Man Blames Drug Combo for Leukemia
CHICAGO (CN) - A man claims his leukemia was caused by two drugs for inflammatory bowel disease, and that he was not warned that the drug combination significantly raised the risk of the blood...
View ArticleUnited Fights Call to Let Blind Use Check-In Kiosks
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Advocates for the blind sparred with United Airlines in the 9th Circuit about what the airline could do to accommodate passengers unable to use check-in kiosks. Joined by...
View ArticleMusic Manager Accused of Poaching Singer
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A talent agency says in court that it nurtured and spent thousands of dollars promoting a singer-songwriter but has been boxed out of the rights to her career. John Sarris,...
View ArticleCalifornia OKs Rewards for Smart Water Usage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) - One of California's largest water providers can reward customers who use the resource efficiently under a new plan approved by the state. California American Water...
View ArticleClass Won't Let Google Off Privacy Suit So Easy
(CN) - A class urged a federal judge to let them advance claims that Google intercepts emails and eavesdrops on online users in violation of California privacy laws. Lead plaintiffs Brad Scott...
View ArticleWoman Slams Allergan's Silicone Implants
PHOENIX (CN) - A breast cancer survivor says in Federal Court that the Allergan silicone implants she received after a mastectomy gave her migraines, fungal feet and vision loss. Nicole Weber...
View ArticleAvid Smoker Can't Fight New Ban in Clayton, Mo.
ST. LOUIS (CN) - A man cannot sue a Missouri suburb over its anti-smoking ordinance, the 8th Circuit ruled. Arthur Gallagher sued the city of Clayton, suburb of St. Louis, after it banned...
View ArticleStudios Sue to Stop 'Hobbit' Knockoff
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The studios behind "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Hobbit" sued a production company that specializes in knockoffs to try to stop release of its straight-to-DVD movie,...
View ArticleMovie Execs Read Too Much Into Lawyer's Note
(CN) - An email stating "done ... thanks!" did not set the wheels in motion for a film adaptation of a book by one of the creators of "Twin Peaks," a California appeals court ruled. "Twin...
View ArticleUBS Bank Whistleblower ClaimsHis Attorneys Blew the Case
WASHINGTON (CN) - The man who blew the whistle on UBS Bank, getting a $104 million award and costing the bank $780 million for tax evasion, has sued his attorneys, claiming he went to prison...
View ArticleSchizophrenic Terror Plotter Loses Appeal
MANHATTAN (CN) - The 2nd Circuit affirmed the effective life sentence assigned to a Pakistani neuroscientist who fired an M-4 rifle in a cell in Bagram, Afghanistan, narrowly missing U.S....
View ArticleOakland Cops Ran Wild, Academic Says
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Oakland Police beat a political scientist as he tried to secure his bicycle during an Occupy Oakland march, then falsely charged him with an assaulting an officer, the man...
View ArticleGun Owner Loses 2nd Amendment Case
(CN) - A woman who challenged San Francisco's gun laws as unconstitutional failed to persuade a federal judge that the rules burdened her ability to protect herself and her family. Therese...
View ArticleNo You Don't, Drugmakers Tell County
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - The pharmaceutical industry challenged an Alameda County law, the first such law in the country, requiring drugmakers to pay for programs to dispose of expired and unused...
View ArticleGOP Loyalty Oath
MIAMI - Renier Diaz de la Portilla claims the Republican Party of Miami-Dade County illicitly refuses to let him assume his post as a state committeeman, which he won by election, falsely claiming...
View ArticleNinety-Five School Districts Sue Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (CN) - Ninety-five public school districts sued Texas, claiming its illegally adopted yearly performance targets have resulted in more than two-thirds of the state's schools being...
View ArticleSpinning
LOS ANGELES - Mad Dogg claims Wal-Mart and Sam's West violate its "Spinning" trademarks for stationary exercise bicycles, in Federal Court.
View ArticlePrivate School Rewards Snitches, Parents Say
HOUSTON (CN) - A Christian high school rewards students for providing "covert intelligence" on classmates, and forced a girl to withdraw after a student spy falsely accused her of smoking pot, her...
View ArticleNuclear Waste Disposal Rules Reconsidered
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it is considering amending its rules for the proper disposal of low-level radioactive waste. The NRC seeks to update its...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin's Killer Says NBC Defamed Him
SANFORD, Fla. (CN) - The man who killed Trayvon Martin has sued NBC, claiming it edited his 911 call to make him sound racist. George Zimmerman claims NBC used "yellow journalism" in editing...
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