Alarming Tale From a Snack Food Group
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (CN) - A Ph.D. in food science claims in court that Pinnacle Foods Group fired him for protesting its "illegal, fraudulent" production policies, telling him that "Pinnacle's...
View ArticleDutch Maternity Law & Others Face EU Wrath
(CN) - The Netherlands failed to adequately protect employee rights concerning maternity, adoption or parental leave, EU lawmakers told the Court of Justice on Thursday. Under the EU Gender...
View ArticleCop Watched Him Be Fellated, Man Says
LOGAN, Utah (CN) - A police officer stood and watched while a hospital worker fellated a passed-out drunk, handcuffed patient, the man claims in court. Brett Jensen sued the Logan Regional...
View ArticleRetirement Didn't Kill Need to Sanction Judge
(CN) - The Alaska Supreme Court ordered the removal a Bethel judge who retired in 2011, finding that the misconduct allegations still present a live controversy. Deputy Attorney General...
View ArticleBratz Creator Loses $170 Million Mattel Judgment
(CN) - The 9th Circuit on Thursday tossed a $170 million judgment against Mattel for allegedly stealing trade secrets from Bratz doll creator MGA Entertainment. The companies have been...
View ArticleElderly Man Suffers a Medical Golgotha
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (CN) - In a series of medical disasters, an elderly, paralyzed man claims in court, one doctor failed to diagnose his broken neck, another doctor botched his spinal surgery, then...
View ArticleLibel Claims May Stick to Self-Published Memoir
(CN) - The Iowa Supreme Court extended the First Amendment umbrella against libel to Internet publishers, but declined to protect the Internet activity of private individuals also. Writing for...
View ArticleD.C. Circuit Upholds Tough DEA Pot Label
(CN) - The Drug Enforcement Agency properly shot down a request to reclassify marijuana for medical purposes, the D.C. Circuit ruled, finding "no currently accepted medical use for marijuana in...
View ArticleGreece Ordered to End Sports Betting Monopoly
(CN) - Europe's highest court slammed Greece on Thursday for giving monopoly control to one organization for football betting. Three UK-based rivals, SportingBet, Stanleybet International and...
View ArticleTerrorist Behind Mumbai Attacks and Copenhagen Plot Gets 35 Years
CHICAGO (CN) - One of the men behind a terrorist attack on Mumbai that left 164 dead will serve 35 years in prison, a federal judge ruled Thursday, repeatedly emphasizing his hope that the plotter...
View ArticleReddit 'Gaymers' Fight Cease-and-Desist Letter
(CN) - Gay video game enthusiasts who belong to a Gaymer subsection of the website Reddit urged the U.S. Patent and Trademark office to cancel registration of the term. The Gaymers subreddit...
View ArticleTax Fight
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - H&R Block claims Intuit, maker of Turbo Tax, is running a "shameless" ad campaign with "false, misleading and baseless aspersions" on Block, in a trademark, unfair...
View ArticleWhere's the Money?
HOUSTON - Davis-Lynch Holding Co. claims Bank of America refuses to pay up on a confidential settlement concerning "an embezzlement scheme run through their bank at Davis-Lynch's expense," in...
View ArticleGnats in Court
SAN DIEGO - Friends of San Diego Organic Produce sued San Diego County, claiming its eye gnat ordinances could ruin organic farms by forcing them to accept pesticide spraying, in a request for...
View ArticleParole Officer Admits She Took Bribes
DALLAS (CN) - A former Texas parole officer admitted she took bribes from an oil and gas investment scammer in exchange for not reporting his parole violations. Nichelle Derricks, 37, of Cedar...
View ArticleShareholder Class Action
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Yum! Brands inflated its stock price through false and misleading statements and the price fell from $74.47 to $63.38 when the truth emerged, shareholders claim in Federal Court.
View ArticleSEC Pick a Warning to Wall Street?
(CN) - President Obama's nomination of former U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White to head the Securities and Exchange Commission is viewed as a shot across the bow to Wall Street. White, 65, was the first...
View ArticleLowe's Class Action
CHICAGO - Lowe's Home Centers misclassifies its installers as independent contractors to duck labor laws, a class action claims in Cook County Court.
View ArticleSEC Goes After Florida Stockbroker
NEWARK (CN) - For $35,000 and a jet ski dock, a Florida stockbroker tipped a crony to inside information on a pharmaceutical merger, and the crony and a friend made $708,300 by trading illegally on...
View ArticleNo Dogs Allowed
LAS VEGAS - The Fremont Street Experience Mall sued a woman to make her stop walking her dog in the mall, in Clark County Court.
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