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Carly Simon Suing Starbucks

It is probably safe to say that Carly Simon is not drinking any Starbucks coffee these days. On Friday, Simon filed a lawsuit against Starbucks for failing to properly promote her album "This Kind of Love."

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Facebook sued by Phoenix Media

Phoenix Media/Communications is suing the social networking site Facebook. Phoenix, which owns The Boston Phoenix and other local alternative weeklies and websites, filed the lawsuit in US Disrict Court in Boston on Wednesday stating that Facebook has allegedly violated a patent related to setting up online personal profile pages.

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Toyota's Prius Faces Patent Challenge

Toyota, already having a recent spate of bad news over a massive 3.8 million vehicle recall (over floor mats, no less), is facing more trouble. It's possible, though admittedly unlikely, that Toyota could find its Prius, the most popular hybrid car made, banned, along with other Toyota hybrids.

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Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Mehmet Oz Sue Over False Endorsements

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia doctor who is a regular guest on her show, Wednesday sued advertisers using their names without permission in Internet ads. The ads generally center around dietary supplements.

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Microsoft Facing Multiple Lawsuits

Tuesday was a busy day for Microsoft in the courts. At the end of day, the software giant was facing two new patent infringement lawsuits.

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Jobless Woman Sues College For Tuition

Trina Thompson, 27, filed a lawsuit last week against Monroe College in Bronx Supreme Court. As she has been unable to find employment since graduating, she is suing for the $70,000 she paid in tuition.

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Ben Roethlisberger Named in Sex Assault Lawsuit

Star Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a woman in Nevada. The lawsuit names a total of nine defendants. Andrea McNulty is listed as the plaintiff.

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HealthSouth Former SEO Hit With Largest Civil Judgement

Richard Scrushy, former CEO of HealthSouth, was hit with a $2.88 billion civil judgement, the largest financial penalty ever leveled against a single executive. Mr. Scrushy was accused of inflating HealthSouth's earnings for more than six years and enjoying $40 million paydays for all of his hard work building the company.

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Craigslist to Eliminate "Erotic Services" Section

After facing heat in the form of threatened criminal charges as well as already existing lawsuits, Craigslist on Wednesday announced it will drop its "erotic services" section, and replace it with a new adult section that will be monitored by Craigslist employees.

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Founders of BitTorrent Site "The Pirate Bay" Found Guilty

While just a day or so ago the founders of The Pirate Bay, Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde, expressed a great deal of confidence in their trial, but Friday a Swedish court found the three, as well as Carl Lundstrom, who provided financing, guilty of facilitating copyright infringement.

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Brazilian Bikini Wax Ban Mulled by New Jersey

For those who don't know, a Brazilian wax could be thought of as using the same technique as a bikini wax, but removing everything, or sometimes just a thin strip of hair. You can imagine the pain, but how about the lawsuits?

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Proof That No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

The California Supreme Court this week ruled that a lawsuit against a Good Samaritan can go forward, as a woman who pulled her friend out of a car after an accident did not provide medical assistance.

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