By Jasmine Abrams 2L

1. Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson’s children, filed suit against Rebecca White for defamation. During an interview on television, White claimed that Rowe sent her an email stating “Do I want the kids? Hell no. Does it look good for me to ask for them? Absolutely.” Rowe is asking the judge to issue a default judgment for $490,000. Who knew lying about Debbie Rowe could cost so much?
2. In February, Elite Maids, a cleaning service company, sued Courtney Love for unpaid services. Love failed to show up in court on and the judge entered default against her in the amount of $3,058.48. Let’s hope her home is spic-and-span by now!
3. The production company that officiates the Miss California pageant filed a cross-complaint against former Miss California Carrie Prejean to recover the $5,200 the pageant provided her with for her breast augmentation. Apparently these alleged “private facts” ceased being private the minute she walked onto the stage in a bikini.
4. The Los Angeles-based 220 Laboratories is suing Kate Hudson for misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract, among other things. 220 Laboratories had an oral contract to develop a hair product line with Hudson and a friend. They claim that once Hudson found out about their secret volcanic ash ingredient, she took the samples and ran. That explains her unkempt hair!
5. Roy Pearson, Jr., a judge in Washington, sued a dry cleaning shop for $54 million for losing his pants. A U.S. district judge found for the defendants; and Pearson said he would appeal.
6. Huseyin Kalkan, the Kurdish Democratic Society party major of Batman, a city in southeastern Turkey, sued Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from “The Dark Knight.” He accused the producers of the hit film of using the city’s name without permission. Batman first appeared as a comic book character in 1939, but I guess no one from the town thought to take legal action until recently.
7. Aging German playboy Rolf Eden, who is known for having been a star in the Berlin nightlife scene in the ‘50s filed charges against a 19-year-old ageist. The two spent the night out and when they came back to his home she said that he was too old for her and refused to sleep with him.
8. In 2008, a married Stephen Chang, an investment broker in his 30s, sued a midtown strip club in Manhattan. As he was getting a lap dance, the dancer swung her leg around and her heel hit him in the eyes causing him “to sustain serious injuries.”