Washington Post Clears Securities Fraud Claims
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Washington Post and its CEO Donald Graham did not conceal the corrupt business practices within the paper's for-profit Kaplan college to deceive stockholders, a federal judge...
View ArticleFraternity Dodges Suit for College Party Rape
(CN) - A fraternity is not liable for the alleged rape of a college freshman who got drunk at a party sponsored by the University of Chicago chapter, the Illinois Court of Appeals ruled.
View ArticleNo Free Speech Case in Nixing Letters to Editor
ST. LOUIS (CN) - A South Dakota county commissioner who persuaded a local paper to not run his nephew's letters to the editor did not trample the First Amendment, the 8th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleAnti-Abortion Group Can't Defend Strict Law
ST. LOUIS (CN) - An anti-abortion group is too late to intervene in the fight against tougher informed-consent procedures in Nebraska, the 8th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleExcessive Force Trial Proceeds Against Cop
SCRANTON, Pa. (CN) - A federal judge gave a green light to an ATV passenger's excessive force claim against Carbondale, Pa. and a police officer, citing the passenger's contention that police...
View ArticleMore Bad News forthe Catholic Church
HEMET, Calif. (CN) - Elderly caretakers of a home for Catholic priests claim the church wrongfully fired them for complaining about priests' penchant for pornography and misuse of church funds.
View Article2nd Circuit Blasts Citizens United
MANHATTAN (CN) - The 2nd Circuit unanimously found that the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission does not entitle New York City lawmakers to collect political...
View ArticleRick Perry Sues Virginiato Get on Primary Ballot
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for Virginia's March 6, 2012 Republican presidential primary, claims the state Board of Elections and...
View ArticleWatchdog Gets Info on Mayor's Security
PHOENIX (CN) - Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon must release 600 more pages of his police detail's activity logs to a conservative watchdog group, a state appeals court ruled.
View ArticleNicaragua Sues Costa Rica at The Hague
(CN) - Nicaragua claims in the U.N.'s International Court of Justice at The Hague that Costa Rica is violating its sovereignty and hurting the environment by building a road along the San Juan...
View ArticleJudge Stops $10 Million Ponzi Scheme
HOUSTON (CN) - A federal judge granted the SEC's request to stop a Ponzi scheme that took more than $10.1 million from 80 investors by falsely claiming it would put the money in "safe government...
View ArticleActavis Settles With Texas for $84 Million
DALLAS (CN) - Drugmaker Actavis will pay $84 million to settle a civil complaint of Medicaid fraud, the Texas Attorney General's Office said Wednesday.
View ArticleLate Woman's Parents Can Sue Busch
ST. LOUIS (CN) - The parents of a woman who was found dead in August Busch IV's mansion can join a wrongful death lawsuit against the beer baron, a state appeals court ruled.
View ArticleFraudster Just Won't Stop, Investors Say
SALT LAKE CITY (CN) - A securities recidivist wasted no time between schemes and bilked a Utah company of more than $1.5 million, the company says, spending the money on a Porsche, private planes...
View ArticleAlarming Indictment in South Texas
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (CN) - A phony doctor and two co-defendants were arrested and charged with making $1.5 million from selling stem cells harvested from umbilical cords at a border town maternity...
View ArticleMom Blames Doctor for Grisly Murder
CHARLESTON, W. Va. - (CN) A mother claims her daughter was stabbed to death during a drug deal she did at the behest of a physician who got her daughter addicted to drugs, gave her "lavish gifts...
View ArticleFHA Extends Waiveron House Flipping Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Housing Administration will extend a waiver on its anti-flipping regulations until Dec. 31, 2012.
View ArticleFatal Harvard Stabbing Covered by Insurance
(CN) - A former Harvard graduate student can rely on his mother's insurance policy for a $260,000 judgment he owes to the estate of a teenager he killed in a drunken fight eight years ago.
View ArticleCitigroup May Get to Settle With SEC After All
MANHATTAN (CN) - Citigroup will not face a trial on securities fraud charges until the 2nd Circuit decides whether the bank should have been allowed to settle with financial regulators for "pocket...
View ArticleHawaii's Civil Union Law Greeted With Lawsuit
HONOLULU (CN) - Two Christian churches have filed a federal complaint to stop Hawaii's new civil union law in its tracks, claiming the legislation is unconstitutional.
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