The company AVT (previously called Automated Vending Technologies) says they have filed a $100 million libel suit in California’s Orange County against author Randall Lane for his just-released book The Zeroes: My Misadventures in the Decade Wall Street Went Insane.” The book alleges that AVT hired former baseball star-turned-investor Lenny Dykstra to promote the company’s stock on TheStreet.com, and claims that he his brother-in-law was given stock in the company as compensation for the publicity.Lawsuit press release In the UK, actor Jude Law asked a court to block publication of his ex-wife Sadie Frost’s forthcoming memoir CRAZY DAYS. John Blake […]
