Divers Confound Court With Emeralds Cache
(CN) - A federal judge refused to speculate on the provenance of 200 pounds of emeralds two men claim to have found on the ocean floor, aided by a mysterious treasure map. Jay Miscovich and...
View ArticleFamily Claims Lawyers Spirited Away Caravaggio Painting & Sold It
MIAMI (CN) - A family that says it owns the Caravaggio painting "David Killing Goliath" claims in court that lawyers created a trust "with the sole purpose of obtaining power over the famous...
View ArticleCharging for Test Copies May Cost Canon
(CN) - Canon may be liable for charging a man who leased copy machines for 5,000 test copies, a California appeals court ruled. Jamshid Aryeh said he entered into separate 60-month lease...
View ArticleReport Faults Arizona's Unemployment System
PHOENIX (CN) - Arizona appears to be violating a federal law that "prohibits states from requiring workers to have an account at a particular institution as a condition of unemployment benefits," the...
View ArticleTeddy Bear Maker Has Rival Seeing Red
ST. LOUIS (CN) - A patent battle over a teddy bear that changes colors has two toy makers snarling in court. Cepia sued Build-A-Bear Workshop, in Federal Court. Both companies are based in...
View ArticleSolon Seeks Penny per Ounce Soda Tax
AUSTIN (CN) - A Texas state legislator introduced a bill that would put a penny per ounce tax on "certain sweetened beverages and ingredients," to fight obesity and fund health and physical...
View ArticleEPA Air Quality Rules Face Another Setback
(CN) - Sources of fine particulate emissions near national parks cannot get exemptions from air-quality monitoring regulations, the D.C. Circuit ruled. Fine particulate pollution, or PM2.5,...
View Article$89 'Regulatory Compliance Fee,' Hey?
CLAYTON, Mo. (CN) - Harbortouch, a payment processor than handles more than $9 billion in transactions a year, charges a bogus "Regulatory Compliance Fee" of $89 a month, a dentist claims in a...
View ArticleSuit Over Trucking Crash Won't Change Venues
(CN) - A federal judge refused to let a different Pennsylvania court handle claims over a crash that left a woman killed when one truck driver pushed her car over the median into another's path....
View ArticleBrouhaha Over Justin Bieber-Endorsed Scents
MANHATTAN (CN) - A marketing company sued Elizabeth Arden for $5 million, claiming the cosmetics giant owes it for (nonparty) Justin Bieber-endorsed fragrances. Total Arts and Entertainment...
View ArticleNo Windfall for Man Tainted by Dad's Crash
(CN) - A Louisiana man cannot keep a $10,000 defamation award after the state improperly reported that he had killed a passenger in drunken driving crash, an appeals court ruled. John Kelly...
View ArticleCity Evicts Modern Art Gallery, Citing 'Smut'
SALT LAKE CITY (CN) - A contemporary art gallery sued Ephraim, Utah, claiming the city evicted it after the city manager complained: "I know there are places in the world where smut like this is...
View ArticleCourt Gives VA Inmate Sex-Reassignment Right
(CN) - Virginia may have trampled the rights of a transgender bank robber who sought sex-reassignment surgery, the 4th Circuit ruled. Ophelia Azriel De'lonta, whose birth name was Michael...
View ArticleScientology's Legal Foe May Still Face Sanction
(CN) - A Florida court must decide whether to sanction a lawyer who sued the Church of Scientology for wrongful death despite a settlement agreement, a federal judge ruled. Lisa McPherson died...
View Article20 Years for Bomb That Injured Attorney
ST. LOUIS (CN) - A man who planned a 2008 bombing in a Clayton, Mo. parking garage that injured an attorney was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in federal prison. Milton Ohlsen III, 41, admitted...
View ArticleForest Service Ducks Suit Over Fatal Plane Crash
(CN) - An engine maker being sued over a fatal airplane crash cannot pursue claims against the U.S. Forest Service, which had hired the plane, a federal judge ruled. Sterling Airways pilot...
View ArticleProposed Law Shows What Counts in Texas
AUSTIN (CN) - A football-crazy Texas legislator introduced a bill that would punish the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University with loss of athletics scholarships if they...
View ArticleBoeing Gets Off Despite Asbestos 'Moon Suits'
(CN) - Despite providing certain workers with "moon suits" and ventilators to handle asbestos, Boeing did not have "actual knowledge" that unprotected workers in the same area would get sick, a...
View ArticleAttorney Shot, Client Killed, atHearing in Arizona; Suspect Flees
PHOENIX (CN) - An attorney was shot and injured Wednesday and his client was killed in the lobby of a Phoenix office park. Attorney Mark Hummels was wounded and his client, Steven Singer, was...
View ArticleWayward Judge Lawsuit Won't Face Further Delay
(CN) - A Texas county accused of turning a blind eye as a judge sexually harassed employees cannot delay proceedings with an interim appeal, a federal judge ruled. Diana Coates and Margo Green...
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