A referee has ordered the ex-wife of Rolling Stones icon Mick Jagger to pay more than $700,000 in back rent and attorney fees to her former landlords after she lost a bitter five-year battle to keep her $4,600-a-month, rent-stabilized Park Avenue apartment. The ruling followed a 2008 decision by the New York Court of Appeals holding that Bianca Jagger and other foreign nationals in the country on tourist visas were not eligible for rent-stabilized units.

Someone faraway — maybe Nigeria — claims you’ve inherited millions of dollars. To get it, all you need to do is send a few thousand dollars so the e-mail writer can get the money out of the country

Tax troubles are rearing their heads again for international law firms in India, following a Mumbai tax tribunal’s ruling that British legal giant Linklaters owes taxes on fees earned on work that was referred from India but was not necessarily performed in the country. Indian tax authorities claim Linklaters owes taxes at rates of up to 40 percent on some $5.06 million. The ruling raises the prospect that international law firms and other professional service providers will face higher costs in servicing Indian clients.

The Supreme Court on Monday expanded the Second Amendment’s reach to the states, opening the door to challenges of local handgun laws across the country. In McDonald v

After being swindled in the $194 million KL Group Ponzi scheme, Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen unsuccessfully sued socialite Jerome Fisher, who allegedly attracted Melgen to KL. Now, Melgen may also end up having to pay Fisher’s attorney fees.