With a jury’s refusal to hold a concert promoter responsible for Michael Jackson’s death, the late singer’s mother lost perhaps her last best chance to collect millions in damages and place blame for her son’s untimely demise.

The orders who ran the Magdalene laundries need to offer redress to the survivors, writes Anne Ferris.

A US judge has finalised Katy Perry and Russell Brand’s divorce, although the pair will not legally split up until July.

Lindsay Lohan was taken into custody after a US Judge revoked her probation because she was ousted from a community service assignment at a women’s shelter.

THE curious case of an enormous emerald weighing as much as a horse was destined for a Los Angeles courtroom last night as a judge tried to determine who owns it.

Roman Polanski’s loss of a crucial California court decision set up his return to the United States more than three decades after he fled a statutory rape charge, Swiss legal experts said.

The jury in Phil Spector’s second murder trial will visit the famed music producer’s home where actress Lana Clarkson died, but the judge set strict rules on the presence of Spector’s wife and the operation of an outdoor fountain.

As OJ Simpson sits in jail in Nevada, his Pro Football Hall of Fame ring has become the object of a custody battle in California, where a judge ordered yesterday that a memorabilia dealer hand it over.

The judge who presided over Phil Spector's murder trial has rejected a defence motion to disqualify him from the retrial.

The judge who presided over the Phil Spector murder trial has rejected a defense motion to disqualify him from handling the retrial because of alleged prejudice against the music producer.

Lawyers for US pop star Britney Spears have filed an emergency court motion seeking to expand visiting rights with her children, who she lost custody of last week.

Authorities in the US are investigating an internet posting that appeared to threaten the judge in music producer Phil Spector’s murder trial.

The judge in Phil Spector’s US murder trial has given the deadlocked jury new instructions with several scenarios as to how the record producer might have killed actress Lana Clarkson.

The judge presiding in the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector decided today he would not allow the hung jury to consider a lesser charge of manslaughter.

Nicole Richie has won a delay in her drunken driving case.

Paris Hilton has been taken to court in handcuffs by Los Angeles Police.

American actor Tom Sizemore has surrendered to face a Los Angeles hearing on whether he violated probation when he was arrested for drug possession.

A criminalist who examined evidence for Phil Spector’s murder trial testified in a hearing that a missing piece of acrylic fingernail from shooting victim Lana Clarkson’s hand may or may not be of value in reconstructing the actress’ death at the record producer’s home.

Testimony in Phil Spector's murder trial has been cancelled until Wednesday because one of his attorneys had to see a doctor and immigration rallies were planned in the Los Angeles city centre area.

Four men and two women were seated today as alternate jurors for music producer Phil Spector's trial on a charge of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in southern California

JURY selection began yesterday in the murder trial of legendary music producer Phil Spector — four years after an actress who starred in a cult movie was shot to death in the foyer of his castle-like home.

The judge in the murder case against music producer Phil Spector said today he is leaning toward allowing the trial to be televised and will make a decision after hearing from lawyers later this month.

Three people who said they believed entertainer Michael Jackson was guilty of child molestation were among 12 US jurors chosen to hear a lawsuit filed by a former associate over a financial dispute.

MERCK won a major victory in the battle over its Vioxx painkiller yesterday when a New Jersey state jury found that the drug maker properly warned consumers about the risks of the medication.

A Los Angeles judge has extended a temporary restraining order barring an ex-girlfriend of actor Colin Farrell from marketing a tape of them having sex.

The judge who presided over Michael Jackson’s child abuse case has ordered prosecutors to return to the entertainer hundreds of items seized by investigators.

A PROSECUTOR laid out the child molestation and conspiracy case against Michael Jackson yesterday, saying his 15-year-old accuser was abused and employees tried to silence him by warning his mother could be killed.

A jury was selected ahead of schedule today for the child molestation trial of pop star Michael Jackson.

Phil Spector's murder trial has been given an official start date of 16 September.

Hollywood actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger is relieved after a California judge dismissed a libel lawsuit against him.

Act Two of the Michael Jackson child molestation case gets under way this week with a new cast of lawyers taking centre stage.

A girl who was snatched from her cot by a woman who then set fire to the family house to cover the kidnap is to be returned to her biological mother.