from merchandise.