Man Says He Wouldn't Fake Cadavers
INDIANAPOLIS (CN) - A funeral director claims in court that he was constructively fired because he refused to follow orders to mix and match parts to create three fake cadavers - a felony - after...
View ArticleUtility Union Gets Some Relief in Work Van Issue
MANHATTAN (CN) - An utility company cannot upend penalties it faces for unfair labor practices and undermining union bargaining power, the 2nd Circuit ruled. Rochester Gas, whose natural gas...
View ArticleSocial Media Ban Is Too Harsh on Sex Offenders
(CN) - The 7th Circuit on Wednesday struck down an Indiana law that prohibits most registered sex offenders from using social networking websites, instant messaging or chat rooms. "Though...
View ArticleFatal Domestic Abuse Leaves City on the Hook
(CN) - Chicago is liable for not arresting a man police removed from his mother's home, giving him the opportunity to return and kill her boyfriend, a state appeals court ruled. James Fenton...
View ArticleInvestors Rake DuPont DirectorsAfter $1 Billion Jury Award
WILMINGTON, Del. (CN) - DuPont's fraudulent conduct cost it $1 billion in its "Roundup Ready" patent dispute with Monsanto, and punitive damages could cost it another $2 billion, "which is almost...
View ArticleWhitePages Cleared for Wrong Number Listing
(CN) - A man cannot sue over thousands of unwanted calls he received after WhitePages said his phone number belonged to Comcast of Virginia, a federal judge ruled. From October 2009 through...
View ArticleKaiser Mistakes Blamed for Woman's Death
CLEVELAND, Ohio (CN) - A woman who died of lung cancer may have had a shot at life had Kaiser Permanente radiologists not misinterpreted her CT scans, the woman's husband claims in Cuyahoga County...
View ArticleStandardized Testmaker Files for Chapter 11
WILMINGTON, Del. (CN) - One month after settling a fraud lawsuit with federal prosecutors, Education Holdings, formerly known as Princeton Review, filed for bankruptcy, listing $100 million to...
View ArticleSupreme Court Won't Hear Atheist's Appeal
(CN) - The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from an atheist who challenged the use of state money to renovate a large cross in Southern Illinois. The Supreme Court turned back...
View ArticleFDA Clarifies Rulesfor Mixed Products
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Food and Drug Administration has clarified good manufacturing practice requirements for combination products, in a new regulation. Combination products are those that include...
View ArticleMoney Fight Over Food Network Show
LOS ANGELES (CN) - One TV producer sued another, claiming it's "tantamount to extortion" that a producer of the Food Network series "$" refuses to hand over dozens of consent forms signed by...
View ArticleRule ImplementsProvisions of Obamacare
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is considering new statutory eligibility provisions and changes that would provide states more flexibility to coordinate...
View Article10 Years for Trying to Kill an Attorney
FORT WORTH (CN) - The owner of a defunct strip club was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for trying to hire Mexican hit men to kill the mayor of Arlington and a Dallas attorney. Ryan...
View ArticleRussian Hacker Will Cooperate With USA
MANHATTAN (CN) - A Russian man whose malicious code infected NASA computers as it spread to 1 million hard drives around the world has agreed to cooperate with the United States, federal...
View ArticleDrunk and in Jail, but Not Fair Game
LAS VEGAS (CN) - An "extremely intoxicated" woman claims in court that Turner Broadcasting Systems defamed her by broadcasting footage of her in jail without her permission - and even if they got...
View ArticlePolish Water Issues Need a Look, Lawmakers Say
(CN) - Poland should be penalized for failing to guarantee that it is addressing nitrate-tainted water, the European Commission said Thursday, referring its charges to the Court of Justice. EU...
View ArticleMom Sues Chicago After Police Kill Her Son
CHICAGO (CN) - Chicago police killed a man by running him over and shooting him twice in the back, then told his grieving mother it was "just another nigger dead," the mother claims in court....
View ArticleBrazen Noncompete Deal Ends in Heavy EU Fines
(CN) - Spanish and Portuguese telecommunications providers face more than $105 million in fines for agreeing to not compete against each other in the Iberian market. The noncompete agreement...
View ArticleGame & Fish Blamed for Pointless Killing
LITTLE ROCK (CN) - Arkansas Game and Fish officers killed a unarmed man by shooting him in the back, on the unfounded suspicion that he was hunting at night, his family claims in court. The...
View ArticleTerror Victims Get a Leg Up in Arab Bank Trial
MANHATTAN (CN) - The 2nd Circuit upheld an instruction that said jurors could consider whether a bank's missing records meant it knowingly supported terrorism. In 2005, thousands of victims of...
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