Carrie Prejean Sues Miss CA Pageant for Religious Discrimination

Carrie Prejean lawsuit alleges libel, slander
Carrie Prejean, the runner-up in the most recent Miss USA pageant, doesn’t appear to be done with the spotlight just yet. Even after all the drama she’s already been through, Carrie Prejean is suing the Miss California pageant for religious discrimination.
Carrie Prejean filed a lawsuit [...]

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Rosemary Port Files $15 Million Lawsuit Against Google

Rosemary Port says her privacy was violated
Rosemary Port, the blogger behind “Skanks in NYC,” is suing the biggest company in the world. OK, so I don’t really know if Google is the biggest company in the world, but I am assuming it is.
In any case, Google revealed Rosemary Port’s identity [...]

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Sevin Nyne | Is Lindsay Lohan’s Tan Brand a Scam?

Is Sevin Nyne a stolen secret?
Lindsay Lohan just can’t seem to escape trouble. After going through plenty of personal turmoil and having it well-documented by tabloids, she now appears to be having professional trouble regarding Sevin Nyne.
Sevin Nyne is a brand of sunless tanning spray that Lohan and Lorit Simon, [...]

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Children’s Place Agrees to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit for $12 Million

Children’s Place fends off trial
Children’s Place kids clothing retailer has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a class-action lawsuit against the company. Reuters reports that the lawsuit accused “its officers of misrepresenting facts about operations that caused the company’s stock to artificially inflate.”
Though the company has agreed to pay the [...]

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Kevin Trudeau’s Books Deemed Fraud | Save Your Money

Kevin Trudeau’s ups and downs
You may have seen an infomercial for any number of Kevin Trudeau products. He has hawked several books, including “Natural Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About.”
Kevin Trudeau’s books have made it onto the best-sellers list as consumers seeking help hit up payday lenders so [...]

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Whole Body Imaging Could Lead to Lawsuit

Whole body imaging causes controversy
Airport security personnel argue that whole body imaging is less invasive than a pat-down, but many individuals and a group called the Privacy Coalition beg to differ.
Whole body imaging uses millimeter wave technology to scan people from head to toe so airport security can see what [...]

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Tamir Sapir Pleads Guilty to ‘Illegally Importing Wildlife Parts’

Tamir Sapir company to pay fines
A Cayman Islands company, Ruzial Ltd., has pleaded guilty to using a company yacht to illegally import elephant tusks, a mounted tiger head and bar stools covered with reticulated python hides, among several other illegal items.
New Yorker Tamir Sapir, the company’s owner, signed a document [...]

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Westwood College | Think Before You Hand Over Your Money

Westwood College accused of fraud
Last month, Westwood College paid the U.S. government $7 million for violations of the False Claims Act. The violations involve recruiting and reporting infringements.
Westwood College, owned by Alta Colleges, Inc., has 17 campuses. The school, made $250 million last year, was accused of knowingly violating  more [...]

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Ola Ray Files Lawsuit for ‘Thriller’ Royalties

Ola Ray’s paperwork is in
It’s official, Ola Ray has filed a lawsuit against Michael Jackson for falling short on royalty payments for “Thriller.” Ola Ray played Jackson’s date in the the 14-minute music video, which won the Video Vanguard Award for The Greatest Video in the History of the World.
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Ola Ray Goes After Chunk of Michael Jackson’s Fortune

Ola Ray wants to get paid
In 1983, the “Thriller” music video, co-starring Ola Ray, hit the airwaves. Ola Ray played Michael Jackson’s date in the famous, 14-minute video, and 26 years later, she wants her cut.
Ola Ray claims in a lawsuit that she hasn’t been paid royalties for “Thriller,” which [...]

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Trial for Class-Action Lawsuit Against Canada Payday Loan Company Begins

Money Mart mounts defense
A class-action lawsuit that was filed in Ontario went to trial Tuesday. The suit against Canada payday loan company Money Mart alleges that the defendant charged an unlawful amount of interest to its customers.
Money Mart maintains that it did not charge illegal interest or interest rates of [...]

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Feds Ban Online Payday Loan Companies from Certain Practices

Nevada Online Payday Loans Companies Sued
Federal and state regulators in Nevada have gotten a court order that bars seven online payday loan companies from engaging in a few specific practices.
Federal Trade Commission claims the companies have used “deceptive” lending and collection practices.
Who is involved
The companies named in the lawsuit, which [...]

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America’s Next Big Scammer: Will Stanford Need Payday Loans?

Payday loans won’t clear Stanford’s name
Billionaire Allen Stanford could find himself needing payday loans if his fortune is wiped away with the new revelation that Stanford is being charged with fraud.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says Stanford Financial Group fraudulently sold $8 billion in high-yield certificates of deposit. Stanford [...]

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Online Payday Loan Company Reaches Settlement

Payday lender settles suit
An online payday loan company must pay all of its Wisconsin customers $329 and forgive all of their loans after a class-action lawsuit was settled out of court. Tremont Financial LLC denies any wrongdoing.
The company also is prohibited from issuing any further loans in the state of [...]