Major Studios Sued for Home Video Profits
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The late Charles Bronson's family and loan-out companies for two other filmmakers claim in class actions that major Hollywood film studios cheat them of profits from home video...
View ArticleCounty May Be Liable for Blocking Deaf Lifeguard
CINCINNATI (CN) - A Michigan county may have discriminated against a deaf man it refused to hire amid accommodation concerns, the 6th Circuit ruled. Nicholas Keith, who has been deaf since his...
View ArticleEx-Mayor Nagin Indicted
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was charged today with 21 counts of corruption, including wire fraud, bribery and money laundering. The federal charges came in an...
View ArticleCalifornia Votes In Remote Video Traffic Cases
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - After hearing grim reports of how trial courts are reacting to proposed budget plans, California's Judicial Council approved a cost-saving measure that lets courts hear...
View ArticleDeaf Medical Student's ADA Case Given New Life
(CN) - A medical school may be liable to a deaf student who borrowed $114,000 - on top of his tuition - to pay for hearing-assistance technology and interpreters, the 8th Circuit ruled....
View Article'Sins of the Father' Won't Doom Muslim Imam
(CN) - A federal judge acquitted a Florida imam accused of conspiring to help the Taliban, refusing to give weight to the apparent guilt of the defendant's father's on similar charges. "This...
View ArticleCourt Rejects Media's Bid for Polling Site Access
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - Journalists have no greater rights under the First Amendment than everyone else, the 3rd Circuit ruled, upholding a law that restricts media access to polling sites. The...
View ArticleSan Luis Obispo Courts Taking Leap From Microfiche to E-filing
(CN) - San Luis Obispo Superior Court is now in the midst of a two-week "fit analysis" to see how its old record-keeping system works with a new e-filing system bought for $3.36 million. The...
View ArticleSchool Cleared on Teen's Physics Class Drowning
HOUSTON (CN) - The parents of a teenager who drowned during a physics class cannot advance due-process claims against the school district, a federal judge ruled. Vincent Agwuoke, 17, drowned...
View ArticleU.S. May Align Spent Nuclear Fuel Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reviewing its rules on the packaging and transportation of spent nuclear fuel to see if the two sets of rules need to be aligned....
View ArticleFDA Considering Changing Food Safety System
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Food and Drug Administration plans to add to Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations relating to the manufacturing, processing, packing and holding of human food, to...
View ArticleSony Settles Claims Over Moonlighting Actor
(CN) - Sony has settled its claims against an advertising firm over the use a fictional vice president named Kevin Butler it used to promote video games. Played by actor Jerry Lambert, the...
View ArticleCriminal Background Check Changes Mandated
WASHINGTON (CN) - In the wake of the massacre of 26 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Newton, Conn. Dec. 14, 2012, President Barack Obama has mandated changes to the...
View ArticleRules for Children's Online Privacy Updated
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Trade Commission has amended rules under the Children's Online Privacy Act to strengthen protections for children's personal information, because technology has...
View ArticleMinister Can Pursue Lawsuit Over Visa Denial
(CN) - Homeland Security cannot dismiss claims that it improperly denied a "special immigrant" visa petition to a Brazilian church pastor, a federal judge ruled. Brazilian citizen Carlos...
View ArticleAdoption Firm Ducked Judgment, Parents Say
DALLAS (CN) - A Texas adoption agency is ducking a $1.9 million judgment on the adoption of a child injured by its natural mother's drug use, a married couple claims in court. John and Jane...
View ArticleHospital Retaliation Case to Go Before High Court
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Supreme Court agreed to weigh a retaliation judgment for a Texas doctor who claims that his old boss ensured that he could not get a job with an affiliated clinic. Naiel...
View ArticleFight Over a $90,000 Violin Goes in Court
DALLAS (CN) - A violinist with the Dallas Symphony claims in court that he does not owe another $43,000 to a woman who authenticated a Scarampella violin after she sold it to him, without...
View ArticleTrial Awaits School for Family Fun Night Fiasco
(CN) - Sponsors of a school's Family Fun Night must face a trial over a 70-pound exhibit that pinned a 5-year-old girl, a New York appeals court ruled. Elaine Tucker sued the Germantown...
View ArticleArizona Demands Captions at NFL Stadium
PHOENIX (CN) - Arizona's attorney general sued the state's NFL team, the Cardinals, demanding captioning for the deaf on all monitors in the University of Phoenix Stadium. Football "is a vital...
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