Inside Trading
MANHATTAN - Matthew Martoma used inside information about an Alzheimer's drug trial to help (nonparty) SAC Capital Advisors make $278 million in illicit profits, federal prosecutors say.
View ArticleCoral Reefs
HONOLULU - The USA and Hawaii want Cape Flattery Ltd. and Pacific Basin (HK) Ltd. to pay for damaging coral reef habitat in a 2005 oil spill at the entrance to an Oahu harbor, in Federal Court.
View ArticleDHS Makes Rules on Sex Abuse in ICE Jails
(CN) - The Department of Homeland Security has proposed standards to try to reduce sexual assaults in immigration jails. The standards are proposed for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
View ArticleHoulihan's Can't Duck Price Discrimination Suit
(CN) - A man can pursue claims against the Houlihan's Restaurant chain for forcing him to pay more than other customers for his alcoholic drinks, a federal judge ruled. While at a Houlihan's...
View ArticleKaiser Worker Says She Got a Death Threat
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - A Kaiser employee was fired and received a death threat after complaining about "infectious patient waste ... that overflowed onto the floors," she claims in court....
View ArticleMortgage Lender Failed to Honor Agreements
OAKLAND (CN) - Mortgage lender Aurora Loan Services failed to honor its promise not to foreclose on homeowners who had opted into a program they believed would help them keep their homes....
View ArticleGoogle's Search Box Defamed Him, Doc Says
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Google defamed a cancer surgeon by having his name pop up followed by the word "bankrupt" in its automatic complete-the-words search box, after the first six letters in his...
View ArticleSuit for Kosher Prison Food Gets Another Shot
(CN) - The 5th Circuit remanded a Jewish prisoner's petition for kosher prison food, ruling that his imperfect adherence to a kosher diet does not doom his case. Max Moussazadeh, a Jewish...
View Article$7.7 Million Verdict Against San Diego
SAN DIEGO (CN) - A jury ordered San Diego to pay $7.7 million to a man who was rendered paraplegic when one of the city's thousands of palm trees fell and crushed his legs, after the city canceled...
View ArticleJudge Upholds Tamiflu Patent, Tosses Challenge
(CN) - A federal judge held that a valid patent protects flu-weakening drug Tamiflu, preventing Natco Pharma from manufacturing a generic version of the drug. Gilead Sciences owns the patent...
View ArticleJudge Shies Away from Filibuster Reform Case
WASHINGTON (CN) - A federal judge shied away from litigation aimed at reforming the filibuster rule of the U.S. Senate, dismissing a complaint filed by House Democrats and a nonpartisan citizen's...
View ArticleHow to Ruin a Mexican Vacation
HOUSTON (CN) - A U.S. tourist claims in court that a video camera he placed in his Mexican hotel room caught a Holiday Inn worker masturbating onto his clothes - and that the hotel manager...
View ArticleFirms May Pay Liable for Acne Treatment Woes
(CN) - A college student whose liver failed allegedly as a result of using the acne treatment Solodyn may sue Medicis and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals for negligence, a federal judge ruled....
View ArticleU.S. Sailors Sue Japan Over Fukushima
SAN DIEGO (CN) - The Fukushima nuclear disaster exposed Navy rescue workers to dangerous levels of radiation, which the government-owned power plant covered up, eight U.S. sailors claim in court....
View ArticleFiring Nurse to Save Marriage OK in Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa (CN) - A dentist who fired an attractive assistant because he and his wife viewed her as a threat to their marriage acted legally, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. James Knight...
View ArticleNews Corp. Hacked Computersin U.S. Ad Wars, Dial Soap Says
DETROIT (CN) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. used Al Capone's tactics and computer hacking to monopolize the market for promotions in 40,000 retail stores, and coupon inserts in "scores of...
View ArticleWalters did not Defame Daughter's School Pal
(CN) - A woman who alleged Barbara Walters caused her 1983 expulsion from boarding school after she was found in bed with the news anchor's daughter cannot sue Walters for defamation, the 1st...
View ArticleWood Stork is Recovering, Fish & Wildlife Says
(CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service claims the wood stork is recovering in the Southeast United States, and wants to downgrade its status from endangered to threatened. Fish &...
View ArticleMan Claims Kaiser Screw-up Cost Him
CLEVELAND (CN) - The Ohio National Guard rejected a man's application for Officer Candidate School because a Kaiser employee entered "intermittent explosive disorder" into a computer system,...
View ArticleInside Man Lammed to China, SEC Says
MANHATTAN (CN) - The SEC on Wednesday added a third defendant to an inside-trading case accusing three men of making $1 million by trading ahead on confidential information that IBM was about to...
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