Supposed Beirut Bomb Victims Have Ways to Go
WASHINGTON (CN) - A new group of supposed victims of the 1983 bombing of a barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, cannot have a default judgment of liability against Iran, a federal judge ruled....
View ArticleInstagram Says Service Terms Will Pass Scrutiny
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Instagram asked a federal judge to dismiss claims over terms of service that the popular photo-sharing company adopted earlier this year. The proposed federal class action...
View ArticleDefamation Claim Nixed in Senate Affair Firing
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) - A legislative staffer who had an affair with former majority leader of the Minnesota Senate cannot sue for defamation, a federal judge ruled. The Minnesota Senate hired...
View ArticleLifer With Odd Carjack Defense Loses Appeal
(CN) - A man suspected of faking a carjacking and murdering his wife was properly convicted of domestic violence and attempted witness intimidation, the 4th Circuit ruled. The events...
View ArticleJudge Describes Violence That Led to Choking
MADISON, Wisc. (CN) - A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice recused herself from the misconduct case against a colleague accused of trying to strangle her over a year ago. The Wisconsin Judicial...
View ArticleBeef Tests Aim to Dispel Horse Meat Controversy
(CN) - EU regulators moved swiftly to quash a growing scandal in which food distributors have been caught marketing horse meat as beef. Food safety authorities in Ireland announced earlier...
View ArticleAirlines Claim Ex-Im Bank's Foreign Loans Hurt U.S. Workers
WASHINGTON (CN) - Two domestic airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association asked a federal judge to strike down the U.S. Export-Import Bank's plan to loan tens of millions of dollars to foreign...
View ArticleWells Fargo's $5B Deal Didn't Clear It Entirely
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. government can sue Wells Fargo for mortgage violations despite the liability release that accompanied its $5 billion settlement to foreclosure claims. Wells Fargo...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street
MANHATTAN - New York City seized 16 "energy bikes" and other property during its Nov. 14, 2012 night-time raid on Zuccott1 Park, Time's Up Inc. claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleSecurities
WASHINGTON (CN) - Gregg Lorenzo, 30, founder of Charles Vista LLC, and investment banker Frank Lorenzo, 51, defrauded investors with false and misleading statements, the SEC claims in an...
View ArticleDangerous Work
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Global Integrated Security cheated employees of wages owed for work in Iraq, a class action claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleFifth Amendment Fail
MIAMI - A federal judge refused to block the United States from sharing bank records sought for an Argentine investigation of bribes Palmat International allegedly paid to trade with Venezuela.
View ArticleToyota Settles With States for $29 Million
CHICAGO (CN) - Toyota will pay $29 million to 29 states to settle allegations that it failed to warn motorists about problems with unexpected acceleration. Twenty-nine attorneys general around...
View ArticleAcquisition Consulting
TAMPA, Fla. - International Petroleum Investment Co., an investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government directed by Khadem Al Qubaisi, must face claims that it owes Capital Trans International $63...
View ArticleCave of Guns, Ammo, Found in Rural NorCal
GARBERVILLE, Calif. (CN) - The Humboldt County Sheriff's Department arrested two men in connection with a cache of weapons found in a cave in the small northern California town of Garberville, the...
View ArticleConning the Elderly
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Kerry Marshall, a Sterling Precious Metals broker, cannot nix claims that he swindled seniors in a telemarketing scheme, a federal judge ruled.
View Article55 Years for Courthouse Bombing
SAN DIEGO (CN) - Donny Love Sr., 44, was sentenced to 55 years in prison for the May 2008 bombing of the San Diego Federal Courthouse. Love is the last defendant to be sentenced for the May 4,...
View ArticleMom Finds Stillborn Son in a Bucket
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (CN) - A family seeks punitive damages from a Texas hospital that allegedly delivered their stillborn baby to a funeral home frozen in a bucket. Maritza and Joel Lievanos...
View ArticleRecidivist Ponzi Man Gets 40 Years
AUSTIN (CN) - A Texan was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for a $10.6 million Ponzi scheme that ripped off 150 people. An Arizona woman was sentenced to 6 years for the same scam....
View ArticleMan Claims L.A. Deputies Framed Him
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators framed a man on false charges of date-raping a babysitter, though they knew he was innocent, the man claims in court. Single dad...
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