A California Sikh, Dr. Randeep Dhillon, has filed a lawsuit against Jay Leno, alleging that the Sikh community was the unfair butt of The Chin’s joke on the January 19th episode of The Tonight Show.  The joke at issue portrayed Mitt Romney, the uber-wealthy Republican presidential candidate, as the summer resident of the Golden Temple [...]

This may be a first for daytime television: a very entertaining Intellectual Property lawsuit in The People’s Court. So what do you think about sassy Judge Marilyn Milian’s decision?

Although Warner Brothers may have settled the lawsuit with Mike Tyson’s tattoo artist over the use of Tyson’s tattoo in the movie, The Hangover Part II, they are now facing a new lawsuit from Louis Vuitton.  Perhaps, you remember Zach Galifianakis’s line, “Careful, that is a Louis Vuitton,” in the movie.  Turns out that executives [...]

Not even an action for copyright infringement can stop Hollywood juggernaut Angelina Jolie from dominating the big screen. Jolie was sued by a Croatian journalist who claims that Jolie stole from his 2007 book for the plot of her film, “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” which tells the story of an abused woman [...]

The dispute was between two models using the same stage name, “Elizabeth Sky.” The defendant allegedly went on a campaign on the Internet that tried to destroy the other model’s social networking presence. Interestingly, the court awarded damages to the plaintiff because of harm caused by various websites and social networks that removed the plaintiff’s [...]

According to the New York Post, ‘Storage Wars’ star Dave Hester filed suit against rapper Trey Songz (real name Tremaine Neverson), seeking a court order that bars the rapper from “interfering” with Hester’s use of “YUUUP!” It all started when attorneys for Songz sent a cease-and-desist letter to Hester that demanded the reality TV star stop [...]

iMDb, the well-known database for all facts related to the big and small screens, is fighting back against claims of facilitating age discrimination.  After an anonymous actress filed a complaint against iMDb for revealing her age on the website, Amazon.com, the owner of iMDb, filed a motion to dismiss the complaint.  Amazon claims that her complaint violates FRCP Rule [...]

Reality TV star Tonya Cooley has brought a lawsuit against MTV, Bunim/Murray Productions, Kenneth Santucci, Evan Starkman and others alleging she was victim to sexual abuse during the Thailand season of the The Real World/ Road World Challenge. Cooley filed a complaint with California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing seeking unspecified damages for unlawful [...]

Eddie Murphy has stepped down as the host of the 2012 Academy Awards.  His departure comes one day after director Brett Ratner stepped down as producer amid controversy over some comments he made, including that he slept with Olivia Munn and Lindsay Lohan and that “rehearsals are for f-gs.”  In a statement Murphy said “I [...]

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a St. Louis-based production team is claiming Andy Samberg and SNL stole material for two sketches including the famous Rihanna and Shy Ronnie short.   Thank you to staffer Andrew Eisenberg for the link!