Model Janice Dickinson is suing Bill Cosby for defamation over denials by the veteran comedian’s representatives after she accused him of raping her in 1982.

Internet service providers have lost an Australian court battle to keep secret the names of users suspected of illegally downloading Hollywood film Dallas Buyers Club over file-sharing networks.

Electric-car battery maker A123 Systems has sued Apple for poaching top engineers to build a large-scale battery division, according to a court filing that offered further evidence that the iPhone maker may be developing a car.

Actavis plc is being sued by New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman over claims it is trying to block generic competition by swapping versions of its Namenda Alzheimer’s drug, a move he says is part of a growing trend in the pharmaceutical industry to maintain high prices.

Singer Chubby Checker has settled a lawsuit in which he accused Hewlett-Packard of using his trademarked name without permission on a software app that purported to measure the size of a man’s penis.

Author Tess Gerritsen has sued Warner Bros claiming the studio owes her millions in profits from the Oscar- winning hit film Gravity.

The trial of Abu Hamza, the radical Muslim cleric who was extradited from the UK to America in 2012, is expected to begin in New York today.

FOR decades, Haiti was plagued by human-made and natural disasters. But for more than a century it had no cholera, which thrives where sanitation infrastructure is negligible and personal hygiene is poor.

Lady Gaga has settled a lawsuit with her former personal assistant.

A shareholder of BlackBerry Ltd sued the company and executives on Friday, accusing them of inflating the stock price by painting a misleadingly rosy picture of the prospects of its BlackBerry 10 smartphone line.

One of the Australian DJs who made a prank call to the hospital where Kate Middleton was being treated during her pregnancy is taking legal action against the radio station, it has been reported

An apparently insignificant money-laundering case taken against several Colombian men became one of the most important leads for US investigators pursuing a case against an international banking group, write Carrick Mollenkamp and Brett Wolf

The US has filed a fraud lawsuit against Bank of America, accusing it of causing taxpayers more than $1bn (€770m) of losses by selling thousands of toxic mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Lady Gaga's former personal assistant insists the star has "no right to privacy".

An Australian judge has fined Apple AUS$2.25m (€1.8m) for misleading customers that its latest iPad was compatible with the next generation 4G broadband network.

Facebook’s initial public offering is getting less friendly with each passing day.

Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has dismissed as “disgraceful” claims that she was making light of sexual harassment by allowing the parliamentary speaker to keep his job while facing allegations that he pressured a member of staff for sex.

Australia’s parliament speaker said he was temporarily stepping down over a sexual harassment lawsuit which threatens to further weaken Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s hold on power.

The FBI has accused a county councillor’s son of tapping into a conference call the agency had with the garda fraud squad as it investigated an international hacking ring.

The White House says it has no evidence that extraterrestrial creatures exist.

An Australian court has temporarily banned Samsung from selling its new Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the country after rival Apple accused it of copying the technology of its iPad tablet.

IRISH gaming giant Paddy Power is to receive a cash-based tax refund of around €13 million later this year — over 10% of its 2010 operating profit — relating its operations in Australia.

The rapper and actor Ja Rule has been jailed for more than two years by a court in New Jersey for failing to file income tax returns.

A former member of Guyana's parliament and another man were convicted of plotting to blow up jet fuel tanks at John F Kennedy International Airport in a plan authorities said was intended to dwarf the September 11 2001 attacks.

ADRIAN MUTU yesterday lost his lengthy legal battle against Chelsea as the Swiss Federal Court ordered him to pay his former club over €17 million.

McDonald’s lost an eight-year trademark battle against the Malaysian restaurant McCurry, which serves Indian food.

Coldplay denied in US federal court that they copied parts of Joe Satriani’s music for their hit song, 'Viva La Vida'.

An 87-year-old Australian citizen accused of killing a Jewish teenager in Hungary during World War II has asked an Australian court to prevent his extradition to Hungary.

British Airways and Qantas were fined by an Australian court today over a price-fixing cartel in the global air freight industry, a national competition watchdog said.

Anne Hathaway's ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri has been sentenced to a four-and-a-half-year prison spell after pleading guilty to 14 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering.

A US federal judge has ruled that California’s water systems threaten to push native salmon into extinction, but stopped short of ordering any immediate water cutbacks farmers say could cost millions in lost crops.

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon has sued a musical clock distributor over the use of his masterpiece 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'.

The Australian branch of the confectionary and drinks giant Cadbury Schweppes today lost a court bid to ban a local competitor from using purple in its packaging and marketing.

AN IRISH language campaigner has lost his battle to avoid the “institutional harassment” of a Canadian army pledge, which requires him to toast and salute Queen Elizabeth II.

An Australian judge today banned the company that conducts Japan’s whale hunt from killing the animals in a large part of its regular hunting grounds off Antarctica.

An Australian judge postponed his ruling on whether to overturn a government decision to revoke the visa of an Indian doctor charged over the failed UK terror attacks.

An Indian doctor whose Australian visa was revoked after he was charged in connection with the failed London and Glasgow terror attacks appealed against the decision today.

An Indian doctor freed from jail in Australia when terror charges against him were dropped for lack of evidence today said he wanted to go back to work in Australia.

A lawyer for an Indian doctor who was cleared of UK terrorism charges in Australia signalled Monday that his client may consider suing the Australian government and was planning to appeal against a minister’s decision revoking his visa.

A Mexican federal court has cleared the way for TV bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman to \be extradited to face charges in Mexico.

A judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit accusing rapper 50 Cent of stealing the opening line for his 2003 hit In Da Club from a song by former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell.

Aborigines have won native title to land that includes a state capital – and major Australian city – for the first time, potentially setting a precedent that could apply to other capitals.

Juventus, Lazio, and Fiorentina have been relegated from Serie A as a result of the match-fixing scandal.