Arizona Reacts to Prisoners' Class Action
PHOENIX (CN) - The Arizona Department of Corrections said it will replace its for-profit prison health care company with another profit-seeking firm, after a federal class action that claimed the...
View ArticleSecurity Guards Were in on It, Company Says
ATLANTA (CN) - Contract security guards helped thieves steal $5 million worth of vehicle batteries, which were resold on the cheap, the Trojan Battery Co. claims in court. Trojan sued U.S....
View ArticleLloyd's of London Sues Sedgwick Law Firm
CHICAGO (CN) - Underwriters at Lloyd's of London who insured Milberg LLP sued the Sedgwick LLP law firm, claiming Sedgwick dithered for so long that Lloyd's had to make payouts to former Milberg...
View ArticleShareholder Class Action
WILMINGTON, Del. - MAP Pharmaceuticals is selling itself too cheaply to Allergan, for $25 a share or $958 million, shareholders claim in Chancery Court.
View ArticleScorcher Accuses Lawyers in Stanford Ponzi
DALLAS (CN) - A former partner with Proskauer Rose and Chadbourne & Parke helped the law firms participate in R. Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, the court-appointed receiver claims...
View ArticleEPA Amends Stationary Engine Emissions Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a new rule amending National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Stationary, Reciprocating Internal...
View ArticleDog-Lover Says Treats May Kill Pets
CHICAGO (CN) - Sergeant's Pur Luv dog treats can leave indigestible "rock-hard chunks" inside a dog, injuring or killing it, a class action claims in Federal Court. Lead plaintiff Edgardo...
View ArticleDebt Chasers Face Asset Freeze After FTC Suit
HOUSTON (CN) - A federal judge froze the assets of a group of third-party debt collectors that regulators have accused of using "scare tactics" to collect on payday loans. Two weeks ago, the...
View ArticleFDIC Wants $18M From Failed Bank's Honchos
TACOMA (CN) - Irresponsible lending drove American Marine Bank into insolvency at a cost to taxpayers of $61 million, and the FDIC claims in court that 10 of the bank's officers are personally...
View Article'Gamesmanship' Afoot in Asbestos Case, Judge Says
(CN) - A federal judge said he smelled "gamesmanship" in the distance that a century-old aircraft manufacturer put between itself and an asbestos lawsuit. Asbestos-related diseases may have a...
View ArticleGirl Swallows 15 Buckyballs; Parents Sue
CHARLESTON, S.C. (CN) - A girl who swallowed 15 magnetic Buckyballs became "completely immobilized" and had to have them surgically removed, her parents claim in court. The girl and her...
View ArticleLesbian Mom May Have Case for Discrimination
(CN) - A lesbian who increasingly took off from work to care for her son with Asperger's can sue her county employers for discrimination, a federal judge ruled. Not long after Montgomery...
View ArticleOverwork Blamed for Fatal Oregon Bus Crash
SEATTLE (CN) - The tour company whose bus wreck killed nine people and injured 39 in a Dec. 30 crash in Oregon forced their weary driver to work "far in excess of the maximum hours" permitted by...
View ArticleProsecutor Can Sue Ex District Attorney Cooley
(CN) - Former Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley must face claims that he had ulterior motives in suspending a prosecutor in his office and ransacking his things, a federal judge ruled....
View ArticleClass Claims Chase Bank's Collection Abuses Mirror Housing & Foreclosure Fiascos
(CN) - JP Morgan Chase abusively extracted tens of millions of dollars from debtors, and people who do not owe debts, through robo-signing, "intentionally inaccurate record-keeping," and all the...
View ArticleOakland Complains of 'Twilight Zone' Pot Case
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The possible shutdown of a medical marijuana dispensary puts Oakland, Calif., in a "twilight zone" where it has no rights, a city lawyer told a federal judge. While...
View ArticleDocked for Religion, Muslim Cops Say
WASHINGTON (CN) - The D.C. Metropolitan police suspended two officers indefinitely for converting to Islam and adopting Muslim names, the officers claim in court. Adham Numair-El and Ishmeal...
View ArticleApple & Samsung Patents Get a Closer Look
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) - A federal judge handed Apple and Samsung a mixed bag of decisions in their ongoing patent war over cellphone and tablet technology. Though a jury took less than three...
View ArticleBond Insurers Sue Houston Sports Authority
HOUSTON (CN) - The Harris County-Houston Sports Authority is sticking it to insurers, and possibly to taxpayers, by refusing to raise enough revenue to pay back $1 billion in bonds it issued to...
View ArticleObamacare Challenges Aren't Ripe Yet
ST. LOUIS (CN) - The St. Louis Archdiocese and Catholic Charities can't sue the Obama administration for its "Obamacare" contraceptive and reproductive services insurance mandate because the issue...
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