Widow of Chris Cornell Sues Soundgarden Over Buyout Offer
The widow of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell sued his former bandmates in federal court, claiming that they made an “absurd” buyout offer for his stake in the band’s music.
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Attorneys Fight for Financial Records in Yearslong Battle Over Selena Estate
More than 25 years after her murder, a 1995 agreement dividing the net profits from Selena’s estate between her guitarist husband and family band members has taken center stage in a lawsuit pitting her father and husband against each other.
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French Village Inherits Fortune From Austrian Who Fled Nazis
An Austrian man who fled the Nazis with his family during World War II has bequeathed a large part of his fortune to the French village whose residents hid them from persecution for years.
Read moreOz Family in Court
The Istanbul-dwelling sister of TV’s Dr. Oz claims in court that her celebrity-doctor brother has been withholding distributions from two New York apartments the family owns as a bid for leverage in probate proceedings concerning the estate of their late father.
Read moreHendrix Trademark
A federal court in New York ordered Jimi Hendrix’s brother, Leon Hendrix, to pay $400,000 for using the Jimi Hendrix trademark without the permission of the late guitar legend’s estate.
Read moreJeffrey Epstein Case
A federal judge denied Jane Doe’s claim for punitive damages against the executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate for alleged sexual assault. New York and U.S. Virgin Islands laws bar recovery of punitive damages against a decedent tortfeasor’s estate.
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Rights Court Orders Greece to Pay Widow in Sharia Law Case
Chatitze Molla Sali already knew that she’d won the right to inherit her Muslim husband’s full estate two years ago but she had to wait until Thursday to find out just how much the Greek government would have to pay her for illegally denying it to her.
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India Landowner Bequeaths Land to Elephants
An Indian landowner has willed most of his land to two elephants he said saved his life from gun-toting criminals, a decision that has upset his wife and children.
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French Court Orders $58M Euro Payout in ‘Mona Lisa’ Ferrari Battle
A French appeals court has ordered the son of a renowned Ferrari collector to pay his siblings millions of euros over the disputed sale of a coveted racer considered the storied Italian automaker’s “Mona Lisa.”
Read moreMasseur v. Spacey Dismissed
The estate of a masseur who accused Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey of sexual touching dropped a lawsuit after the masseur died and the Los Angeles County District Attorney declined to pursue criminal charges against Spacey.
Read moreEgypt Court Sides With Woman Against Unequal Inheritance Law
An Egyptian woman says she’s scored an important legal victory against her country’s inheritance laws, which grant female heirs half of what they grant men.
Read moreNinth Circuit Won’t Rehear Steinbeck Family Copyright Spat
The Ninth Circuit will not revisit its decision in a long-running copyright feud between family and heirs of renowned author John Steinbeck.
Read moreStan Lee Saga
The late Stan Lee’s longtime business manager Bradley J. Herman claims that Lee’s daughter Joan Celia Lee, her attorney Kirk Schenck and The Daily Beast defamed him by claiming he took advantage of the comic legend in his final days, in L.A. Superior Court.
Read moreEx-Hendrix Bandmates Can’t Claw Back Sold Guitars
It wasn’t the first lawsuit over Jimi Hendrix’s old guitars, and it’s unlikely to be the last.
Read moreWills
A Florida appeals court affirmed that the late U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno’s home was properly transferred to Miami-Dade College, as the University of Miami opposed conditions on the will and trust, so the successor trustee transferred the home to a similar nonprofit that agreed to the conditions.
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Epstein Signed Will 2 Days Before Killing Himself
Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in jail, court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be a long battle over the financier’s fortune.
Read moreW.C. Handy
A federal judge refused to dismiss claims that the estate of “St. Louis Blues” composer W.C. Handy defamed an accountant by accusing him of dipping into company assets.
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Judge Skeptical of Wrongful Death Claim for Aborted Embryo
An Alabama attorney claimed Wednesday that under state law, anyone can do what his client is hoping to achieve: Successfully sue an abortion provider for wrongful death after getting a letter of administration to represent the estate of an aborted embryo or fetus.
Read moreJudge OKs Wrongful-Death Suit on Behalf of Aborted Embryo
An Alabama judge’s ruling has given legal standing to an aborted embryo.
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