Exxon Settles Offshore Case With USA
DALLAS (CN) - ExxonMobil settled its lawsuit against the United States for the government's decision to cancel offshore leases that may yield "billions of barrels of oil."
View ArticleHigh-Tech Bank Fraud Suspect Nabbed
MANHATTAN (CN) - A Romanian man who overstayed his visa was arrested and accused of installing "skimming" devices on dozens of ATM machines that a high-tech fraud ring used to steal more than $1.5...
View ArticleFrat Hazing Damages Pledge's Kidneys
MARSHALL, Texas (CN) - A student at Jarvis Christian College claims fraternity members damaged his kidneys and opened wounds on his butt by beating him with heavy wooden paddles, then welcomed him...
View ArticleEmbarrassing Complaint Against School
CHICAGO (CN) - Parents say teachers at an elementary school in suburban Skokie forced their son to crawl through the snow from the playground back to his classroom after he broke his leg.
View ArticleActress, 40, Makes aFederal Case of Her Age
(CN) - A formerly anonymous actress who sued Amazon.com and its Internet Movie Database last year for revealing her age has identified herself, and her age, in an amended federal complaint.
View ArticleKids' Charity Says Attorneys Abetted Fraud
MANHATTAN (CN) - A nonprofit devoted to children's education claims the Pryor Cashman law firm and its partner Donald Zakarin helped a convicted Ponzi-schemer roll it for $9.75 million.
View ArticleActavis Group Whacked for $202 Million
DALLAS (CN) - Subsidiaries of Iceland-based Actavis Group will pay $202.6 million to settle claims they overcharged the federal government and several states for drugs.
View ArticleFive Years for Stealing From Ponzi Man
PHOENIX (CN) - An Arizona man was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for conspiracies that included stealing money from a man who stole it first, in a Ponzi scheme.
View Article$31 Million Judgment Against Developers
ST. LOUIS (CN) - Hazelwood Logistics Center and other land development companies owe BancorpSouth more than $31 million for a defaulted promissory note, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleGrim Bullying Tale From Middle School
DeLAND, Fla. (CN) - A mother claims a middle school teacher watched as her son was "punched, kneed in the stomach and finally stripped of his clothes and photographed by four older students," then...
View ArticleNewspapers Call Politicians' Bluff Over Ads That Use Their Pictures
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CN) - Warwick City Council threatened to sue a newspaper for publishing their photos in political ads, and the Rhode Island Press Association fired back with a suit saying the...
View ArticleForex Fraudster Must Pay $2.7 Million
DALLAS (CN) - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission obtained a federal court order requiring a Texas man to pay $2.69 million in restitution and civil penalties for defrauding customers in a...
View ArticleInternet Movie Pirate Gets 22 Months
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) - A founder of a seized and shuttered website that let millions of users illegally download movies and TV shows was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison.
View ArticleGirl, 14, Sues Family to Stop Abortion
(CN) - A state court in Corpus Christi, Texas, extended an order preventing a 14-year-old girl's family from forcing her to get an abortion.
View ArticleCantor Fitzgerald Seeks OK to Sue Airline
MANHATTAN (CN) - Cantor Fitzgerald, the securities firm that lost 658 employees in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, asked a bankruptcy judge for permission to continue its...
View ArticleFox Fights Discovery in NCAA Antitrust Case
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Fox does not want to let Bill Russell and Oscar Robertson look at broadcasting agreements with the NCAA, in a fight over video games.
View ArticleEnviros Fight Development at Lake Tahoe
SACRAMENTO (CN) - The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, already deficient in protecting Lake Tahoe and its environment, approved a large ski resort expansion that will further damage the Sierra...
View ArticleTribes' Call for More U.S. Funds Goes to High Court
(CN) - The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether several Native American tribes can collect 17 years worth of federal funding shortfalls for programs meant to "enhance the progress of Indian...
View ArticleUnwarranted Sniff Test Gets Supreme Audience
(CN) - The Supreme Court will decide whether police need probable cause to use a drug-sniffing dog outside of a private home without a warrant.
View ArticleWould-Be Donors Lose Alien Gag Law Challenge
(CN) - The Supreme Court on Monday tossed a challenge by two Canadian citizens to the so-called Alien Gag Law, which forbids noncitizens from financially supporting their political causes in the...
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