Winnie-the-Pooh is at the centre of a legal storm over his adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood.

The family of slain rapper Notorious BIG have lost a bid to expand their wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles to include new claims that a rogue police officer was present at the scene of the murder.

A judge today tossed out Michael Jackson’s €7.3m lawsuit against a New Jersey man over memorabilia the pop star claimed had been stolen.

A judge has rejected an attempt by the granddaughter of Winnie the Pooh creator A A Milne to reclaim the family’s copyrights and reassign them to The Walt Disney Company.