Internationally known singer Shakira is facing a hefty lawsuit filed by her former business partner and boyfriend, Antonio de la Rua, last week. De la Rua filed a complaint against NBC’s The Voice star stating that their severed partnership entitles him to $100 million from the popstar. De la Rua states that he, along with [...]

Oscar “Blade Runner” Pistorius, a world famous Paralympic track star, appeared in court on Tuesday to seek bail on the premeditated murder charge in the shooting of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp. In the courtroom the prosecution and defense presented conflicting accounts of the shooting. While the prosecution depicted Pistorius as a calm and calculated [...]

The self-described jerk-humanitarian may also become familiar with another awkward term–bankruptcy.  After coming clean in an uncomfortable sit-down with Oprah, the cycling legend may have to file for bankruptcy to seek protection from being cleaned out by a “tidal wave” of lawsuits from a variety of sources, including sponsors seeking breach-of-contract damages, cycling-event organizers for [...]

Alicia Keys has been sued by Earl Shuman, a songwriter, for copyright infringement on her new track “Girl on Fire.” Shuman became aware of the similarity to a track of his from 1962 when a blogger mentioned it online.

Music moguls and celebrity couple Jay-Z and Beyonce have lost a court case seeking to trademark the name of their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. In January, Jay-Z and Beyonce filed an application to trademark the name. Blue Ivy Events, a Boston based wedding planning company, filed suit to save their company name, and a court [...]

Paul Delvecchio Jr., better known as “DJ Pauly D” from the MTV reality show “Jersey Shore” settled a trademark infringement suit with a Connecticut DJ who claims he has been referring to himself as “DJ Paulie” since 1973. Paul Lis accused MTV, Delvecchio and other entities of illegally using his name. He further claims he [...]

A day in the life of Kate Middleton: enjoying royal teatime, lavish vacationing, watching a polo match, going topless. Oh, and getting caught.  On Friday, September 14, 2012, a French gossip magazine disrupted Ms. Middleton’s royal affairs with the publication of topless photographs taken by paparazzi. Shortly after (within hours) the princess’s physique went viral, [...]

The Ninth Circuit has struck down an argument made by the pop icon’s estate that it is entitled to royalties from a California company selling her images.  The issue turned on—of all things—whether Monroe was domiciled in California or New York at the time of her death.  While California law recognizes a descendible, posthumous right [...]

At least this time he’s not doing anything illegal – just possibly against IOC policy.  Photos for a Louis Vuitton ad campaign taken by Annie Leibovitz were leaked last week.  This could be a problem for Phelps as the IOC has a rule against athlete promotion of non-Olympic sponsors from July 18th to August 15th. [...]

As the Tour de France races through the French countryside this month, Lance Armstrong has responded to continual doping charges against him by filing a suit in the Federal Courts of Texas. Armstrong claims that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is waging a personal vendetta against him in an attempt to strip him of his [...]