Reddit Founder's Death Puts Spotlight on Overprosecution
MANHATTAN (CN) - Nearly a thousand gathered to mourn and demand prosecutorial reform at a memorial for an Internet activist who committed suicide after he was indicted for computer fraud....
View ArticleMedicare Underpayment Dispute Is Much Too Late
WASHINGTON (CN) - The deadline has long since passed for hospitals to fight recently discovered, yet decades-old, Medicare underpayments, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The Centers for...
View ArticleA Lot of Potato Chips
LAS VEGAS - An exporter claims La Salle International dba Rivage Trading Group, Sam's West et al. failed to deliver 182,700 cans of potato chips for which it paid $189,000, in Clark County Court.
View ArticleT. Boone Pickens
DALLAS - T. Boone Pickens claims John D. Weaver and The Network Companies owe him $125,000, in Dallas County Court.
View ArticleJ.C. Penney Spam
SAN DIEGO - J.C. Penney sent illegal, unsolicited spam ads to wireless phones, a class action claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleAir Pollution
DES MOINES - MidAmerican Energy Co. violates the Clear Air Act at three power plants in Iowa, the Sierra Club claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleMusic Business
MT. CLEMENS, Mich. - Planet Stage claims Detroit Masonic Temple Theater owes it $81,200 in ticket sales for a concert by (nonparty) rhythm & bluesman Brian McKnight, in Macomb County Court.
View ArticleStrip Search
DETROIT - Federal agents forcibly strip-searched a woman of Middle Eastern descent without cause after she got off a Frontier Airlines flight, the woman claims in Federal Court.
View ArticlePragmatus v. Yahoo
WILMINGTON, Del. - A federal judge refused to transfer a complaint from Pragmatus AV against Yahoo, adopting the recommendation of a magistrate and rejecting objections.
View ArticleEgan-Jones Ratings Barred for 18 Months
WASHINGTON (CN) - Egan-Jones Ratings Co. and its president Sean Egan lied to the SEC when they applied to become a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization for securities, and will be...
View ArticleBagram Contractor Owes $2.9M in Mercenary Suit
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A defense contractor accused of sending mercenaries to loot equipment for Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan owes $2.9 million, a jury ruled. MAKS General Trading &...
View ArticleKaiser Bungles X-Ray, Girl Suffers, Dad Says
IRVINE, Calif. (CN) - Kaiser's delivery of an X-ray to the wrong doctor resulted in major surgery and a permanent scar for a 14-year-old girl, her father claims in Orange County Court. Nicole...
View ArticleAnheuser-Busch Ducks Czech Brewer's Protests
(CN) - A Czech brewery cannot challenge Anheuser-Busch's use of the Bud trademark in EU member states, the General Court ruled Tuesday. Budweiser is a German word indicating origin from a city...
View ArticleMining Firm's Ex-CEO Looking at Hard Time
SAN DIEGO (CN) - FBI agents arrested the former CEO of a San Diego-based mining company and prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing him of obstructing justice in a $28 million securities...
View ArticleCFO in Stanford Ponzi Gets Five-Year Sentence
HOUSTON (CN) - A federal judge ordered a five-year sentence Tuesday to the star witness who helped put Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford away for life. James Davis, 64, worked as chief financial...
View ArticleMusic Managers Accused of Poaching Artists
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A management company claims in court that two former employees conspired to steal indie band Good Old War and pop singer Christina Perri from its roster of clients. Bill...
View ArticleNo Windfall for Sky in Sharing Soccer Clips
(CN) - Broadcasters must provide rival companies free access to footage of "high interest" events, such as soccer matches, if there is no associated cost, Europe's highest court ruled Tuesday....
View ArticleClass Demands Refunds for Lance's Books
SACRAMENTO (CN) - A federal class action claims Lance Armstrong and his publishers defrauded consumers by selling the cyclist's books as nonfiction. Lead plaintiff Rob Stutzman, a PR...
View ArticleChiropractor Admits to 2-Year Insurance Scam
HOUSTON (CN) - A Texas chiropractor faces up to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to taking kickbacks in a $3 million auto insurance fraud. Chase Lindsey, 34, co-owner of...
View ArticleRacial Slurs Won't Carry the Day in Bias Lawsuit
(CN) - Jurors properly sided with a Wisconsin police chief in a discrimination trial despite "staggering and regrettable evidence of racial bigotry," the 7th Circuit ruled Wednesday. Under the...
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