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JD’s Cafe Dupri closes leaving staff without paychecks

Jermaine Dupri’s Buckhead restaurant, Cafe Dupri, closed its doors for good last week. According to WSB-TV, the restaurant’s employees were left without paychecks or jobs. Workers had complained for weeks about bounced checks and bank notices of insufficient funds.

Some employees came to work even after utilities were shut off recently. Jermaine Dupri’s mother, Tina Mauldin, told Channel 2 Actions News the restaurant closing was a “business… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 20, 2008 at 8:10am — 7 Comments

*Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown is seeking a court order to stop Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. from using his likeness in a video game without his permission.

*Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown is seeking a court order to stop Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. from using his likeness in a video game without his permission.

The character, part of the "Real Old School Teams and Players' series, sports the number 32 jersey and is featured as a muscular, African-American running back in the game's "All Brown's Team,' stated the complaint filed Friday in state court in New… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 4, 2008 at 10:50am — 6 Comments

VUITTON SETTLES SUIT WITH DA BRAT, STUDDARD: Artists sported various LV items without permission.

*Louis Vuitton has settled a lawsuit with Sony BMG Music Entertainment for allowing its artists Da Brat, Ruben Studdard and Britney Spears to wear its famous monogram in music videos and album covers without permission.

"We believe the terms of this agreement will provide strong protection to our brand worldwide," Louis Vuitton's Nathalie Moulle-Berteaux said in a statement to the New York Daily News.

In 2006, Studdard printed his… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 4, 2008 at 10:49am — 10 Comments