Bizarre Complaint Against Baltimore Attorney
BALTIMORE (CN) - A businessman claims in court that his attorney had sex with his (the businessman's) wife in the presence of their 3-year-old-son, and that the boy told him that the lawyer licked...
View ArticleTakeda & Abbott Can't Shake Prevacid Claims
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A man who says taking Prevacid weakened his bones until he broke his hip can sue the makers of the heartburn reliever, a federal judge ruled. In a March 2012 complaint...
View ArticleLady Hogger Takes Aim at A&E TV
LIBERTY, Texas (CN) - A hog-huntin' woman claims in court that A&E TV Network stole her idea for a show called "Hogs, Dogs & Lace," and turned it into the A&E show, "Lady Hoggers."...
View ArticleBelly-Up Casino Funds to Reach Contractors First
LAS VEGAS (CN) - Contractors, not banks, are entitled to $100 million from the unfinished Fontainebleu hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled. The decision means dozens...
View ArticleBig Brother Clamps Down on the Border
SAN DIEGO (CN) - The federal government is unconstitutionally prohibiting people from taking photos near border crossings without prior approval from Customs and the border patrol, two U.S....
View ArticleNY Court Asked to Look at Starbucks Tip Pooling
MANHATTAN (CN) - The 2nd Circuit has called for clarification on New York labor law so that it can evaluate tip distribution among Starbucks baristas. A federal judge had ruled for Starbucks...
View ArticleWilliam Faulkner v. Woody Allen
(CN) - In a copyright complaint that tests the limits of "fair use," Faulkner Literary Rights sued Sony Pictures for a nine-word (mis)quote of William Faulkner in the Woody Allen movie, "Midnight...
View ArticleHandgun Ban for Under 21s Upheld by 5th Circuit
(CN) - The federal government can prohibit federally licensed dealers from selling handguns to people under the age of 21, the 5th Circuit ruled. "The present ban is consistent with a...
View ArticleBusinessman Accused ofFacebook Fraud Scheme
(CN) - An entrepreneur who sued Mark Zuckerberg for a 50 percent stake in Facebook has been arrested and accused of falsifying evidence in a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme. Click here to...
View ArticleHawaii Lets Aquarium Biz Destroy Stocks, Environmentalists Say
(CN) - Hawaii is hurting its colorful fish and coral reefs by allowing commercial operations to take unlimited numbers of aquarium fish without environmental impact surveys, environmentalists...
View ArticleSpace Heater Recall Nets $1.6 Million for QVC
(CN) - QVC can collect more than $1.6 million from the manufacturer of smoking, fire-catching space heaters that it sold to thousands of home shoppers, a federal judge ruled. The multinational...
View ArticleCouncil Cuts Think Tank Dues
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - California's judiciary slashed the half-million-dollar fee it pays to the National Center for State Courts, a move approved unanimously by the Judicial Council Thursday....
View ArticleAttempted Escapee May Have Case Over Beating
PITTSBURGH (CN) - Allegheny County Jail officials may be liable for allegedly beating a would-be escapee so viciously that the inmate soiled himself, a federal judge ruled. Gary Barbour says...
View ArticleDesperate Courts Ask for Money But Only One Gets Bailout Funds
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Two of California's neediest trial courts petitioned the Judicial Council for emergency funds at its meeting Friday, but only one walked away with money. While both Kings...
View ArticleWrong-Way Navy Crash Suit Survives Dismissal
TAMPA, Fla. (CN) - The United States may be responsible for a fatal head-on crash caused by a Marine who was driving drunk the wrong way on a highway, a federal judge ruled. On April 25, 2010,...
View ArticleAgency: Solar Flares Can't Trounce Grids
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission plans to direct electrical grid regulators to address the impact of solar flares on electrical grid operation, according to a proposed...
View ArticleUSPS Adjusts Internal Debt Collection Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Postal Service has changed the rules of practice of the Judicial Officer regarding administrative offsets against former employees. The changes update the rules to...
View Article9th Circuit Judge Betty Binns Fletcher, 89
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Judge Betty Binns Fletcher, who earned a reputation on the 9th Circuit as a trailblazer for women in law, has died at 89. A native of Tacoma, Wash., Fletcher practiced law...
View ArticleSecurities Disaster
NEWARK - Knight Capital Group and its CEO and CFO cost shareholders $440 million when their new trading software went haywire, shareholders claim in a federal class action.
View ArticlePlayboy Sued by Energy Drink Licensee
CHICAGO (CN) - Playboy wrongfully severed a licensing agreement with the company that makes and sells the Playboy Energy Drink and tried to cut it out of the distribution network, Play Beverages...
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