Qualcomm Lawyers at Cooley Get $12M in Fees
(CN) - After defeating baseless patent infringement claims brought in bad faith by a transportation security provider, Qualcomm can collect $12 million in attorneys' fees, a federal judge ruled....
View ArticleCalifornia Blasts BP for Safety Violations
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - BP and Arco intentionally disabled leak detection devices and failed to inspect and maintain underground storage tanks at 780 gas stations across California, the attorney...
View ArticleBack Pay for Broadband-Certified Comcast Staff
(CN) - A federal judge approved a $160,000 arbitration award for dozens of underpaid Comcast employees represented by their union in New Jersey. In December 2009, International Brotherhood of...
View ArticleThis Is a Case for 'Car Talk'
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (CN) - A used car dealer tried to cover up its sale of a Lexus with a dead animal in the air-conditioner by stuffing dryer sheets in the air vents, a woman claims in court....
View ArticleIRS Loses Another Battle With Solo Tax Preparers
WASHINGTON (CN) - A federal judge who blocked the regulation of nonattorney, uncertified preparers of tax returns refused to stay his injunction pending appeal. The Internal Revenue Service...
View ArticleFeds Fight New Jersey Over Gambling Law
(CN) - New Jersey legalized sports betting with a half-baked challenge to federal gambling law, the U.S. government said, siding with athletic leagues that sued the state last year. Gov. Chris...
View ArticleContraception Mandate Enjoined by 8th, Again
ST. LOUIS (CN) - For the second time, the 8th Circuit enjoined a provision of health care reform that requires employers to cover the contraceptive needs of their workers. Annex Medical and it...
View ArticleCops Gave Out Dope for Experiment, Six Say
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) - In a bizarre lawsuit, six people claim police ran an "unethical clinical trial," getting them high on illegal drugs to study them on dope, even giving them pot to take home - in...
View ArticleLawyers Sanctioned for Protesting Bungled Fund
(CN) - A judge has sanctioned lawyers who violated an anti-suit injunction by challenging benefit cuts at Executive Life of New York. New York placed Executive Life Insurance Company of New...
View ArticleStandard & Poor's Sued by U.S. for Fake Ratings
(CN) - Standard & Poor's inflated its ratings of mortgage-backed securities, ignoring the inherent credit risks that brought the financial sector to its knees in 2008, the U.S. government says...
View ArticleGawker Can't Profile Bush & Cheney Watchers
MANHATTAN (CN) - A Gawker reporter cannot access research into the archives of George W. Bush commissioned by the former president and Dick Cheney, a federal judge ruled. Members of the public...
View ArticleSheik Beating Claims Appealed to 1st Circuit
(CN) - A man who claims that a Dubai ruler came on to him and then whipped him publicly for rejecting those advances wants the 1st Circuit to revive his lawsuit. Silvano Orsi, an...
View ArticleCourt Date Set on Trayvon Martin's Birthday
SANFORD, Fla. (CN) - George Zimmerman will stand trial for the death of Trayvon Martin on June 10, a judge ruled Tuesday, which would have been Martin's 18th birthday, Circuit Judge Debra...
View ArticleDNA Collection Law Faces Big-Name Opponent
(CN) - Digital rights advocates say the U.S. Supreme Court has a duty to strike down an unconstitutional Maryland law that authorizes warrantless DNA testing. The high court granted certiorari...
View ArticleTrump, Not Descended From anOrangutan, Sues Maher for $5M
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Donald Trump is not "the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan," and demands in court that Bill Maher pay him the $5 million Maher offered on "The Tonight Show" if...
View ArticleLouisiana Can't Set Time Limit on Court Rulings
(CN) - Noting that Louisiana law protects judiciary compensation, the state Supreme Court struck down a law that penalizes judges for not rendering judgments within 30 days. La. R.S. 13:4210...
View ArticleAgency Updates Mortgage Disclosure Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued new regulations and a proposed rule meant to ensure creditors make good-faith attempts to determine a consumer's ability to repay...
View ArticleWireless Utility Charge
ATLANTA - CTIA-The Wireless Association claims the Georgia Public Service Commission imposed an illegal rule that will require wireless phone service providers to charge a monthly minimum of $5 to...
View ArticleBuzzmedia
LOS ANGELES - Buzzmedia owes Radar Online and Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group $231,000 for advertising services, the companies claim in Superior Court.
View ArticleExemptions Being Set for Obamacare Tax Penalties
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), acting under the Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service, plans to...
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