Yahoo Fights Off Privacy-Invasion Class Action
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) - Yahoo has asked a federal judge to dismiss a putative class action alleging that it intercepts, reads and records emails sent to its subscribers. The June 2012 federal...
View ArticleConsultant Demands Return of 'Frontline' Files
BOZEMAN, Mont. (CN) - A consultant to a conservative group claims in court that a state official gave "Frontline" access to stolen documents suggesting that the group illegally coordinated with...
View ArticleIslamic Center Group May Have Been Swindled
WASHINGTON (CN) - A federal judge refused to dismiss claims of a fraud against the nonprofit that planned to build an Islamic community center near Ground Zero. Robert Deak and his wife,...
View ArticleJudge Orders Release of Aurora Victims' Names
DENVER (CN) - A Colorado judge ordered the release of redacted names in the murder trial of James Holmes, who allegedly killed 12 moviegoers during a shooting spree at a midnight showing of "The...
View ArticleKinky Cop Pics Spur Libel Lawsuit
VANCOUVER, B.C. (CN) - A Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman claims in court that a self-styled police informant and a lawyer defamed him, setting off a media onslaught involving photos taken from...
View ArticleDiscredited Nazi-Looted Art Hunter Loses Suit
(CN) - A federal judge rebuffed a disbarred lawyer's second attempt to stake a claim against Nazi-looted art in Czech galleries on behalf of Holocaust survivors. Before his ouster, Edward...
View ArticleDeal Over Trademarks in Google Keywords
(CN) - Rosetta Stone and Google reached a private settlement in the complaint over other language companies using Rosetta's trademarks as keywords in online advertising. Rosetta Stone, a...
View ArticleAthletes Challenge NCAA Bid to Strike Class Status
(CN) - Current and former student athletes insist that they have standing to sue the NCAA as a class over the refused to compensate them for the use of their images. In a 2009 class action ,...
View ArticleNo Sign of Budget Woes Ending for Beleaguered Courts in California
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - California slashed the budgets for four new courthouses by another $7.5 million this week, with more reductions planned for three others. The courts in Kings, Merced,...
View ArticlePregnancy Bias May Have Led to Firing From Target
(CN) - A mother may be able to prove that her supervisor at Target told her that pregnancy hormones were impairing her judgment and that she then lost her job. Target hired and trained...
View ArticleE. Coli Poisoning
PHOENIX - A couple claim they got E. coli poisoning from Bravo Farms Gouda cheese they sampled and bought at a Costco Wholesale store in Chandler in October 2010, in Maricopa County Court.
View ArticleSuzuki Pulling Out of the United States
(CN) - American Suzuki Motor Corp. filed for bankruptcy and will stop selling cars in the United States, according to a California bankruptcy filing and industry reports. American Suzuki filed...
View ArticleLandmark Law Centralizing CourtFinances Judged in Light of Crisis
SACRAMENTO (CN) - A committee of judges and state administrators met Tuesday to evaluate the balance between central state control and local control of California's courts, in the long wake of...
View ArticleSneaky Immigration Scheme Alleged in Nevada
LAS VEGAS (CN) - A contractor employed undocumented workers for years through a bogus "sponsorship" program that falsely promised workers U.S. citizenship in exchange for money, a former worker...
View ArticleReal Chutzpah in Texas
MIDLAND, Texas (CN) - A Texas doctor did surgery on the wrong knee before he moved on to the correct one - then charged the patient for both surgeries, a man claims in court. Michael Aguilar...
View ArticleEmployment
PHILADELPHIA - Gamesa Wind US stiffed its inspectors and field laborers for overtime, a class action claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleFort Hood Shooting Survivors Sue Pentagon
WASHINGTON (CN) - Victims of Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood claim in court that top Army and FBI officials ignored warning signs that Hasan was a...
View ArticleFederal Student Loan Help Is Finalized
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has completed changes to three federal student loan programs based on President Barack Obama's "Pay as You Earn"...
View ArticleBomb Scare Didn't Stop Florida Voting
ORLANDO (CN) - A Florida judge on Sunday granted four extra hours of early voting after a bomb squad was called to an early voting site in Winter Park, where two suspicious packages were found and...
View ArticleFight on Conduct Credit Revocations Is Now Moot
CHICAGO (CN) - Illinois does not have to face a lawsuit over its policy of revoking good-conduct credits from inmates who file frivolous court motions, the 7th Circuit ruled. Paul Eichwedel,...
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