Prison for Man Who Amputated Kitten Toes
WASHINGTON (CN) - A D.C. man who subjected two kittens to a "brutal home amputation" was sentenced to nearly one year in prison by a judge on Friday. Judge Patricia Broderick sentenced Eric...
View ArticlePlan to Demolish El Paso City Hall Passes Scrutiny
AUSTIN (CN) - A Texas judge gave El Paso the green light to demolish city hall and replace it with a minor league baseball stadium for an affiliate of the San Diego Padres. Hoping to draw the...
View ArticleIllinois Loses Bid for Gun Ban Rehearing
(CN) - After striking down an Illinois ban against publicly carrying loaded and uncased weapons, days before the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre, the 7th Circuit refused Friday to rehear the case....
View ArticleThree Software Firms Chosen for Lucrative Business in CA Courts
(CN) - Rising out of the ashes of a failed IT system for California's trial courts, three private companies have been chosen as premier providers in the lucrative business of selling software to...
View ArticleCourt Stays Execution of Possibly Retarded Inmate
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Supreme Court refused to lift a stay of execution awarded to a low-IQ Georgia inmate with under an hour to go before he faced lethal injection. Warren Lee Hill is on...
View ArticleMusic Royalties
MANHATTAN - Wall Street Entertainment claims Bu Vision and Universal Music Group owe it an accounting and royalties on at least six songs, in Federal Court.
View ArticleEmployment
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Continental Labor & Staffing Resources, and Advanced Industrial Services stiffed workers for overtime, minimum wages and expenses, a class action claims in Kern County...
View ArticleShareholder Class Action
SAN FRANCISCO - Focus Media Holding, of China, is selling itself too cheaply through an unfair process to Giovanna Parent Limited, for $5.50 a share or $27.50 per American depository share,...
View ArticleMovie Money
MANHATTAN - Elephant Eye Films, David Robinson, Kim Jose et al. took $375,000 from a movie investor and then cut off contact with him, the man claims in New York County Supreme Court.
View ArticleAnother Citizens United?
WASHINGTON - In granting "probable jurisdiction," the Supreme Court has reportedly taken up a challenge to political campaign contribution caps for individuals, brought by Alabama businessman...
View ArticleNo Copyright on Federal Standards, Group Says
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A trade association's copyright challenge to the online posting of a 1985 air duct manual is bogus because the manual has been "incorporat(ed) by reference" into state and federal...
View ArticleCivil Rights
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A federal judge consolidated four complaints filed simultaneously by Suzanne Doller, an anti-abortion protester who had an alleged dustup with police.
View ArticleLive Wire Electrocutes Kids in Back Yard
HOUSTON (CN) - Two little children are in intensive care with severe burns after a utility company failed to fix a dangling wire in their back yard, despite their father's complaint, the family claims...
View ArticleConditionally Certified
PHILADELPHIA - A former security guard for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia can represent nonexempt, hourly employees who worked in the Security Department and were not paid for the time...
View ArticleRonald McDonald Says Fund Raiser Blew it
CHICAGO (CN) - A consulting firm cost the Ronald McDonald House $2.8 million by turning a raffle into a "complete failure," then broke its promise to repay $1.1 million, the charity claims in...
View ArticleSlashing Victim Says Bellagio Guarded its Chips
LAS VEGAS (CN) - A blackjack dealer who was slashed in the face with a razor blade claims in court that hotel security failed to help her because "guarding the Bellagio chips took precedent" over...
View ArticleWhistle-Blower Surgeon Can't Fight Chair Ouster
AUSTIN (CN) - A surgical professor who lost his faculty chair positions after highlighting the lack of supervision of trauma residents cannot sue, the Texas Supreme Court ruled. Dr. Larry...
View ArticleFormer CFO Sues T. Boone Pickens' Son
AUSTIN (CN) - The son of corporate raider T. Boone Pickens "funneled" tens of millions of dollars from commercial space company Astrotech while mismanaging the company so badly its share price dropped...
View ArticleCourt Affirms $53M Award for JPMorgan
CHICAGO (CN) - An Asian paper company that defaulted on a JPMorgan Chase loan to buy machinery must disclose assets to pay off a $53 million judgment, the 7th Circuit ruled. JPMorgan Chase won...
View ArticleStudent Calls CollegeAmerica a Farce
DENVER (CN) - CollegeAmerica, which claims to be "known for its high educational standards," provides students with defective equipment, clueless teachers and helpless administrators, a former...
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