Class Arbitration Issue Will Go to Washington
WASHINGTON (CN) - Oxford Health Plans persuaded the Supreme Court to determine whether a doctor must arbitrate claims of service-reimbursement violations. When Dr. Ivan Sutter contracted with...
View ArticleAIDS Group Says L.A. County Has Vendetta
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The AIDS Healthcare Foundation claims in court that Los Angeles County used a bogus audit to demand millions of dollars to retaliate for its blowing the whistle on the county's...
View ArticleJustices to Sort Out Fate of Tow Company Lawsuit
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Supreme Court said it will decide the fate of a lawsuit against a company that towed and traded a car belonging to a man who was seriously ill. Robert Pelkey sued his...
View ArticleLegal Problems Mount for Katt Williams
SEATTLE (CN) - Katt Williams faces yet another lawsuit, from a fan who claims the comedian hit him in the head with a microphone during a performance, giving him a concussion, and then threatened...
View Article9th Circuit to Decide If Fees Should Follow Deal
(CN) - A religious organization that settled its demands to sell T-shirts outside the zoo in Tacoma, Wash., asked the 9th Circuit to award attorneys' fees. After Tacoma banned the sale of...
View ArticleClass Accuses Major Retailers of RICO Fraud
HARTFORD (CN) - Led by Trilegiant Corp., major banks and retailers "conspired to defraud hundreds of thousands of consumers" by cramming their credit cards for unauthorized "subscription...
View ArticleHigh Court Revives Labor Worker's Bias Claims
WASHINGTON (CN) - A former Labor Department employee who exhausted agency options in pursuing discrimination claims can file suit, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. Carolyn Kloeckner says...
View ArticleBelize Demands Treasure Hunters Return Skull
CHICAGO (CN) - Belize claims LucasFilm and Disney profited from an ancient Mayan crystal skull looted from an archaeological site in 1924 and used as the basis for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom...
View ArticleFeds Say City Can't Stop Medical Pot Crackdown
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The U.S. government told a federal judge that the city of Oakland lacks standing to try and block it from seizing a medical marijuana dispensary. Harborside Health Center,...
View ArticleFTC Gets New Wind to Fight Drug Patent Deals
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Supreme Court will decide whether to revive claims that name-brand drugmakers restrain trade by paying off competitors who would develop generic versions of their products....
View ArticleMarvel Fights Spider-Man Toy Royalty Issue
(CN) - A lawyer who invented a web-shooting toy inspired by Spider-Man told the 9th Circuit that Marvel is trying to wriggle out their verbal agreement. The federal appeals court in San...
View ArticleGitmo Prisoner Videos Will Remain Secret
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Pentagon does not have to share videos of 45 forced cell extractions and one forced haircut that occurred at Guantanamo Bay, a federal judge ruled. The International...
View ArticleManning Rep Prods Officer's Spotty Memory
FT. MEADE, Md. (CN) - The lead attorney for alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning turned up pressure on a former Quantico officer to show how high the orders against his client go. PFC...
View ArticleCops Say Widow Has No Case Over Taser Use
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Police officers who used their Tasers on a drug-addled man with a heart condition urged the 9th Circuit to grant them immunity against wrongful-death claims. Officers...
View ArticleLA Police Back in Court Over Manhandling of News Reporters
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The Los Angeles police method of manhandling news reporters during demonstrations has once again brought the city into court to defend the actions of its police force. A...
View ArticleNew Sentence Needed for Bomb-Making Doctor
(CN) - An Arkansas doctor may have been improperly sentenced after he was convicted of trying to blow up a medical board officer, the 8th Circuit ruled. Prosecutors said Dr. Randeep Mann had...
View ArticleDefamation
ATLANTA - The president of the American Nigerian International Chamber of Commerce claims an unknown defendant defamed her with scurrilous accusations posted on the Internet, in Fulston County Court.
View ArticleSonoma May Rein in Medical Pot Rules
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (CN) - The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is voting on whether to repeal a 2006 resolution allowing medical marijuana patients to possess up to 30 plants and 3 pounds of...
View ArticleChain of Sports Bars Accused of Racism
CLAYTON, Mo. (CN) - A popular St. Louis-area sports bar and grill refused to serve black customers and posted "Ghetto Specials" sign, six people claim in court. Leslie DeLeon and five other...
View ArticleSex Shouldn't Be in the Program, Patient Says
CHICAGO (CN) - A drug abuser claims in court that he suffered a relapse after his female counselor invited him to her house and had sex with him on the day he was discharged. Michael Fleming...
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