EPA Ordered to Rethink Prospective Biofuel Rule
(CN) - The D.C. Circuit on Friday struck down future rules for blending cellulosic biofuels since supplies are not available to meet forward-looking requirements. Adopted under the renewable...
View ArticleMine Safety Shirkers to Hear From Agency Early
WASHINGTON (CN) - "In 32 Years MSHA Has Never Successfully Exercised Its Pattern of Violations Authority," read the title of the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General's audit...
View ArticleNew Plane Design Spurs New Safety Test Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed two sets of new airworthiness safety standards to match new technology in the Embraer EMB-550 transport cargo airplane. The...
View ArticlePress Groups Attack Public Access Shell Game by Court Bureaucrats
California court administrators are trying to create a new definition for public documents that appears aimed at limiting press access. News and First Amendment groups submitted comments Friday...
View ArticleCompany Wants Info on Daytime Moonlighting
HOUSTON (CN) - A company seeks to depose an officer of QVC to defend its firing of an account executive whose side gig, hawking luggage for QVC, allegedly interfered with her work. U.S. Legal...
View ArticleHealth Dep't Adds More Information Protections
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Department of Health and Human Services has changed the Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)'s privacy, security and enforcement rules to protect peoples'...
View ArticleArt Dealer Perturbed at Pop Artist Britto
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) - An art dealer claims in court that several people and galleries sold him dozens of forgeries attributed to Brazilian-American Pop artist Romero Britto. Ryan Mack dba Griffin...
View ArticleSouthwest Fish Proposedfor Listing and Habitat
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to list the Zuni bluehead sucker as endangered under the Endangered Species Act and designate critical habitat for its survival,...
View ArticleKirsten Bell Claims Hollywood Bar Owes Her
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Actress Kirsten Bell claims in court that managers of a Hollywood tequila bar never paid back her $20,000 investment and skimmed profits for themselves and their other failing...
View ArticleIRS Wants Taxes on Foreign Accounts
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Internal Revenue Service has announced an amendment to the "voluntary" tax compliance system to prevent U.S. taxpayers from "hiding" money in offshore accounts. To...
View ArticleSyfy Accused of Making Copycat Show
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A television producer sued Syfy Media, claiming the cable channel ripped off its concept, and even the name, for a reality show that pits special effects make-up artists...
View ArticleAlleged Patent Troll Must Fix License Boycott Suit
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A federal judge tossed a suit that accused Samsung, Motorola Mobility and others of boycotting their duty to license patents. Cascades Computer Innovation had advanced...
View ArticleGuard Alleges Suspicious Doings at H.S.
TULSA, Okla. (CN) - A security guard claims a Tulsa public school district retaliated against her for reporting that a security camera could film the cheerleading squad undressing, and that the...
View ArticleHoneywell & Dupont Lose Chemical Share Protest
(CN) - Two companies cannot advance claims that their competitors illegally transferred allowances for ozone-depleting chemicals in 2008, the D.C. Circuit ruled. The Clean Air Act tasks the...
View ArticleCop of the Year? Probably Not
CHICAGO (CN) - The suburban village of Niles sued a former cop, claiming he got $86,600 in workers comp benefits for being injured during an armed robbery: only he staged the robbery, and stabbed...
View ArticleTown Need Not to Put Up With Irate House Sign
(CN) - A North Carolina homeowner deserved to be fined because the sign he posted on his house, "Screwed by the Town of Cary," distracted traffic, the 4th Circuit ruled. William Bowden hired a...
View ArticleSaudi Prince Sued in Rape Case
MANHATTAN (CN) - Saudi Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd should pay $150 million for hiring a man who drugged, raped and sodomized two young women near his suite at the Plaza Hotel, a victim of the...
View ArticlePooled Tips Upheld for California Casino
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) - A casino that forces card dealers to participate in a tip-pooling scheme does not violate California labor laws, a state appeals court ruled. Bay 101, a San Jose card...
View ArticleJudge Enjoins 'Super Bowl Clean Zone'
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - A federal judge restrained New Orleans from enforcing its "Super Bowl Clean Zone" law, restricting signs and banners during Super Bowl week. U.S. District Judge Kurt...
View ArticlePolitical Campaigners Can't Lie in Minnesota
(CN) - Minnesota can prohibit political campaign workers from swaying an election by intentionally lying about a candidate or ballot question, a federal judge ruled. The Minnesota Fair...
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