Beachfront Brawl

Kevin Costner barely had time to celebrate his courtroom victory over Stephen Baldwin before being slammed with another lawsuit. This time, Costner's adversary is his neighbor Charles “Rick” Grimm, who says that the value of his Santa Barbara beach house dropped by half when Costner planted hedges and trees blocking Grimm's ocean view.

According to the suit, when Grimm confronted Costner about the oversized foliage the actor “would not 'back down' on maintaining the hedge and palm trees as [Grimm] prefers and that [Costner] will do everything in his power to secure his privacy.”

Grimm says that Costner's actions violate a 1957 contract that forbids homeowners from putting up walls, fences or hedges that are more than six feet high. He wants the actor to prune back his hedges and pony up $150,000 in compensation. If Costner refuses, Grimm wants $500,000 in damages.

Manhattan Melee

The hits just keep on coming for Tony Parker. Earlier this summer, his San Antonio Spurs fell in six games to the Oklahoma City Thunder, and now he's embroiled in a multimillion dollar lawsuit involving a star-studded nightclub brawl.

On June 14, a scuffle broke out at New York's W.i.P. nightclub, when an argument between singers Chris Brown and Drake allegedly turned violent. Parker reportedly suffered a corneal laceration during the melee, when a piece of broken glass struck him in the eye, briefly putting his Olympic hopes in jeopardy.

Parker's suit argues that the club was negligent for “sitting persons known to be hostile to each other at the same time in order to generate funds for themselves.” He is seeking $20 million in damages.

Litigious Lawyers

It looks like Kohl's Department Stores needs some new lawyers. Its former law firm, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, is suing the retail chain for $628,000 in legal fees for a case involving actress Zooey Deschanel.

The “New Girl” star sued shoemaker Steve Madden in December 2010, saying that it owed her $2 million in royalties for its line of “Zooey Shoes” (which were sold at Kohl's.) Deschanel originally demanded $1.7 million to resolve the suit, but eventually settled for just $100,000.

The firm says that it deserves more than $600,000 for its work tracking down experts and resolving discovery conflicts, but Kohl's argues that the fees are too high compared to the case's value. Complicating the matter is the fact that the two parties never signed a written contract, although Sheppard Mullins says Kohl's orally agreed to its fees.