Richard Roberts, former president at Oral Roberts University and the son of the school's televangelist namesake, was arrested last night while speeding during a highway near Tulsa, Okla. for DUI. Roberts resigned from ORU after several wrongful termination lawsuits and accusations that his family was abusing university and ministry funds.
Apple is also facing lawsuits of its own. HTC has filed 2 lawsuits against the company both of which are awaiting decisions in March and April 2013. Apple had lost a major lawsuit in 2011 to Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia over patent infringement of Nokia technologies.
Macy's Inc is suing Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc, accusing the company of breach of contract for entering into an agreement to sell certain products at stores run by its rival J.C. Penney Co Inc.
As the Megaupload founder defends himself against charges of money laundering and bribery, many are wondering if the nebulous charges against him are linked the recent defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a conclusion which government insiders confirm. Though the FBI claims Megaupload is an online menace and its founder a career criminal, Dotcom's defenders see his arrest as a form of increasingly desperate government censorship.
The makers and the legal team behind the documentary West of Memphis, produced by one of the West Memphis Three, have alleged that Terry Hobbs, stepfather of one of the victims Stevie Branch, is responsible for the deaths of the three eight-year-old boys, a crime which sent three teenagers known as the West Memphis Three to prison for 20 years.
Casey Anthony has answered the two questions a local court mandated her to answer, according to a report on orlandosentinel.com. The questions were with regard to the death of her daughter, Caylee Anthony, 2, and were posed to her by Texas EquuSearch (TES), a volunteer organization that helped in the search for Caylee in 2008.
An appeals court in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit by the financial industry challenging new federal regulations aimed at cracking down on speculation in commodities markets, a move that will likely delay a decision about whether the rules pass muster.
The long-awaited megabout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will finally push through this year, according to the Philippines' GMA News Online. Pacquiao's wife Jinkee said her husband personally confirmed to her that the fight may be held on May 5 or June 5.
In the summer of 2007, Apple's Steve Jobs received a note from then-Palm chief executive Ed Colligan, according to correspondence revealed in a lawsuit over employee poaching.
No one calls him Sir Allen Stanford anymore. He is inmate number 35017-183. On Monday, the Texas financier heads to court in Houston to battle charges that he operated a $7 billion Ponzi scheme from Stanford International Bank Ltd., his offshore bank on the Caribbean island of Antigua.
Chevron Corp has filed an appeal with Ecuador's Supreme Court to review a judgment that the U.S. oil company pay $18 billion in damages for polluting the Amazon jungle.
The Chevron Corp. announced Friday it has filed an appeal with Ecuador's National Court of Justice to review what the company calls an illegitimate ruling made against it this year.
Occupy Wall Street's plan to occupy the courts on Friday hit a snag after a federal judge denied the protesters a permit to rally outside the federal courthouse at 500 Pearl Street in Manhattan.
Kim Kardashian has decided to sue The GAP, parent company of Old Navy, for illicitly using a model look-a-like in an Old Navy commercial. But Kim's reputation will be at the helm of the defendant's investigation. The GAP reportedly plans to prove Kardashian is libel-proof since her reputation is already so tarnished.
Hundreds of teachers gathered Wednesday at the Panel for Educational Policy in Brooklyn to protest the mayor's plan to overhaul more than half of the teachers at 33 schools in the city.
Hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen is once again in the spotlight over allegations of improper trading at his $14 billion SAC Capital Advisors.
A man who claims he owns half the social network Facebook was fined $5,000 by a federal judge for not providing information related to a case he filed against founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that is sinking off Italy's west coast, is facing 15 years in prison on charges of manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing a shipwreck.
The producers of Broadway's version of Spider-Man filed a countersuit against the musical's ousted director Julie Taymor on Tuesday, accusing her of jeopardizing the production by not caring about ticket sales.
Looks like E&J Gallo wines and Constellation Brands Inc, which produces Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi, will be buying more than a round this spring for lot of wine drinkers.
Texas EquuSearch (TES), the volunteer organization that helped in the search for a missing Caylee Anthony in 2008, is suing Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony. A hearing for the group was held on Tuesday, where TES asked for the reimbursement of $110,000 spent on two, multi-day searches, conducted in September and November of 2009. The group argued Anthony wasted their money and resources, since she knew where her daughter was.
Apple has filed a lawsuit this week against Samsung Electronics in Germany to ban the sale of Samsung smartphones in the country, according to a report.
