Elizabeth Park; Carolyn Otto v. Welch Foods Inc.
Welch's falsely advertises its juices and other products as having "no sugar added," or as "all natural" with "no artificial flavors" and "no preservatives," a class claims.USDC Northern District...
View ArticleEva Longoria Claims a Stranger Meddled
LAS VEGAS (CN) - Eva Longoria claims in court that a stranger bankrolled a 2010 lawsuit against her on the promise he would get half of any judgment against her. Longoria sued Shlomi Meiri,...
View ArticleEU Fiscal Compact Will Take Effect in New Year
(CN) - An EU treaty that sets guidelines for a balanced budget and creates an automatic mechanism for corrective action will take effect on Jan. 1, lawmakers said. The Treaty on Stability,...
View ArticleClient Says Money Manager Swiped $14 Million
CHICAGO (CN) - Comprehensive Capital Management "buried its head in the sand" while an employee swiped $14 million from clients, a woman claims in court. Donna Carroll sued Comprehensive...
View ArticleKmart Wins First Suit Over Cashier Seating
(CN) - Kmart is not liable for failing to provide its cashiers in central California with "suitable" seats, a federal judge ruled after a one-week bench trial. Lisa Garvey sued the store's...
View ArticleIt's Not Spying if We Do It, CIA Says
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Central Intelligence Agency admitted it spied on Muslims in the New York City metro area, but denied that that was "domestic spying," a civil liberties watchdog says in a...
View ArticleVW Can Pay $9.2M to Settle Sunroof Claims
(CN) - Drivers of Volkswagens and Audis will get $9.2 million as a settlement to their claims over defective pollen filter gasket areas and sunroof drains, a federal judge ruled. John Dewey...
View ArticleWithering Scorn for Instagram Power Grab
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Back-pedaling furiously in the face of a federal class action, Instagram said it would withdraw its decision to claim the right to sell any photo its users send, for profit,...
View ArticleFree Speech Case Roiling Against Net Neutrality
(CN) - Verizon and MetroPCS urged the D.C. Circuit to review the Federal Trade Commission's net-neutrality rules that they classify as burden to their free-speech rights. In 2010, the FCC...
View ArticleForced-Out Arizona Pol Sues Phoenix Police
PHOENIX (CN) - The Arizona Senate's former majority leader claims in court that the mayor and police chief of Phoenix conspired to defame him with false testimony at a Senate Ethics Committee...
View ArticleFacebook Threats Stay in Ten Commandments Suit
(CN) - A mother who received online threats after challenging a Ten Commandments monument can submit the threats as evidence to support requests for anonymity, a federal judge ruled. In a...
View ArticleFeds Scorch Sheriff for Racial Bias
GREENSBORO, N.C. (CN) - A North Carolina sheriff orders officers to discriminate against Latinos, telling them, "go out there and get me some of those taco eaters," and blew off the federal...
View ArticleAccused Assassin Plotter Loses Bid for Group Home
(CN) - A paranoid schizophrenic man who threatened to kill President George W. Bush is not ready to be released from prison, a federal judge ruled. Aleksander Aleksov, now 33, obtained a green...
View ArticleCalifornia Can't Ban Gay Conversion Therapy Yet
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The 9th Circuit refused to let California ban gay "conversion therapy" on Jan. 1, broadening an injunction that the trial court applied to only three opponents of the law....
View ArticleVictorian Love Triangle Can Be Thrice Told
MANHATTAN (CN) - Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson's dramatization of scandalous love affairs in the Victorian art world does not violate two similar screenplays, a federal judge ruled. U.S....
View ArticleChicago 'Code of Silence' Verdict Will Stand
CHICAGO (CN) - A woman challenged a police code of silence in Chicago cannot vacate the judgment to settle privately with the city and avoid precedent, a federal judge ruled. Anthony Abbate...
View ArticleSwiss Heir Loses Claim to Picasso Settlement
WASHINGTON - A Swiss man cannot share in the settlement the Museum of Modern Art has paid to his relatives over the provenance of two Picassos, a federal judge ruled. MoMA and the Solomon R....
View ArticleApple Ducks Liability in Application Privacy Case
(CN) - A woman cannot sue Apple based on claims that the makers of "Angry Birds" and other Apple applications store users' personal information, a federal judge ruled. Lead plaintiff Maria...
View ArticleBBB Is a Racket, SoCal Law FirmSays in $200 Million Demand
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The Better Business Bureau is a "Mafia-like racket" that uses "blackmail" and "coercion" to set its "bogus 'ratings,'" and defamed a law firm for refusing to submit to its...
View ArticleFeds Blasted for Trying Dismiss Case in Secret
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The U.S. government cannot dismiss a challenge to a Malaysian woman's placement on the terrorist no-fly list, a federal judge ruled. Rahinah Ibrahim, a citizen of Malaysia...
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