Jack the Rapper
ATLANTA - The estate of "legendary radio personality" Jack Gibson, founder of the Jack the Rapper hip-hop music convention, claims Steve Riley, Billy Darren Foster and Rimm Global Media Corp....
View ArticleFeds Expand Borrowers' Home Loan Protections
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued two regulations that expand the types of mortgage loans subject to federal protections and require creditors to provide loan...
View ArticleAbout That $4 Million ...
MANHATTAN - Federal prosecutors accuse Craig B. Haber, a former partner at (nonparty) Grant Thornton, of stealing nearly $4 million from clients.
View ArticleIsland Night LizardMay Be Delisted
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to remove the island night lizard as a threatened species. The island night lizard lives on the San Clemente, San Nicolas and Santa...
View ArticleNot Exactly Like That
DETROIT - A veteran teacher claims Corunna Public Schools fired her for offering to sponsor a Diversity Club, after an assistant principal told her that putting up a poster to celebrate LGBT...
View ArticleAuditor to Study Use of Solitary in Federal Pens
(CN) - The use of solitary confinement in federal prisons will face an independent audit, a legislator and federal agency announced, responding to growing civil rights concerns. Sen. Dick...
View ArticleChristian Blogger Sues NAACP
NORFOLK, Va. (CN) - A "Christian" group dedicated to a "God-given purpose for life" sued the NAACP in Federal Court, claiming it did not violate trademark by using the phrase "The National...
View ArticleTargeted Killing Paper Blasted as Flawed, Vague
(CN) - Rights groups expressed outrage over a newly surfaced document that gives legal rationales for U.S. plots to kill citizens who are suspected members of al-Qaida or associated forces....
View ArticleCollege Rebuffs Threat From NY Council
MANHATTAN (CN) - The president of Brooklyn College rejected a demand by 10 New York City Council members who threatened to withhold funding from the college for co-sponsoring an event featuring...
View ArticleJudge Absolves Hold of Cleared Gitmo Prisoners
WASHINGTON (CN) - Six men freed from Guantanamo Bay cannot advance claims that guards subjected them to sleep deprivation, forced nudity other abuses, a federal judge ruled. Three of the men...
View ArticleManager Says Starbucks Was Out of Line
BROOKLYN (CN) - Starbucks harassed a manager by claiming she is lesbian, which she is not, told her "perception is reality," and then fired her, the woman claims in court. Alicia Brooks sued...
View ArticleLibor Prosecution Lands $150M Plea From RBS
NEW HAVEN, Ct. (CN) - Royal Bank of Scotland and a Japanese subsidiary will pay $150 million to settle charges filed Wednesday accusing them of manipulating Libor benchmark interest rates. In...
View ArticlePillow Talk Leads to Inside Trading Charge
HOUSTON (CN) - A Houston man made $29,000 by trading on inside information about a tech merger that he learned from his attorney-wife, the SEC claims in court. The SEC sued James Balchan, a...
View ArticleDomino's Drivers Lose Class Status in Tips Case
(CN) - The 8th Circuit decertified a class of Domino's Pizza delivery drivers who say customers do not tip them because they think the delivery fee covers it. Domino's starting charging...
View ArticleFired for Reporting Defense Fraud, Man Says
WASHINGTON (CN) - A defense contractor fired the boss of its counterintelligence team eastern Afghanistan for reporting its contract fraud against the U.S. government, the man claims in court....
View ArticleNY Times Loses Bid for Gun License Records
MANHATTAN (CN) - The New York Times cannot force police to reveal the home addresses of handgun owners and hate crime victims, a state appeals court ruled. Well before the Journal News...
View ArticleNever Flip Off a Judge
MIAMI (CN) - A Miami teenager who flipped off a judge in court was sent to jail for 30 days - much to her surprise - for contempt of court. Penelope Soto, 18, appeared in court Monday on a...
View ArticleSinging Telegram SuitFalls on Deaf Ears
CHICAGO (CN) - A singing telegram performer cannot pursue copyright infringement claims against a company that hired her to perform at its award event, the 7th Circuit ruled. SilverEdge...
View ArticleOyster Farm Can't Stay Open While Fighting Feds
(CN) - A federal judge ordered a California oyster farm shut down and cleared out while she decides whether the U.S. government properly refused its permit request. When Kevin Lunny bought the...
View ArticleAn Heir to the Fiat Fortune, Hey?
WILMINGTON, Del. (CN) - A Colorado man named Billy Jack Hebrew changed his name to Agnelli and defrauded movie investors of $1 million by claiming he was an heir to the Fiat fortune, the investors...
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