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Uma vs. Lancome: Round Two
Thurman's $15 million countersuit was filed Friday in Manhattan Federal Court, just two days after the French makeup giant filed a preemptive suit about the ...
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  • Bork Settles Lawsuit Over Fall at Yale Club
    One-time U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork settled a $1 million lawsuit Friday against the Yale Club after he fell stepping onto a platform to speak. Bork, 81, sued in Manhattan federal court last year, saying he injured himself so badly at a June 2006 event that he needed surgery and was left with a limp. He faulted the club for not having stairs or a handrail leading up to the platform.
    - 05/12/08 at 12:44AM


  • Man with same name as slain immigrant sues NYPD
    NEW YORK — A Bronx man has filed a lawsuit claiming that he was taunted and falsely arrested by police officers after they learned that he had the same name as a West African immigrant shot to death by other officers in 1999. Amadou Diallo said he was parking his car in Harlem in February when a group of officers confronted him over a broken headlight, and then searched his vehicle for weapons.
    - 05/10/08 at 09:01AM


  • ANOTHER AMADOU SUES 'TAUNT' COPS
    A Bronx man named Amadou Diallo has hit the NYPD with a wrongful-arrest lawsuit, accusing crass cops of trying to frame him and taunting him because he bears the same name as the victim in the infamous "41-shot" slaying. "Oh, you're back from the dead," the officers crudely joked as they cuffed Diallo, 26, who was stopped while parking his car with his wife in the passenger seat on Feb. 26, accor
    - 05/10/08 at 02:38AM


  • UMA SUES LANCOME
    "Kill Bill" star Uma Thurman yesterday threw a counterpunch in her legal battle with Lancome, firing off a $15 million federal breach of contract suit against the French cosmetics giant. Thurman claims Lancome continues to profit off ads featuring her photograph four years after her agreement with the company ended. The actress has asked a judge to put a stop to the ads and make Lancome pay up. T
    - 05/10/08 at 02:38AM


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    Manhattan Federal Blog Mentions

    NYC Judge Lets Gun Offender Go - Says, I don't belive the cops ...
    Over the last six years, the police and prosecutors have cooperated in a broad effort that allows convicted felons found with a firearm to be tried in federal court, where sentences are much harsher than in state court. ...
    - Mon, May 12


    Culinary no-no #54
    Holwell of United States District Court in Manhattan ruled against the restaurant association, and when the association took the case to a federal appeals court, Judge Holwell refused to delay the rules beyond Monday, though he told the ...
    - Mon, May 12


    Uma Thurman Sues Cosmetics Giant Lancome
    The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court on Friday, followed a suit filed on Wednesday in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan by Lancome, saying it did not violate its contract. Thurman made headlines last week in a separate case ...
    - Mon, May 12


    Bork settles $1M suit over fall at Yale Club
    Bork, 81, sued in Manhattan federal court last year, saying he injured himself so badly at the June 2006 event sponsored by the New Criterion magazine that he needed surgery and was left with a limp. He faulted the club for not having ...
    - Mon, May 12


    Ex-Stripper: Academy Award de la Hoya Bullied, Greased one Me
    In an affidavit in Manhattan federal court, Milana Dravnel, 22, laid claim an attorney and a publiciser for de la Hoya fooled her into sign language the fake contract during a pressure, 11/2-hour group meeting at a delicatessen on Sept.
    - Mon, May 12


    Uma sues Lancome
    The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, followed a suit filed on Wednesday in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan by Lancome, saying it did not violate its contract. Lawyers had been seeking to reach an agreement in the dispute. ...
    - Mon, May 12


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