Celebrities

Texas PI Lawyer Baron Has Cancer, Fights for Experimental Drug

Fred Baron has terminal cancer, and is fighting, so far without success, to be treated with an experimental drug. The 61-year-old has been diagnosed with “final stage multiple myeloma,” his son, Andrew, writes on a personal blog, and may have only a short time to live, reports the Dallas Morning…

Oct 15, 2008 5:14 PM CDT

Wavering Client Finally Pleads in John Cusack Stalking Case

A plea deal that would have saved a woman accused of stalking actor John Cusack from further jail time almost fell through, after she told a Los Angeles judge that her counsel had used scare tactics to coerce her into agreeing to it. But as 33-year-old Emily Leatherman was about…

Oct 10, 2008 7:43 PM CDT

Dog Breeder Sues Movie Studio Over Famous Canine Name: Rin Tin Tin

A Texas dog breeder whose family has been protecting the legacy of Rin Tin Tin for more than 50 years says in a lawsuit that a new movie has sullied it. Daphne Hereford contends that Finding Rin Tin Tin, a foreign movie that was released on DVD in this country…

Oct 7, 2008 8:38 PM CDT

Calif. Judge Bans Anna Nicole Smith Breast Surgery Videotape

In the latest ruling in a steady stream of medical privacy cases, a California judge has nixed a Texas doctor’s claimed right to distribute videotapes of the 1994 breast augmentation surgery he performed on celebrity Anna Nicole Smith. After granting a preliminary injunction against Dr. Gerald Johnson last year, Los…

Oct 6, 2008 9:10 PM CDT

O.J. Simpson Appeal to Target Jury Selection

O.J. Simpson, convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery late Friday, has some strong arguments for his planned appeal, according to his lawyer. Yale Galanter told the Associated Press that his client is being isolated from other prisoners for his own safety in a county jail where he will be held…

Oct 6, 2008 10:43 AM CDT

‘Project Runway’ Didn’t Violate Copyright

Miramax Film Corp. and supermodel Heidi Klum did not violate the copyright of fashion designer Cynthia Rodriguez and buyer and merchandiser Elizabeth Zwiebach with their reality TV show “Project Runway,” a Manhattan federal judge has found. The pair claimed they developed a treatment for a reality show entitled “American Runway”…

Oct 3, 2008 1:34 PM CDT

Jury Gets O.J. Simpson Case Today

Thirteen years to the day after he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend, O.J. Simpson saw his latest case go to a Las Vegas jury today. The jury is deliberating whether Simpson is guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers. If convicted, he…

Oct 3, 2008 11:47 AM CDT

Missing Millionaire’s Plane Found After Hiker Seeks Lawyer’s Help

After a California hiker found identification and $1,000 in cash in a remote area on Monday, he asked an attorney for help. The name “Fossett” on the ID meant nothing to his client, Preston Morrow, says attorney David Baumwohl. But it rang a bell with some of his friends and…

Oct 2, 2008 4:18 PM CDT

Hilary Swank’s Next Movie Based on Law Student’s Fight to Exonerate Brother

A high-school dropout and single mother who was inspired to get her high school equivalency diploma and put herself through college and law school by her brother’s 1983 murder conviction will be played by actress Hilary Swank in an upcoming movie. The woman whose true story will be portrayed in…

Oct 1, 2008 6:18 PM CDT

Struggling Ed McMahon Sued Again, Raps to Raise Moola

Another creditor has filed suit against Ed McMahon, claiming that the aging entertainer and his wife haven’t repaid a $100,000 loan. The lawsuit was filed by the Griffin Group, a management company associated with the late entertainer Merv Griffin, in Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this month, reports E! Online.…

Sep 30, 2008 8:10 PM CDT

O.J. Simpson Jurors Could Get Case by Week’s End

The defense is expected to present its case on Wednesday in O.J. Simpson’s armed robbery trial, and jurors could begin deliberations by the end of the week. Prosecutors are trying to establish that Simpson knew his associates drew their guns in the September encounter with two sports memorabilia dealers in…

Sep 30, 2008 5:39 PM CDT

Daughter, 2, Gets Heath Ledger’s $20M Estate, But Not His $10M Life Insurance

The young daughter of Heath Ledger reportedly will be the Australian actor’s sole heir. But, at least for now, she isn’t getting any of his $10 million life insurance, according to Entertainment Tonight. A lawsuit (PDF) filed in Los Angeles Superior Court says the life insurer has refused in bad…

Sep 29, 2008 9:09 PM CDT

Erin Brockovich Signs On With NYC Law Firm

Ever wonder what happened to legal crusader Erin Brockovich after Julia Roberts earned an Oscar for the role in the major Hollywood motion picture named for her? The New York Post reports that Brockovich, who took on PG&E and won, has landed a gig as a consultant with New York’s…

Sep 26, 2008 1:57 PM CDT

RIP: Gerald Margolis, Counsel to Rolling Stones, Robin Williams

Entertainment lawyer and avid surfer Gerald A. Margolis, whose high-profile clients included the Rolling Stones, R. Kelly and Robin Williams, died Sept. 15 at age 65. Margolis was diagnosed six years ago with progressive muscular atrophy and died of complications relating to pneumonia, the Los Angeles Times reports. Margolis was…

Sep 26, 2008 11:12 AM CDT

Judge Gives Green Light to Some of Dan Rather’s Claims Against CBS

Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather can proceed with a claim that his ex-employer breached its contract with him and damaged his reputation by firing him after a controversial 60 Minutes weeknight edition report in 2004 about President George W. Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard. But a…

Sep 23, 2008 8:50 PM CDT