Bodyguard Claims Justin BieberAssaulted Him & Owes Him Money
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Justin Bieber, egged on by a claque, assaulted one of his bodyguards during an abusive backstage tirade, then fired him owing him money, the man claims in court. Moshe...
View ArticleGlass Shards in Patron's Eye Will Cost Red Lobster
(CN) - Red Lobster is liable after a waiter dropped a plate, lodging ceramic shards into the eyes of a customer, a federal judge ruled. Darryl Clark and his friend Sibbia Wise went to lunch at...
View ArticleCasino Class Action
LAS VEGAS - Shareholders claim Ameristar Casinos is selling itself too cheaply through an unfair process to Pinnacle Entertainment, for $26.50 a share or $2.8 billion, in Clark County Court; they...
View ArticleTech Patents
TYLER, Texas - Ericsson violates a patent on channel-switching in wireless broadband networks, Adaptix claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleFlood Insurance
SAN FRANCISCO - Wells Fargo must still face some claims over forced-placed flood insurance, but a federal judge let Fannie Mae and Assurant Inc. off the hook.
View ArticleNetflix Captions
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Netflix persuaded a federal judge to dismisses the third amended complaint accusing it of misrepresenting the amount of its movies that have captions.
View ArticleCancer Study Data
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Pfizer cannot get summary judgment on claims that it fired Delina Ferretti after she found data problems while studying molecule that showed promise as a cancer inhibitor in a...
View ArticleFCC Plans 'Flexible' Band Use for Wireless Service
WASHINGTON (CN) - Skyrocketing demand for mobile broadband service has prompted the FCC to propose expanding the Personal Communications Services (PCS) band. The Federal Communication...
View ArticleEU Shouldn't Have Kept Talks With UK a Secret
(CN) - A watchdog of EU government condemned the nondisclosure of documents that shed light on the United Kingdom's resistance to a basic rights treaty. The European Ombudsman's decision comes...
View ArticleDealing With Heavy Door Merits Workers' Comp
(CN) - A woman who hurt her shoulder trying to open a stuck door at her workplace can collect workers' compensation benefits, a New York appeals court ruled. Bariza Laib worked for the State...
View ArticleCA to Defend Trafficking Law With Proponents
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Proponents of a California human-trafficking law do not meet the requirements for intervention, but they can fight convicted sex offenders challenging the law, a federal judge...
View ArticleDeath Row Inmate Loses FBI Discovery Challenge
CHICAGO (CN) - A convicted murderer cannot seek further discovery from the FBI after it met his lawsuit by quintupling document production, the D.C. Circuit ruled. Benny Lee Hodge was...
View ArticleSatellite Images Demand Goes to Reluctant Circuit
PASADENA, Calif. (CN) - There is no reason for the U.S. government to shield the existence of satellite images showing the Cuban government shoot down airplanes, a group told the 9th Circuit....
View ArticleLawyer Skewered for Duping Victims' Families
WASHINGTON (CN) - A Maryland attorney defrauded the families of some Puerto Rican victims of the 1972 Lod Airport Massacre in Tel Aviv, the 1st Circuit ruled. On May 30, 1972, three members of...
View ArticleGitmo Detainee Loses Bid for Top-Secret Evidence
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. government need not share source-identifying, top-secret evidence with petitioning Guantanamo Bay detainees, a federal judge ruled. The ruling comes in answer to a...
View ArticleCircumcision Consent Forms Kosher in NYC
MANHATTAN (CN) - Orthodox rabbis cannot perform a certain form of ritualistic circumcision without warning parents about the possibility of transmitting herpes, a federal judge ruled....
View ArticleEPA Air Quality Rules Return to Drawing Board
(CN) - Environmental regulators should have been more critical in two rules concerning fine particulate matter, the D.C. Circuit ruled, siding with environmental and health groups. In 2007 and...
View ArticleN.Y. Bungled Fund Then Sued Critics, Group Says
(CN) - New York is trying to silence concerns over the mismanagement of Executive Life Insurance Company of New York that jeopardizes $920 million worth of funds, a group of beneficiaries say....
View ArticlePatent
CHICAGO - Unified Messaging Solutions claims Ameriprise Financial, Harris Bank, Charles Schwab, General Electric Capital Services and others violate multiple Internet messaging patents, in seven...
View ArticleSister Says Kaiser on Hook for Sibling's Death
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - A teenage girl should not have died from appendicitis while in the care of Kaiser hospital doctors, the girl's younger sister claims in federal court in Alameda County....
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