Wyoming Secretary of State Beats Term Limit
(CN) - Term limits for Wyoming elected officials would improperly keep the secretary of state from seeking a third term, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled. Facing the end of his second four-year...
View ArticleThis Should Put NYCLU in Tight With Cops
MANHATTAN (CN) - The NYCLU released a "Stop and Frisk Watch" iPhone app, to help people record New York City police stops, which have been challenged in three federal lawsuits. The New York...
View ArticleDoctor Loses Damages for Tuberculosis Contraction
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CN) - New York is not liable to a doctor who contracted a highly contagious strain of tuberculosis during the autopsy of a prison inmate, a state appeals court ruled. Natasha...
View ArticleFiery Death Blamed on Chase of Shoplifters
HOUSTON (CN) - An innocent teenager died because Baytown police put down a spike strip at a busy intersection to try to catch a shoplifter, who then caused the fiery wreck, the late teen's parents...
View ArticleTeen Gets Eight Years for Shooting Classmate
WASHINGTON (CN) - A 17-year-old who shot a classmate in their high school parking lot as classes let out will serve eight years in prison, a judge ruled. Prosecutors had charged Brandon...
View ArticleGospel Singers Say 'Fair Use' Does NotInclude Obscenity-Laced Hip-Hop Version
CHICAGO (CN) - Gospel singers sued Rick Ross, Jay Z and Dr. Dre, claiming the hip-hop superstars sampled their tune without permission on Ross's Grammy-nominated album "God Forgives, I Don't" and...
View ArticleFellow Birthers Peck at Orly Taitz in 9th Circuit
PASADENA, Calif. (CN) - A birther-conspiracy theorist told the 9th Circuit that the so-called queen of that movement, Orly Taitz, harassed his paralegal as part of a political hatchet job....
View ArticleApple Last in E-Book Case After Macmillan Settles
MANHATTAN (CN) - Macmillan agreed Friday to let retailers reduce the costs of its e-books, the Justice Department said, leaving Apple to face price-fixing charges at trial. The government had...
View ArticleGiant Refinery Explosion Leads 4,296to Sue Chevron for 'Despicable' Conduct
MARTINEZ, Calif. (CN) - A total of 4,296 people joined a lawsuit against Chevron for the August 2012 refinery explosion that sent poisonous fumes into homes and businesses across the North Bay,...
View ArticlePhoenix Suburb Ducks Church's Sign Law Suit
(CN) - A Christian church failed for the second time Friday to challenge a Phoenix suburb's sign law that limits its ability to advertise on public roads. The Good News Community Church and...
View ArticleFDA Defends Hoof-Dragging in Cattle Drug Case
MANHATTAN (CN) - The 2nd Circuit seemed skeptical Friday that they should not speed up a process to stop feeding low levels of antibiotics to livestock, which has been deemed unsafe since 1977....
View Article'Tax Cheats' Can't Sue Swiss Banks Over Fines
CHICAGO (CN) - The 7th Circuit called it a "travesty" that a group of tax cheats even tried to get the Swiss banks that hid their money to cover penalties later assessed by the IRS. In 2009,...
View ArticleJust Judge Seeks ReinstatementAfter 'Kids for Cash' Corruption
SCRANTON, Pa. (CN) - A former state judge claims in court that two judicial colleagues - who are in prison - conspired with other officials to get her removed from the bench because she was an FBI...
View ArticleKoch Takes Dim View of So-Called Hostage's Case
(CN) - Billionaire William Koch again urged a federal judge to dismiss claims that he imprisoned a former executive, calling the executive's objections "futile" and "meritless." In an October...
View ArticleCosmetics Companies Fight Over Initials
DALLAS (CN) - Mary Kay cosmetics sued luxury designer Michael Kors, claiming he's selling cosmetics using an "MK" trademark, in breach of contract. Addison, Texas-based Mary Kay sued Michael Kors...
View ArticleGreens Blame Japanese Whalers for Attack
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) - Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research, a cover for the illegal slaughter of whales, rammed environmentalists' charter boat, cutting it in two, then attacked them with water...
View ArticleGet Outta Town, Oxford Tells Texas Lawyers
DALLAS (CN) - Oxford University sued a Dallas law firm, claiming that after it fired the attorneys, the firm threatened to intervene in a patent suit. Oxford and Invensys Systems sued Shore...
View ArticleFresh Cheese
LOS ANGELES - Cacique Inc. claims Reynaldo's Mexican Food violates its "queso fresco" (fresh cheese) trademark, in Federal Court.
View ArticleHow to Curb Money's Clout on Judges
DALLAS (CN) - A Texas lawmaker proposed a bill to reduce money's influence on the judiciary by giving candidates for state appellate courts the option to use public financing only in their...
View ArticleTobacco
NASHVILLE - Tobacco farmers sued the Burley Stabilization Corp. in a federal class action, claiming it owes millions of dollars from the record 1982 tobacco crop, and income and interest it made...
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