Louisiana Sheriff Cleared of Racist Acts in Jail
A sheriff accused of encouraging violent, racist acts inside a jailhouse and in the black community in the small town surrounding it, has been acquitted of all counts by a federal jury.
View ArticleDOJ Seeks Court Order in Ala. Jail Inquiry
The Justice Department has filed a petition to compel an Alabama sheriff to comply with a subpoena in an investigation into the treatment of juveniles at the Jefferson County Jail.
View ArticleArizona Accused of Stockpiling Pot Money
Patients and caregivers claim in a class-action lawsuit that Arizona has been hoarding a $15 million surplus from its own medical marijuana program to limit access to the drug.
View ArticleBig Soda on Notice as Voters Pass Drink Taxes
In a bellwether blow to the soda industry, voters in four U.S. cities passed soda tax measures by large margins on Tuesday, putting the industry on notice that its days of peddling high-sugar...
View ArticleCampus Cop's Murder Trial Goes to Jury
The fate of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing is in the hands of a jury, as both sides made their closing arguments Wednesday regarding the shooting death of an unarmed...
View ArticleRepublicans Retain Control of U.S. Senate
The Republican Party retained control of the U.S. Senate on a huge night for the GOP. They won at least six of nine hotly contested races that threatened to switch control to the Democrats.
View ArticleSecurities Fraud
David R. Bergstein of Hidden Hills, Calif. used "elaborate corporate transactions" to steal more than $5 million from hedge fund investors and spent the money on his "extravagant lifestyle,"...
View ArticleCourt Won't Touch Berkeley Disciplinary Case
A federal judge refused to suspend disciplinary proceedings against former UC Berkeley law school dean Sujit Choudhry over his former assistant's claims he sexually harassed her.
View ArticleAntitrust
Bosal Nederland et al. are accused of conspiring to fix prices on automotive exhaust systems; click headline to see the defendants in Federal Court.
View ArticleSuit Claims Dentist Used 'Barbaric' Restraints
A pediatric dental office shut down because of its tainted water supply now faces a lawsuit from parents who claim their child was restrained in a "barbaric straitjacket-like device" during a root...
View ArticleRetirement Plans
Members of three Ford Motor Co. retirement plans accuse Xerox HR Solutions of de facto self-dealing and taking kickbacks in administering $14 billion in the retirement plans, in a class action in...
View ArticleTrump U Trial Coming Despite Election Win
President-elect Donald Trump heads to trial in the first of two class actions against his now-defunct real estate school Trump University later this month, and his attorneys will be in court...
View ArticleClinton Says Nation Owes Trump 'an Open Mind'
Addressing her supporters in a Midtown Manhattan hotel a day after Donald Trump was elected America's next president, Hillary Clinton said now is the time to come together in the name of national...
View ArticleFamily Sues Over Tow-Truck Dragging Death
A Texas mother chasing a tow truck was killed when the driver dragged her to her death and left her body near an expressway on-ramp, her grieving family claims in court.
View ArticleTenth Circuit Gives Labor Sec. Another Shot
The 10th Circuit on Tuesday granted the Secretary of Labor's request for a panel rehearing because the court admitted it had made a mistake in its ruling on a workers' compensation conspiracy.
View ArticleTexas Women Fight Rule for Burial of Miscarriages
Women in Texas pleaded with state officials to stop proposed rules that would require embryonic and fetal tissue to be buried or cremated after an abortion, miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy.
View ArticleAccused NY-NJ Bomber Debuts in Federal Court
The man charged with setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey hobbled into court for the first time on Thursday morning for a federal hearing dominated by the bullet wounds from his shootout...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Confirms Land for the Oneida
Rejecting a challenge from Upstate New York towns and an organization coveting Native American land, the Second Circuit on Wednesday upheld the federal government's designation of 17,000 acres as...
View ArticleClinton Narrowed Gap With Trump in Texas
Though Donald Trump easily carried Texas, as expected in a state where a Democratic presidential candidate hasn't won since 1976, Democrats saw a silver lining in a Republican margin of victory...
View ArticleGiant Desert Development on Hold in Arizona
In a narrowly defined ruling, the Arizona Court of Appeals on Tuesday vacated and remanded the Arizona Department of Water Resources approval of a 6,900-home development in Sierra Vista, near the...
View ArticleBergdahl Attorneys Want Charges Dismissed
Attorneys argued to the military's highest court that the judge overseeing Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's court-martial should have dismissed his desertion and misbehavior charges amid criticism from...
View Article'We Reject the President-Elect,' NYC Howls Up to Trump Tower
Spilling onto the streets by the tens of thousands, New Yorkers unhappy with the election results marched Wednesday night from Union Square to the Trump Tower, chanting: "Donald, you're fired!"
View ArticleDOJ Stumbles at Hearing on Detaining Immigrants
Criticizing an attorney for the government for arguing issues he never raised in briefing, the First Circuit seemed likely at a hearing Wednesday to uphold classwide bond hearings for people in...
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