AIDS Denialist Reporter Loses Defamation Claim
(CN) - A magazine writer who reported on challenges to the idea that HIV causes AIDS was not defamed by a researcher who called her a liar, a New York appeals court ruled. Celia Farber wrote...
View ArticleLiberal Telecommuting Policy OK'd for Court Bureaucrats in California
(CN) - California's Judicial Council voted Tuesday to allow central office bureaucrats to work at home one day a week. The unanimous vote came over the strong objections of judges deeply involved...
View ArticleDeath-Row Inmate May Keep Bombing Reprieve
(CN) - The U.S. Supreme Court refused to vacate a stay of execution granted to a Florida man convicted in the bombing murder of a state trooper. Paul Howell was found guilty of first-degree...
View ArticleJail Sex
ALBUQUERQUE - Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Officer Edward Edmun impregnated a pre-trial detainee in juvenile detention, she claims in Bernalillo County Court.
View ArticleCadillac Class Action
NEWARK - A federal class action claims General Motors sold Cadillac DTSs with defective headlight assemblies that make the lights flicker and fail, and failed to alert customers.
View ArticleDirty Coal
DENVER - The U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the Secretary of the Interior illegally approved dirty coal mines in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming, WildEarth...
View ArticleSEC Fines Chinese Company $1 Million
WASHINGTON (CN) - China-based Keyuan Petrochemicals, formed by a reverse merger, will pay $1 million to settle accounting and disclosure violations, including hiding bribes to Chinese officials, the...
View ArticleTech Patent
MARSHALL, Texas - Lodsys claims Volkswagen, Supervalu and Optics Planet violate two patents on live interactive chat features on websites, in separate federal complaints.
View ArticleSEC Calls Father & Son Fraudsters
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A father and son team and a pediatrician pal skimmed millions of dollars from an $85 million real estate fraud they used to prop up another failing venture, the SEC claims in...
View ArticleKnock It Off
CHICAGO - SubscriberBASE Holdings et al. send illegal, deceptive spam to consumers and sell their personal information to third parties, the FTC says; click headline to see defendants in Federal...
View ArticleEurope Addresses Space Junk
(CN) - The European Commission wants to compete harder against the United States in the space industry, and plans to set up a tracking system to protect satellites from space junk. Europe, a...
View ArticleLuxury Lemons
NEWARK, N.J. - A federal judge refused to dismiss a class action alleging that BMW of North America dealerships refuse to replace batteries that will not hold a charge.
View ArticleFive Years for a Complex Internet Fraud
SAN DIEGO (CN) - A 54-year-old Escondido woman was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison for a $17 million Internet fraud. Kathleen Wurts pleaded guilty in April 2012 to...
View ArticleCapital Contributions
WASHINGTON - A federal judge ordered an arbitrator to resolve whether the law firm Smith, Currie & Hancock breached its contract with two former equity partners.
View ArticleEU Regulators Kill Irish Airline Merger
(CN) - The European Commission blocked discount airline Ryanair's takeover of Aer Lingus, saying the merger would create a monopoly in Irish skies. Ryanair's proposed acquisition of Aer Lingus...
View ArticleDrone Test Site, Operator Selection Process Begins
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Aviation Administration has announced the process by which operators and locations will be chosen for six Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) test sites in the United...
View ArticleSnookered at the Party, Promoter Says
(CN) - The promoter of an NBA All-Star Weekend celebrity bash sued the bar owners that hosted it, claiming they cheated on booze sales, and probably cheated Texas on taxes as well. All Pro...
View ArticlePrivate Pilots Want Money for Charity Work
WASHINGTON (CN) - Private pilots who are exempted from the federal requirement that a commercial license is needed for flights for hire, because they volunteer transportation for non-emergency...
View ArticleTexas Lawmakers Want Sodomy Law Scrapped
AUSTIN (CN) - Two Texas lawmakers want to repeal the state's law against "homosexual conduct," as unenforceable. The U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the law 10 years ago, but it's still on the...
View ArticleAction Taken AgainstFood Stamp Fraud
WASHINGTON (CN) - In an effort to crack down on the illegal uses of food stamps, the U.S. Food and Nutrition Service made final changes to regulations for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...
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