Dog Lovers Say Shelter Misused Millions
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A dog-loving couple claims in court that a shelter for German shepherds misused $2 million of the $4.7 million they donated to care for the dogs. The Ronald and Catherine...
View ArticleSuing Bloomberg
MANHATTAN - Bloomberg LP stiffed "contract representatives" for overtime, a class action claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleMurder for Hire, My Foot, Businessman Says
CANTON, Ga. (CN) - A construction company owner claims in court that his business partner had him arrested on bogus charges of trying to kill his own stepmother, so the partner, a felon, could...
View ArticleKidnap
BROOKLYN - Oasis Motor Inn employee Willie Howell kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl "viciously" at the motel for an entire night, her mother claims in court.
View ArticleWoman Claims 'Luck' Producers Abused Horses
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A former executive with The American Humane Association claims in court that the group "bowed to political and financial pressure" by not reporting the HBO series "Luck" for...
View ArticleThe USDA Wants to Expand Paper Market
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a program aimed to expand the manufacture and trade of paper-based products. In a proposed order, the USDA stated that the...
View ArticlePennsylvania Sues NCAA, ClaimingPenn State Sanctions Are Illegal
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CN) - Pennsylvania Gov. Thomas Corbett sued the NCAA on Wednesday, claiming it "exploited" the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal to impose "crippling" sanctions on Penn State, in...
View ArticleEndangered Listing Planned for Hummer
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the Honduran emerald hummingbird as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. There are fewer than one thousand of the...
View ArticleSwiss Bank Coughs Up $58 Million
MANHATTAN (CN) - The Swiss bank Wegelin & Co. will pay $58 million for helping people hide $1.2 billion in secret accounts, federal prosecutors said. Wegelin & Co. pleaded guilty...
View ArticleFacebook Ducks Suit on Anti-Semitic User Pages
(CN) - Facebook is not liable for a group page that threatened: "Judgment Day will be brought upon us only once Muslims have killed all the Jews," a federal judge ruled. In 2011, Larry...
View ArticleMarijuana Dispensaries Sue Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif. (CN) - Nine marijuana collectives claim in court that the Long Beach Police Department is using illegal, unconstitutional tactics to put them out of business. The nine...
View ArticleSocial Worker for Slain Baby Loses Immunity
(CN) - Grandparents of baby girl who was murdered by her father's meth-addicted girlfriend can sue a Kansas social worker, the 10th Circuit ruled. Brooklyn Coons was 23 months old when she...
View ArticleColorado Physicians Take on Chiropractors
DENVER (CN) - The Colorado Medical Society sued the state Board of Chiropractic Examiners, challenging its attempt to authorize chiropractors to give drugs by injection, inhalation and other...
View ArticleCourt Scraps Miller's Ale House Trademark Suit
(CN) - A restaurant in south Florida is not liable for copying the decor and "ale house" brand of a pre-existing chain, the 11th Circuit ruled. Founded in 1988, Miller's Ale House now has...
View ArticleMolested by Doc's Helper, Woman Says
MARSHALL, Texas (CN) - A physician's assistant barricaded a patient in an exam room and masturbated onto her, then "threatened (her) with further harm if she told anybody," she claims in court....
View ArticleClaims Nixed Over Jet Blue's 11-Hour Plane Hold
(CN) - A comedy writer who says Jet Blue kept her stuck on a plane for 11 hours cannot sue the airline for false imprisonment, a New York appeals court ruled. Katharine Biscone was planning to...
View ArticleStick Figure Differences Doom Copyright Claims
DENVER (CN) - A commercial artist does not have a copyright case over the cartoon associated with the T-shirt brand Life Is Good, the 10th Circuit ruled. Albert and John Jacobs, brothers in...
View ArticlePolitical Gadfly Sues His Own in SoCal
SAN DIEGO (CN) - The founder of the Utility Consumers' Action Network claims in court that the group dismissed him in a "systematic and calculated plan of character assassination and economic...
View ArticleFalse Arrest Claim May Stick to Flipped Off Cop
MANHATTAN (CN) - A car passenger who gave the finger to an upstate New York police officer can sue for false arrest and malicious prosecution, the 2nd Circuit ruled. The 14-page opinion...
View ArticleMusic Teacher Ran $16 Million Scam, SEC Says
FRESNO, Calif. (CN) - Nekekim Corp. and its CEO Kenneth W. Carlton defrauded investors of $16 million in a 10-year gold mining scam, the SEC claims in court. Carlton, 64, of Clovis, "is a...
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