Last year Urban Outfitters and photographer Jason Lee Parry got into some trouble after a 15-year-old model named Hailey Clauson was featured in an "X-rated" print on a t-shirt sold in the store. Parry was the photographer, and the model's parent's filed a lawsuit against him and the retailer in Manhattan Federal Court. Yesterday, about six months after filing, a Manhattan federal judge dismissed the $28 million suit, at least against Parry, who the judge said “is not subject to jurisdiction under New York law." According to the NY Post, this is because the photo was shot in California. Urban Outfitters, however, remains a defendant in the case. At the time, Blood is the New Black (who made the shirt in question), told us: more ›

Apparently the Supreme Court's decision is not good enough to the NY State Legislature when it comes to allowing religious groups to worship in city schools. Last June, the U.S. Second Circuit of Appeals ruled that NYC public schools can prohibit religious services, and the Supreme Court refused to hear the case, letting the Second Circuit's decision stand. But, still, the State Senate will consider a bill to allow religious services in schools. And the NYCLU wants to remind lawmakers why it's a terrible idea. more ›

A Manhattan tattoo artist claims that his ex-girlfriend has kidnapped his beloved dog—and now he's been forced to sue to try to get his "son" back. Craig Dershowitz says that ex-girlfriend Sarah Brega "took unilateral control" of his puggle Knuckles, whisking him away to California after their breakup. "You say it is an extraordinary step but I think most pet owners would agree with me. Knuckles is my son, my heart—you would fight just as hard to protect your own children." more ›

A Brooklyn woman is suing the MTA for $50 million, alleging that they could have done more to find her son, who was killed when a train hit him on the tracks near the Newkirk subway station. The victim's sister Yunette Rowe told NBC New York, "He was not searched for long enough." more ›

You really can't make this up! A cop who claims he was fired for flashing a woman in a police stationhouse insists he is innocent—and he has (or, rather, doesn't have) the foreskin to prove it! According to former officer Owen Hopper's suit against the NYPD, "at no point during the trial was an expert called to render an opinion" as to whether or not an aroused uncut dong looks like a cut one. more ›

According to a lawsuit filed in Manhattan and obtained by TMZ, late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon is being sued by his former stage manger, Paul Tarascio, who claims he was demoted and then fired and replaced by a "totally incompetent woman." He's looking for punitive damages and lost wages. His beef? That Fallon replaced him because he wasn't a woman. more ›

A former Wall Street banker is suing Starwood Hotels in federal court, claiming that an employee at a Starwood hotel in Finland gave her hotel room key to a stranger, who nearly raped her. With attorney Gloria Allred at her side, Alison Fournier told reporters that she had to move from New York, "I didn't feel safe alone in my apartment. I didn't feel safe walking the streets of New York. I have difficulty sleeping at night and terrible dreams and memories. I can't really be alone at night." more ›

Do puppies have souls? There is probably a Buzzfeed photolist showing 50 puppies with souls somewhere, but now a more definitive answer will be handed down from the courts, thanks to a new lawsuit just filed right here in New York City. more ›

"No preggos in the champagne room" is apparently the unofficial motto of Larry Flynt's Hustler Club, which is at the center of a new lawsuit from a former server who claims she was fired once her baby bump began to show. Based on our extremely scientific research, Yahoo message board members are divided in opinion about pregnant strippers, though at least one random commenter believes that "Pregnant bodies are beautiful!" more ›

The estranged husband of an Upper West Side wealth manager who was found strangled to death on New Year's Eve 2009 has never been formally charged in her death—but he has now been hit with a wrongful-death suit by her estate. Roderick Covlin, a former trader who founded the U.S. Backgammon Federation, has been accused in the suit of murdering Shele Danishefsky Covlin. Public Administrator Ethel Griffin, who handles estate complications, alleges Covlin “intentionally, deliberately, willfully, wantonly, maliciously, brutally and without provocation or just cause did strangle, choke, strike, injure, assault, abuse, beat and murder” his wife. more ›

It's been a bad few months for toys—parents are pissed off about tattoo-covered Barbies and cursing dolls, to say nothing of the busty LEGOs that blew our minds last week—and the latest victim on the Toys 'R' Us hit list is...the little red wagon. more ›

A group of emotionally scarred commuters who were trapped on an A train for eight hours overnight during last year's Christmas weekend blizzard are suing the MTA. Nearly 500 souls were stuck aboard the train when it ground to a halt between the Aqueduct and Rockaway Boulevard stations around 1 a.m. on December 26th, as three feet of snow piled up around them. Desperation quickly set in: Twitter user OMJohnnyG wrote, "Son!!! I wanna go home!!! Dudes on the train talking about cannibalism lol I want out!!!" more ›

Merry Christmas, Lady Gaga: the NY Post has a special exclusive dedicated to you today! The paper reports that the performer is a "monster to work for," at least according to her former personal assistant, Jennifer O'Neill. more ›

A former waiter at Mario Batali's ever-packed West Village restaurant Babbo has filed suit, alleging that Batali and business parter Joe Bastianich stood by while he was subject to merciless sexual taunting. more ›

It's time for a little pre-holiday "Ladies of the Jersey Shore" roundup, so you'll have something to talk about with your 14-year-old cousin this weekend. First up, Snooki: she's being sued for $7 million by a licensing company that claims she didn't hold up her end of an agreement to pimp out everything from school supplies to lingerie. The suit is technically a counterclaim to the lawsuit Snooki filed in October, in which she claimed the licensing company didn't fulfill their obligation to "secure enough money and develop sufficient branding partnerships." Got that? Good. Just tell your cousin it's important to always follow through if you agree to sell what's left of your spray-tanned soul. more ›

M. Slavin & Sons, the Brownsville-based fish distributor that was slapped with a massive federal lawsuit accusing them of subjecting black employees to a torrent of racist, sexual harassment in 2009 has finally settled, to the tune of $900,000. more ›

Yesterday news got out that a former NYU professor, José Angel Santana, had filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming he was fired after giving super famous student James Franco a "D" in his class. Does James Franco get special treatment in life because he appears in movies with adorable little primates and because he can probably hypnotize people with that smile? Yes, that's all true. But NYU is insinuating that Santana's time up at the school had nothing to do with him not treating the actor to the grades he's entitled to. more ›

Former NYU professor José Angel Santana (also pictured) claims he was fired from the university after giving super famous actor, professional student, and fellow NYU professor James Franco a "D" in his “Directing the Actor II” class. The low grade came after Franco missed 12 of the 14 classes while filming 127 Hours. Santana wants his job back, and has now filed a lawsuit against NYU in Manhattan Supreme Court. more ›

While we've long harbored a not-so-secret love of Dallas BBQ's oversized margaritas and onion loafs (don't judge!), a new doozy of a lawsuit from an employee makes us question ever patronizing this once-fine institution ever again. more ›

Oh sure, plenty of people have issues with their mother-in-law, but people are smart to try to keep it civil—nobody wins when their fiance's manner-obsessed mom's emails go viral. But has your mother-in-law ever been so determined to humiliate you she's gotten your medical records and spread rumors that you were infertile and ridden with so many venereal diseases you would be dead in a few months? According to the Post, a Brooklyn man has sued his mother-in-law and his medical center for just such behavior. more ›

Yesterday, 85-year-old Lenore Zimmerman shared her humiliating tale of being strip-searched at JFK Airport, a TSA ordeal that included her leg being wounded and missing her flight to Florida. But now the TSA denies that she was strip-searched, which has infuriated the Long Island grandmother even more. She tells the Daily News, “Why would I make up this story? In my wildest dreams, I couldn’t think of such a thing happening.” more ›

Oh, TSA. Today, the Daily News reports that an 85-year-old woman was strip-searched earlier this week right before a flight to Fort Lauderdale—and she's really unhappy. Lenore Zimmerman, who lives on Long Island, says, "I walk with a walker — I really look like a terrorist. I’m tiny. I weigh 110 pounds, 107 without clothes"—with her hunched back, she's 4'11"—"and I was strip-searched." See her photograph here—and naturally, Zimmerman is thinking about a lawsuit, especially since the ordeal left her bloodied up. more ›

A 65-year-old man has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against his former Jewish organization employers, alleging his supervisor micromanaged how, where, and when he prayed. Marshall Garvin, an observant Jew from Riverdale, says that when he complained to Na’amat USA President Elizabeth Raider about supervisor Susan Schwartz, he was swiftly dismissed. “No person of any religion should have to go through this. It’s unconscionable for a religious Jewish woman to behave this way,” Garvin told the Daily News. more ›

Six months later, and some conservatives are still freaking out about gay marriage in New York—first, state clerks who opposed the move jumped ship, and now, an upstate judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking to overturn the marriage equality law can proceed. more ›

Chik-fil-A, the popular chicken chain with the homophobic charity arm, is worried about kale. Specifically, they are worried that consumers might confuse their illiterate spokescow's slogan, "Eat Mor Chikin" with Vermont folk artist Bo Muller-Moore's silk-screened "Eat More Kale" t-shirts. Can't make this stuff up! more ›

In April, a Volkswagen Jetta careened off the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge and crashed into Queens storefronts. Passenger Beatriz Rodriguez died from her injuries while driver Alexander Palacio's arm was amputated. Now Palacio, who was charged with unlicensed driving, is suing the city. more ›

A Staten Island family of a deceased teen has been awarded $1 million by a jury because of a morgue mess-up involving the teen's brain and other organ parts being kept for testing. In 2005, 17-year-old Jesse Shipley died in a car crash; though his family buried him, his brain was kept by the Medical Examiner and discovered in a jar two months later by his classmates on a school trip to the mortuary. "They were outraged that the medical examiner would take organs without telling a family member and hold them for a long time," the Shipleys' lawyer Anthony L. Galante told SILive, explaining the jury's decision. more ›

If your stomach can handle it, think back to 2008 when there was panic about Wall Street banks, in the wake of Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy. The government gave insurance firm AIG an $85 billion loan in exchange for a 79.9% stake in the company, to prevent it from collapsing and taking other institutions with it (see: Too Big To Fail). Well, now former AIG CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg is suing the government, claiming the takeover was unconstitutional and that the "Fed breached its duty to A.I.G. shareholders when it unwound the company’s disastrous bets on mortgage securities," the NY Times reports. more ›