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    Warner Brothers Is Being Sued For Using Nyan Cat Without Permission

    Warner Brothers—a company all too keen to leap on anybody infringing its copyright—is being sued for unauthorized use of the Nyan Cat meme. Oops. Read more...
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    Yoga Instructor Hilaria Baldwin Sued Over “Bloody” Handstand Accident

    In more strange yoga news today, celebrity yoga instructor (and wife of Alec Baldwin) Hilaria Baldwin*is being sued for a "bloody" accident that happened in one of her yoga classes last month. More » Yoga Instructor Hilaria Baldwin Sued Over “Bloody” Handstand Accident is a post from Blisstree...
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    Facebook Is Being Sued By a Dead Man

    Dutch programmer Joannes Jozef Everardus van Der Meer is suing Facebook over its 'Like' button. Companies get sued all the time! Why do we care? Well, aside from having an A+ name, van Der Meer is actually... dead. He passed away in 2004, just as Facebook was beginning to take over the world...
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    Verizon Sued By Porn Industry For Protecting Pirates

    Verizon is being sued by a group of adult movie companies because it has refused to hand over personal details of alleged BitTorrent pirates. More »
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    How often is a person sued for not paying a cell phone bill?

    Especially if it's the first month of having said cellphone
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    James Franco Sued by Ex-NYU Professor, Compared to Clint Eastwood's Chair

    This probably isn't the sort of Barack Obama comparison that James Franco would want. "Whoever was in Clint Eastwood's chair at the Republican National Convention was more...
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    Johnson & Johnson Sued, Because Duh: Splenda Doesn’t Cause Weight Loss

    Artificial sweeteners are bad for you. This is not news. But companies just keep on touting the (nonexistent) health benefits of articicial sweeteners, trying to convince consumers that not only are they better than sugar, but that they're actually good for you. The latest culprit? Johnson &...
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    Vita Coco, O.N.E. Coconut Water Sued For False Claims; Give License To Buy Pricier Br

    Half of us at Blisstree are nursing slight addictions to coconut water, which is mostly just harmful to our wallets, but according to the plaintiffs of a new lawsuit against O.N.E. Coconut Water and Vita Coco, it could be hitting your health. Or, at least not boosting it quite as much as the...
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    Expendables 2 Filmmakers Sued by Family of Stuntman Killed on Set

    The parents of stuntman Kun Liu, who was killed while working on The Expendables 2, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday.Producers Nu Image and...
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    Kirstie Alley Sued For Claiming Organic Liaison Helped Her Weight Loss

    Kirstie Alley has long struggled with her weight, but she's turned her plight into a cash cow in recent years with her new company, Organic Liaison, a weight-loss program designed to "liaise" consumers from a junky diet to a healthy one with supplements, diet and lifestyle tips, and online...
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    Lady Gaga, Universal Music Group Sued for $10 Million by Maker of Bratz Dolls

    With her electric wardrobe and bold fashion choices, Lady Gaga is a natural fit to be made into a doll.But according to MGA Entertainment, the maker of Bratz dolls, Gaga's...
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    Ridiculous Lawsuit Of The Day: Justin Bieber Sued For Giving A Woman Tinnitus

    Teen idol Justin Bieber may be irritating to grown-ups--but is he actually bad for your health? According to TMZ, one Oregon woman seems to think so. She's suing the Biebs for over $9 million, because, she says, his screaming fans gave her tinnitus, which is a persistent ringing or buzzing in...
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    Madonna Sued Over "Vogue"

    Better late than never?* Perhaps that's what execs at VMG, a company out of Delaware, were thinking when they filed suit Wednesday against Madonna and her record label over the...
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    Bristol Palin Sued by Bar Heckler: I Don't Want to Be on Life's a Tripp!

    Stephen Hanks is Tripping out. The man who was captured on camera yelling nasty things to Bristol Palin about mom Sarah Palin while she took a mechanical-bull ride at a West Hollywood...
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    Chris Daughtry Sued by Ex-Bandmates Over Unpaid Royalties

    Chris Daughtry seems to have struck a bad chord with his former bandmates. According to reports, the singer has been sued by three of his ex-collaborators, who claim that Daughtry...
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    Can I get sued for this?

    I am working on a Sci-fi Novel. I want to know if it is Illegal to use other alien species for a short appearance. Example. The main character is walking down a hallway on a Dreadnought class war ship. As he is walking an Sanghelli (Halo) walks by. Or a Predator, Ewok, ect. or even make one of...
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    Will I get sued for repossesing my trade in car before taking possession of new car?

    Will I gut sued if I drove my trade in off the lot before possessing new car? I went to go trade in my car today for a cheaper used car and of course after hours of pushing the numbers around, they got me to buckle on what I wanted and basically ripping me off. As I was signing the paperwork I...
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    where do i go now that limewire is shut down and being sued?

    i know of frostwire and bear share but i want to know of any more options out there if there are any as good as limewire was.
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    Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino Sued for $1 Million

    Now this is a situation! E! News confirms that Mike Sorrentino, aka The Situation, from MTV's hit show Jersey Shore has been slapped with a $1 million lawsuit by his former...
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    can I be sued for using pictures and video taken of a friends snakes in my...

    ...DVD I am making? I am a street performing belly dancer who in exchange for my sunny performing space was allowed to video a very short, less than 5 minutes dance with a fellow performers burmese python. I intend to add this short clip and 4 stills to a DVD that I am making for private sale...
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