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Love her or hate her, Sarah Jessica Parker has brand appeal. That’s why she’s courted for marketing gigs worth millions. But one jewelry company is saying she failed to follow through on their deal. Now, instead of sex in the city, she’s getting sued in the city. Too Busy to Promote Jewelry Line Kat Florence Design Ltd. says they had a deal with Ms. Parker to promote a new line of jewelry – the “Sarah Jessica Parker D-Flawless Diamond” collection....

Anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder was convicted of first degree murder in the fatal shooting of Dr. George Tiller. According to the New York Times, Roeder, 51, who testified he does not regret George Tiller killing now faces a life sentence in prison. Tiller was known as one of the few doctors in the country to perform late-term abortions. Many abortion rights supporters say his first degree murder conviction sends a message that violence against abortion doctors is not justified and will be punished....

Shakira is being sued by her ex-boyfriend, Antonio de la Rua, for a whopping $100 million. De la Rua, the son of former Argentine President Fernando de la Rua, claims that he helped increase the singer’s level of fame and that the two had a verbal commitment that he would receive a part of her earnings should she become famous, reports Fox News. Well, Shakira became famous. And after the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer made it big, she moved on and is currently expecting a baby with soccer star Gerard Pique....

Only one in five federal government agencies is in compliance with federal laws that require the online publication of information and records, according to an audit conducted by the National Security Archive (NSA) at George Washington University. According to the NSA report (titled the “Knight Open Government Survey”), the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments (which took effect in 1997) require federal agencies “to post key records online, provide citizens with detailed guidance on making information requests, and use new information technology to publish information proactively....

The U.S. Supreme Court revived a UPS employee’s claim that the company discriminated against her while she was pregnant. Peggy Young contends UPS refused to lighten her work load during her pregnancy, and sued the company under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Lower courts had dismissed the case, but the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to send the case back for a full hearing on the merits. Pregnancy Accommodations The crux of the case is whether UPS provided the same accommodations to Young while she was pregnant as it did to non-pregnant workers....

Recently, both Netflix and Hulu released documentaries on the hellish Fyre Festival. To refresh your recollection, that was the music festival in the Bahamas back in the Spring of 2017 for the beautiful people and Instagram influencers. 1. Billy McFarland: Six Years in Prison, $25.6 Million Forfeiture, Banned for Life by SEC Billy McFarland, the 27-year-old founder of the company that created the festival, turned out to be a real piece of work....

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away the City of New York’s latest attempts at holding the firearms industry legally responsible for violence caused by the marketing of handguns that end up being sold and used unlawfully. The lawsuits, originally filed in 2000 against gun makers like Beretta, Smith & Wesson, and Colt, sought to hold the companies liable under a New York “public nuisance” law. The City of New York basically alleged that the gun makers created a dangerous condition that affected the safety of a large number of New Yorkers, by letting handguns fall into the wrong hands through illegal and private sales....

A divided U.S. Supreme Court has blocked early voting from beginning today in Ohio, with opponents worried that minority voters will be the ones to suffer. In a 5-4 decision, the High Court granted Ohio’s request to stay an earlier ruling by a lower federal court which is pending appeal, reports USA Today. Grants to stay lower rulings from the Supreme Court don’t typically have much detail, but this one-page ruling did indicate that four of the nine justices opposed it....

If you have been hooked on the on-going saga of Asian Carp, the State of Michigan and the Supreme Court, you will be interested to hear that last week, the Supreme Court denied a request from the state of Michigan for the third time to close the locks leading from Chicago-area waterways to Lake Michigan. According to the state, this would have served to prevent the spread of the insidious Asian carp which have devastated many native species on their journey up the Mississippi river to the Great Lakes, from their original home in the fish farms of the South....

The only suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, Joran van der Sloot, was sentenced Friday to 28 years in prison for murder in Peru. But what about efforts to extradite him to the United States? A judge in Peru today sentenced Van der Sloot for killing a Peruvian woman in 2010, Reuters reports. The murder of Stephany Flores took place five years to the day after Natalee Holloway went missing in Aruba....

There are very few people out there who rejoice when they receive a jury summons. No matter the case, the number one complaint of prospective jurors is the excruciating amount of time it takes for the judge and attorneys to whittle down the jury pool. What gives? Whether it’s a civil or criminal suit, the law requires that a jury be unbiased. Weeding out potentially biased jurors isn’t as easy as it sounds....

Last week, an arrest was finally made in the 2015 shooting of Darrell Alston, better known to his fans as “Nazty.” Police cited the on-going beef between Nazty and Kevron Evans, aka Young Moose, as the motivation for the shooting. However, Young Moose has not been implicated in any other way. Police arrested Antonio Melvin for the murder of Alston, who is a friend of Young Moose and has appeared in the rapper’s music videos....

An investigation into whether the New England Patriots illegally deflated game balls from last year’s AFC Championship Game says it’s “more probable than not” that team personnel altered the balls and quarterback Tom Brady was likely involved. The full report, conducted by an outside law firm at the NFL’s request, can be seen below. It includes text messages between Pats staffers discussing altering the inflation of game balls, as well as calls and texts between staff and Brady immediately after news of the scandal broke....

Some might say the members of the Gamma Phi Gamma fraternity at Ohio’s Wilmington College were having a ball. Others might argue they went a little nuts. One thing’s certain: Thirteen Wilmington College students and one alumnus were arrested and charged with misdemeanors after a fraternity hazing ritual ended with one pledge requiring surgical removal of a testicle. What’s the story behind this modern Greek tragedy? Hazing has become a persistent issue at universities around the country, with deaths, injuries, and lawsuits hitting universities big (such as Cornell) and small, such as Wilmington College, a private liberal arts college in southwestern Ohio....

The police should never be called on a whim. In most cases, it’s best to resolve issues with neighbors the neighborly way: without threats or police cars. 1. Noise Your neighbors are loud. Unusually loud. They party late into the night without any regard for their surroundings. Look up the noise ordinances in your locality so that you are sure you know what exactly is allowed and what constitutes too much....

Last week, President Bush signed into law the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, a sweeping housing rescue package that promises help for homeowners facing foreclosure, and provides temporary assistance to struggling mortgage finance companies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. In light of this landmark legislation – and recent trends in the national housing market – FindLaw’s monthly spotlight is on Foreclosure. Visit FindLaw’s August Spotlight page for tips on avoiding foreclosure, links to state-specific foreclosure information and assistance, foreclosure-related news, and more....

But according to a recent lawsuit, Nye himself may not have realized how financially successful his show was, and that might have been due to some fuzzy math on the part of the show’s distributors. Nye is suing Walt Disney Company, Buena Vista Television, and a host of subsidiaries claiming they withheld profits from BNSG, to the tune of around $28 million. Accounting Rocks! Nye’s brainchild children’s science program ran from 1993 to 1998, but it was until a decade after the last show air that things got, financially speaking, a little weird....

If you thought we were all on board with the TSA policies about weapons and other dangerous materials in airports, you’d be wrong. Yongda Huang Harris was traveling home from Japan when he was stopped at LAX. Customs officials noted he was wearing a bullet-proof vest and fireproof leggings under a trench coat. Homeland Security officials then investigated his luggage. In Harris’s checked luggage they found a long list of weapons and other troubling materials such as body bags and Tyvek suits....

The following post and materials were written and compiled by Joel Zand of FindLaw: Major League Baseball, the NBA, NFL, NHL, and NCAA just sued Delaware over the state’s new Sports Lottery Act, charging that it violates the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act a federal law that that restricts amateur and professional sports betting, in addition to the Delaware Constitution. You can read the new Delaware sports betting lawsuit here:...

The backlog of applications for U.S. passports has caused the U.S. State Department to adjust its passport processing timetable, and the agency is alerting passport applicants that “expedited” service will now take about three weeks. The previous timetable for expedited service (which costs an additional $60) was one week. According to the Washington Post, “last year, the agency processed 12.1 million passports. Through the next four years, officials expect to process almost 100 million passports....