Astronaut Loses Race for House Seat
MODESTO, Calif. (CN) - Astronaut José Hernandez, the first person to Tweet in Spanish from a space shuttle, failed to oust incumbent Republican Jeff Denham from his U.S. House seat on Tuesday....
View ArticleMalpractice Claims Are Far-Fetched, Lawyers Say
DALLAS (CN) - A Texas law firm insists that it did right by the telecom equipment and wireless network field services firms whose merger it handled in 2009. American Communications LLC and...
View ArticleNobelist Says National Review Defamed Him
WASHINGTON (CN) - A Nobel Prize-winning climatologist claims in court that the National Review and another right-wing group defamed him in articles that compared him to convicted child molester...
View ArticleCalifornia Highway Plan Speeds Past Objections
(CN) - Environmentalists cannot challenge a proposed four-lane freeway in Mendocino County, Calif., a federal judge ruled, disputing the need for a revamped environmental impact statement. The...
View ArticlePandora Fights ASCAP Over Music Streaming
MANHATTAN (CN) - Pandora, the online music-streaming service, sued the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, asking a federal judge to set a reasonable licensing rate for...
View ArticleBuckyballs May Infringe on Late Inventor's Name
(CN) - The creators of magnetic desk toys called Buckyballs cannot sideline publicity rights claims from the estate of the late master inventor Buckminster Fuller. Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller...
View ArticleDemocrats Hold Onto Senate and White House
(CN) - President Barack Obama won a second term on Tuesday and Democrats kept control of the Senate, winning 21 of 28 Senate contests. They are expected to pick up a few seats in the House, though...
View ArticleBanks Say FDIC's $900M Lawsuit Is Fatally Flawed
AUSTIN, Texas (CN) - The powerhouses of finance urged a federal judge to toss, what they call, a contradictory and otherwise flawed $900.6 million lawsuit over their sales of mortgage-backed...
View ArticleJudge Caught Whipping Teen Returns to Bench
AUSTIN (CN) - The Texas Supreme Court lifted its suspension of a state judge who was videotaped whipping his disabled teenage daughter with a belt. On Tuesday, the court approved an agreed...
View ArticleKansas Ban on Teacher-Student Sex Holds
(CN) - It did not violate a teacher's privacy rights by prosecuting him for having consensual sex with an 18-year-old high school student, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled. Charles Edwards,...
View ArticleNo Immunity for Somali Leader Who Tortured
(CN) - There is no possibility of immunity for the former Somali prime minister who conceded liability over the mass killing and torture of his people, the 4th Circuit ruled. Mohamed Ali...
View ArticleApple Fights California Law It Says Is Outdated
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - California's highest court tried Wednesday to reconcile a decades-old consumer-protection law against the collection of Apple customers' personal information. David...
View ArticleDoctor Who Got Too Close to Alcoholic Loses Appeal
(CN) - A medical board properly suspended the doctor who tried to make a female patient transfer her addiction to alcohol to an addiction to him, a New York appeals court ruled. Michael...
View Article9th Circuit Holds Back-to-Back Hearings on Superman Rights
PASADENA, Calif. (CN) - Warner Brothers and DC Comics appeared in a doubleheader before a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit, facing off against those who claim they own the rights to Superman....
View ArticlePenis Graffiti Allegations Return Lawyer to Jail
DALLAS (CN) - A disbarred personal injury attorney and TV host must return to jail after allegedly trashing his Dallas law office and drawing penises on the wall, a judge ruled. Thomas Corea,...
View ArticleDallas Design Firm Settles Claims Over Tower
DALLAS (CN) - The developer of a 26-story office tower in uptown Dallas has dropped its negligent design suit against firm BOKA Powell. In a December 2011 complaint, International Center...
View ArticleBiotech Companies Take Fight to Court
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A biotech company claims in court that a competitor used "trickery" and "deception" to steer customers away from its genetic analysis products. Fluidigm Corp. sued...
View ArticleClass Actions Add Up Against Kia & Hyundai
CLAYTON, Mo. (CN) - Numerous class actions claim that Kia and Hyundai misled consumers about their vehicles' gas mileage. Kia has been hit with at least five class actions around the nation...
View ArticleDeal Reached Over Turtle Creek Condo Profits
DALLAS (CN) - A condominium developer has dropped claims for a share of the $16.8 million made selling luxury condominiums in the ritzy Dallas neighborhood of Turtle Creek. CV/PRG Turtle Creek...
View ArticleNew Homeland Security Council Developed
WASHINGTON (CN) - President Barack Obama has announced a federal partnership among government agencies, law enforcement and the private sector to improve coordination of homeland security...
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