The three-year war over media mogul Sumner Redstone’s estate came to a quiet end Wednesday, after a California judge ruled the 95-year-old former Viacom exec had the mental capacity to amend his trust in 2015 and 2016 to exclude a former companion in favor of his daughter Shari Redstone.
Read moreCBS Studios brought a federal complaint against Charles Hensley, of Redondo Beach, for trying to register a trademark for Desilu Studios, to which CBS claims common-law rights.
Read moreA longtime investigative reporter for a CBS owned affiliate accuses the broadcasting company of fostering a “culture of toxic misogyny” in a federal lawsuit filed Friday.
Read moreBlaming CBS for a 6 percent stock drop, a shareholder claims in a federal class action that the company concealed details about the widespread workplace sexual harassment committed by CEO Les Moonves.
Read moreCBS Corp. asked a Delaware judge on Wednesday to bless a move by its board to dilute the stock voting power of its controlling shareholder, the latest step in an ongoing legal battle for control of the mass media company.
Read moreA Delaware judge denied CBS’ request for a temporary restraining order against controlling shareholder Shari Redstone, setting the stage for a possible board shake-up over a proposed merger with Viacom.
Read moreA Delaware judge has ordered a pause in a dispute between CBS and its majority shareholder that could decide control of the company.
Read moreCBS and its majority shareholder are duking it out in a Delaware court. CBS has sued its majority shareholder, National Amusements, ahead of a scheduled Thursday board vote on a dividend that would dilute National Amusement’s voting power from 80 percent to 17 percent, effectively giving CBS independence.
Read moreOn the heels of more than two dozen women making further accusations of sexual harassment against Charlie Rose, one current and two former CBS News employees sued the anchor and his former network Friday.
Read moreA Delaware chancellor ruled a shareholder can sue CBS Corp.’s board of directors over its decision to pay Sumner Redstone $13.5 million after he became medically incapable of running the company.
Read moreThe television company best known for producing the “I Love Lucy” series is suing CBS over the company’s use of an identical image and name for Desilu, a name coined by the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and alleged interference of creative-development dealings.
Read moreThe wife of a CBS Sports engineer who died from autoerotic asphyxiation brought a federal complaint to fight denial of life insurance benefits.
Read moreCBS News fired Charlie Rose Tuesday after several women accused the veteran newsman of sexual misconduct.
Read moreSeveral years before Donald Trump’s presidency, a disturbed young man made national headlines for stalking his daughter Ivanka, inspiring an episode of CBS’s crime drama “48 Hours” – and a federal copyright lawsuit sent to discovery on Friday.
Read moreA pediatric dentist claims in a defamation lawsuit that TV host Nancy Grace and other media outlets falsely portrayed him as causing the death of a 14-month-old girl through unnecessary dental treatment.
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A state court judge Monday refused to toss the claims of Sumner Redstone’s ex-girlfriend, who says his daughter Shari Redstone prevented her from getting her share of the media mogul’s estate.
Read moreThe white Tulsa police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man during a traffic stop last year spoke out for the first time Sunday night, blaming him for causing his own death and denying race was a factor.
Read moreA former West Virginia pharmacist claims in court that CBS Evening News defamed him in multiple stories that alleged he illegally processed as many as 150 pain killer prescriptions a day while raking in millions of dollars in profit.
Read moreA jury will be the final frontier for a fledgling production company intent on creating its own Star Trek movie titled “Axanar,” a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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