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    Cecil's Wielder: On the bright side, the quality of crude, amateur Photoshops is bound to improve. #layoffs more »
    ShanghaiLil: Names, Bucky, we want names! Foster, you can also feel free to chime in. #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto more »
    Foster Kamer: To think, #BuckyTurco told me not to look at his 30something year-old sister or else he'd "cut your balls off and feed them to you." Psh. #Hypocrisy i... more »
    Joe Mitchell's Secret: Because the Post is the only place where writers are willing to work for an evil overlord. And being a Hispanic woman, everything Sandra Guzman says *... more »
    raincoaster: If you don't want to be a clown, you've got no right to be on Fox in the first place. #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto more »
    Colonel Mustard: Would Carly prefer to be called "sweetie" or "honey" if she wins? I'm sure if she winks during senate hearings a lot, she'll get the Rich Lowry vote,... more »
    Niko Bellic: If someone said something offensive and disrespectful to me, I'd stand up for myself. Then again, I am not our nation's military leader. #carlyfiorina more »
    tmp00: More to the point was that one of the few years Carly voted? #carlyfiorina more »
    crookedE: From now on, I will only refer to Carly Fiorina by her official title: "One of the 20 Worst American CEOs of All Time." #carlyfiorina more »
    Richard Lawson: I can't with these "true conservative" idiots. If any of this ludicrousness actually works in 2010, I'm going to hop on my Medicareless-grandma-power... more »
    Maxichamp: How about a post about gubernatorial (sp?) candidate Meg (I've never voted in my life, ever) Whitman? #carlyfiorina more »
    MissNormaDesmond: Yaaaay! She's just as incompetent as I expected her to be! You're in California, you idiot, not Texas. No one gives a hot damn about gratuitously a... more »
    sybann: Hey Carly, how's about we call you LOSER? #carlyfiorina more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): It's like "Ma'am" Boxer took a poop all over the General right there in the room! It's like she took a copy of the constitution and peed on it, then ... more »
    random_play: But she did invent cupcakes and 41 shades of blue, right? That photo is fabulous. #marissamayer more »
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    Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling

    You'd think tech bloggers would learn from the peacemaking founders of Skype, who just dropped lawsuits holding back the $2.8 billion sale of their former company. Instead the writers are calling one another inaccurate, spineless "toddlers." More »
  • #lawsuits

    Video Game "Crusader" Files Wacky Facebook Lawsuit

    Disbarred Florida lawyer Jack Thompson gained some notoriety when, in 2006, he appeared on 60 Minutes to rail against violent video games. Nerds the world over took to Facebook to call him names. Now he's suing the website. More »
  • #feuds

    Legalizing Electric-Car Kingpin's 'Founder' Fetish

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk likes to call himself "founder" of companies he didn't actually start. This weird fetish has never been fully safe and legal, until now: The real founder of Tesla Motors is dropping his lawsuit and granting permission. More »
  • #freespeech

    Google Will Snitch On Your Anonymous Skank Blog, Says Attorney

    Julie Hilden is not happy with Google. The company was "cowardly" and "fence sitting" in a lawsuit exposing an anonymous blogger who badmouthed a model, the lawyer wrote on FindLaw. In other words, Blogger.com doesn't have your back, namecallers. More »
  • #law

    Everybody Wants Google to Rat Someone Out

    That which we feared most hath come to pass: Mean, anonymous people are being forcefully purged from the internet, with lawsuits. First the skankblogger affair, and now it's happening again! Uh, sort of. More »
  • #feuds

    Anna Wintour 'Just An Employee' to Wolfgang Puck's Wife

    New court papers have Wolfgang Puck's wife dissing everyone from Anna Wintour to Shaquille O'Neal and proclaiming herself "the new Bill Gates." It's the inevitable trainwreck ending to a food huckster's partnership with a group of internet speculators. More »
  • #lovehate

    Legal Briefs Are Courtney Love's Method of Choice for Defamation

    The grunge princess has long terrorized the world and the English language with her ramblings on MySpace and Twitter. She's the first celeb sued saying something on Twitter, but now the fight is getting personal—and ugly! More »
  • #twitter

    A trans woman is suing Twitter for not removing a phony account under her name.

  • #shutuptwitter

    Sign That Twitter Is Growing Up: Libel Suit Filed over Single Tweet

    It was an inevitable landmark: A Twitter post has become the sole basis for a libel suit. Amanda Bonnen mentioned her "moldy apartment" to her 20 followers, and now her management company is taking her to court. More »
  • #feuds

    Tesla CEO: Daimler Won't Let You Fire Me

    Elon Musk posted a lengthy blog entry slamming his CEO predecessor, Martin Eberhard. Ostensibly, Musk is just defending himself against Eberhard's recently-filed lawsuit. But enemies of Musk take note: If Tesla wants to keep Daimler's money, it must keep Musk. More »
  • #teslamotors

    Tesla Co-Founder Eberhard Sues Elon Musk, Tesla

    Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard, ousted from the company in November 2007 by then-chairman Elon Musk, has now filed suit in Califonria Superior Court against both Musk and Tesla Motors alleging slander, libel and breach of contract. [Jalopnik]
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    Facebook Disappears Legal Problem

  • #printisdead

    How to Pry Money Out of Google

    The New York Times and Washington Post are in informal talks about the online news business. The obvious subtext: The newspapers want Google to pay for their headlines. They're going about it all wrong. More »
  • #bloggingfordollars

    Perez Hilton Wins Ruling That Says His Blog Is Illegal

    Color us confused: Hollywood gossip Perez Hilton, aka Mario Lavandeira, the queen of the knockoff disguised as parody. So why is he suing PerezRevenge to get it to change its name? More »
  • #lawsuits

    The New Penthouse Letters: HR Exec Files FriendFinder Suit

    FriendFinder Networks, the publisher of Penthouse and operator of adult-classifieds websites, is facing a sexy legal scandal. A former top executive who went public with her grievances has now filed a lawsuit. More »
  • #lawsuits

    Spot Runner Looks Like a Scam Runner

    There's something adorable about Nick Grouf, the babyfaced, waggle-eared cofounder of Spot Runner. Who would think he'd be capable of bilking investors out of tens of millions of dollars, as one shareholder charges? More »
  • #therich

    Mouthy Internet Mogul Halsey Minor Might Be Broke

    A decade ago, Fortune pegged CNET founder Halsey Minor's net worth at $354 million. Today he's fending off lawsuits seeking $60 million. Has he run out of money? More »
  • #copyfight

    Wacky Discovery Founder Sues Amazon.com over Kindle

    Discovery Communications, the owner of cable channels like FitTV and Animal Planet, is suing Amazon.com, maker of the Kindle, over an electronic-books patent taken out by its founder and CEO, John Hendricks, years ago. More »
  • #lawsuits

    'Sexual Predator' CEO Accused of Attacking His Assistant

    Greg Shenkman, CEO of a San Francisco software company, allegedly used work visas to import an Eastern European woman as a sexual plaything, according to a former assistant who is charging him with sexual battery. More »
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    FriendFinder's Latest Scandal Sexier Than a Penthouse Letter

    A porn star draping boobs over an employee's head. Lapdances on the company dime. $50 million in back taxes. These are just some of the charges Penthouse publisher FriendFinder Networks is facing from an ex-employee. More »
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