Woman Says Boss Gave Her Two Children
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (CN) - A clinic director claims in court that her married boss forced her to have sex with him, fathered two of her children, and threatened to kill her - that "if he could not...
View ArticleMasters Host Says Green Jacket Was Stolen
DALLAS (CN) - Augusta National Golf Club sued a Texas auction house, to stop it from selling the green jacket allegedly stolen from Art Wall after he won the 1959 Masters golf tournament....
View ArticleWal-Mart Off the Hook on Tackled Worker's Death
(CN) - Wal-Mart is not responsible for the death of a store greeter who was knocked down in the chase of a suspected shoplifter, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled. Rochelle Boswell...
View ArticleNils Lofgren Claims Ex-Manager Owes Him
PHOENIX (CN) - Rock star Nils Lofgren claims in court that his former tour manager and accountant owes him money, an accounting and damages for constructive fraud. Lofgren and his wife sued...
View ArticleFraternity Blamed for Hazing Death
CHICAGO (CN) - A Northern Illinois University student died of alcohol poisoning in a "Mom's Night" hazing ritual at Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, his father claims in court. Fraternity pledge...
View ArticleStanford Victims Go After Entire Country
DALLAS (CN) - Antigua and Barbuda and its banks were Allen Stanford's "partners in crime," aiding and abetting his $7 billion Ponzi scheme, victims of the imprisoned fraudster claim in court....
View ArticleHospital Monopoly in Georgia Can't Duck FTC
WASHINGTON (CN) - Georgia law does not bar federal regulation of local monopolies created by hospitals mergers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Phoebe Putney Health System announced...
View ArticleDrug-Sniffing Dog's 'Sniff Is Up to Snuff,' Court Says
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday relaxed the standards for courts to consider vehicle searches prompted by an alert from a drug-sniffing dog. Writing for the unanimous panel,...
View ArticleCountry Musician Pleads to Kiddie Sex Charge
DALLAS (CN) - A banjo player for a well-known country musician admitted he asked what he thought was a Dallas mother to let him have sex with her under-age daughters. Abraham Eugene Spear,...
View ArticleCop in Line for Damages After Griping to Press
WASHINGTON (CN) - A detective was unfairly disciplined for informing the Washington Post of problems he found with a new D.C. crime-prevention program, a federal judge ruled. All Hands on Deck...
View ArticleErnst & Young Accused of Massive Data Theft
CLAYTON, Mo. (CN) - Ernst & Young stole thousands of pages of confidential documents from Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions, the pharmacy giants claim court. Express Scripts and...
View ArticleEquipment Overtime Case Heads to High Court
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether steel workers deserve overtime pay for time spent changing into work clothes and walking from locker rooms to their work...
View ArticleWho Owns Sherlock Holmes?
CHICAGO (CN) - A Sherlock Holmes expert claims in court that Arthur Conan Doyle's estate has no copyright on the character of Holmes, Dr. Watson or the world of Baker Street, as the key elements...
View ArticleSearch Warrant Didn't Cover Distant Detention
WASHINGTON (CN) - Police waiting to execute a search warrant improperly seized the tenant about a mile away, the divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. After getting a tip that a heavyset black...
View ArticleTech Patents
WILMINGTON, Del. - Infinite Data claims Boeing, BP, JPMorgan Chase, Ford and others violate a patent on networked computer systems, in 17 federal complaints.
View ArticleAmazon Antitrust
MANHATTAN - Amazon.com and the Big Six publishers conspired to restrain trade by monopolizing ebook sales through the Kindle, The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza et al. claim in a federal antitrust...
View ArticleDiscriminatory Lending
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Texas Champion Bank charged Latino borrowers higher rates than similarly situated Anglos more than 1,000 times, the United States claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleLinkedIn Accused of Patent Infringement
WILMINGTON, Del. (CN) - AvMarkets, an aviation service and technology company, claims LinkedIn violates a patent on online sales and marketing. AvMarkets, a privately held company based in...
View ArticleCoachella Flower Gets Habitat Due to Lawsuit
WASHINGTON (CN) - The wind-swept sand dunes of the Coachella Valley in Southern California are the only home to a tenacious purple-flowered milk-vetch. In response to a lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and...
View ArticleRehearing Granted on Aggravated ID Theft
CHICAGO (CN) - The 7th Circuit agreed to rehear arguments on whether producing fake gun permits which display the buyer's real identifying information constitutes "aggravated identity theft" under...
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