Woman Claims Jesuits Broke Their Word
ST. LOUIS (CN) - The Jesuits violated a settlement agreement by allowing a priest who sexually assaulted a woman to continue in public ministry, the woman claims in court. Jane Doe MB sued the...
View ArticleO'Reilly Fails to Deflate Wholesale Contract Suit
(CN) - An auto parts wholesaler can pursue contract claims in New Jersey against the Missouri-based retailer O'Reilly Automotive, a federal judge ruled. O'Reilly contracted with the New...
View ArticleRapper Claims Cops Falsely Imprisoned Him
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - Hip-hop artist Meek Mill claims in court that Philadelphia police jailed him for 9 hours without cause and that the arresting officers posted pictures of him in police custody...
View ArticleClass Status Survives Fishy Attorney Conduct
CHICAGO (CN) - Attorney misconduct in a junk fax suit should not result in decertification of the class, the 7th Circuit ruled. Under the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005, individuals who...
View ArticleBusinessman Says He Was Rolled by 'The Wrap'
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A businessman claims in court that journalist/blogger Sharon Waxman defrauded him of his shares in her movie business website, The Wrap, and wrested control of a company he...
View ArticleHGTV Beats Designer's Product Placement Fuss
MANHATTAN (CN) - The real estate brokers behind HGTV's "Selling New York" are not liable for using virtual images of a furniture designer's popular line, the 2nd Circuit ruled. Heptagon...
View ArticleThanks a Lot, Xerox
SACRAMENTO (CN) - Xerox fired a woman who tried to save California $5 million in overpayments to anesthesia providers, the woman claims in court. Tamara Morgan sued Xerox Corp. in Superior...
View ArticlePLO Terrorism Document Ordered to Destruction
WASHINGTON (CN) - Documents inadvertently produced to the attorneys for the victims of a West Bank must be destroyed, a federal judge ruled. The minute order comes in a decade-old case filed...
View ArticleDueling Lawsuits Over Shipwrecked Gold
SEATTLE (CN) - Two companies sued each other over rights and technology used in an effort to recover "hundreds of pounds of gold" lost in a 1901 shipwreck. The SS Islander sank near Juneau,...
View ArticleJudge Upholds Protest to Inaugural Parade Limits
WASHINGTON (CN) - Civil rights defenders have standing to challenge tight protest restrictions that loom over the Presidential Inauguration Parade, a federal judge ruled. Answer, a grassroots...
View ArticleRussia Sanctioned for Sitting on Sacred Texts
WASHINGTON (CN) - Ignoring advice from the U.S. government, a federal judge has ordered Russia to pay $50,000 each day it holds onto writings left behind by Chasidic Jews fleeing the Holocaust....
View ArticleFabric Pesticide Takes a Beating Before in the 9th
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Environmentalists urged the 9th Circuit on Wednesday to upend approval of a fabric antimicrobial that they say will end up in infants' mouths. Swiss high-tech company HeiQ...
View ArticleNightmare Story About 'A-List' Trainer
SANTA MONICA (CN) - A luxury apartment complex advertised its spa manager as a trainer to "Hollywood 'A-list' celebrities and star athletes," despite his criminal conviction and sordid history, an...
View ArticleTrafficking Help Tied to Catholics Ducks Lawsuit
(CN) - The ACLU cannot challenge an expired deal that excluded abortions and contraceptives from federally funded services for victims of human trafficking, the 1st Circuit ruled. In 2009, the...
View ArticleClass Claims Hyundai Sunroofs Explode
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The sunroof on the 2012-2013 Hyundai Veloster "explodes without warning," turning the car into a potential death trap, a family claims in a federal class action. Linda,...
View ArticleEU Seal Trade Ban Likely to Survive Inuit Appeal
(CN) - The Inuit cannot challenge the European Union's ban on the seal products trade, an adviser to the EU's high court said Thursday. EU lawmakers drew ire from the indigenous ethnic group...
View ArticleNo Terrorism Enhancement in Sentencing of Denmark Plotter
CHICAGO (CN) - A federal judge ordered a 14-year prison sentence Thursday for the man who plotted against the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Tahawwur Rana...
View ArticleNY Times Shut Out of Central Park Five Case
MANHATTAN (CN) - The New York Times cannot access confidential information in the civil rights case of five men cleared in the Central Park jogger rape case, a federal judge ruled. The nearly...
View ArticleWestin Hotel v USA
LOS ANGELES - The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites sued the U.S. and Los Angeles Departments of Transportation, claiming the way they are building the Regional Connector Transit Corridor...
View ArticleShareholder Class Action
MANHATTAN - TNS Inc. is selling itself too cheaply, through an unfair process, to Siris Capital Group, for $21 a share, shareholders claim in New York County Supreme Court. - broadway capital
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