Gay Marriage Case to Face Extended Hearing
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Supreme Court granted an extended hearing Monday for one of the potentially groundbreaking cases on same-sex marriage set for later this month. Set for a hearing on March...
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WILMINGTON, Del. - Kyocera, LG, T-Mobile et al. violate two patents on Android phones and tablets, Technology Innovations Associates claims in five federal complaints.
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WHEATON, Ill. - OfficeMax is selling itself too cheaply to Office Depot, converting 2.69 OfficeMax shares into one Office Depot share, shareholders claim in a class action in Du Page County Court.
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LAS VEGAS - Assisted Living Concepts is selling itself too cheaply to TPG Capital, for $454 million or $12 per Class A share and $12.90 per Class B share, shareholders claim in Clark County Court.
View ArticleInvestment Adviser Gets2 Years in Slammer
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A San Fernando Valley investment adviser was sentenced Monday to 2 years in federal prison for stealing $900,000 from clients. Philip D. Horn, 51, of Tarzana, formerly a...
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SACRAMENTO - The American Chemistry Council seeks an injunction to stop California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment from putting bisphenol A on the Prop. 65 list as a...
View ArticleThree Defense FraudConvictions in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (CN) - A federal jury on Monday convicted two defense contractors and a corporation of conspiracy and bribery at a Naval Air Station North Island. Convicted were Robert Ehnow, owner and...
View ArticleMissouri River Diversion Injunction Still in Effect
(CN) - A federal judge advanced part of a controversial water diversion plan, but continued a 2005 injunction that prohibits the project from fully proceeding. The Northwest Area Water Supply...
View ArticleChild Sex TraffickerGets 12 Years in Prison
SAN DIEGO (CN) - A 20-year-old San Diegan was sentenced Monday to 12 years in federal prison for pimping out girls for prostitution. Carlos Alberto Garcia "made thousands of dollars pimping out...
View ArticleObjectors Want $45MSettlement Scrapped
PASADENA, Calif. (CN) - An attorney on Monday asked the 9th Circuit to toss out a $45 million settlement against three major credit reporting agencies, claiming settling attorneys had "dangled"...
View ArticleBankruptcy Judgeship Given to Blumenstiel
(CN) - The 9th Circuit selected attorney Hannah Blumenstiel to serve as a judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. Judges of the Ninth Circuit are...
View ArticleFood LabelingClass Action Survives
SAN JOSE (CN) - Some claims remain, but Kraft Foods, Cadbury Adams and a smaller company won partial dismissal of a class action alleging inaccurate labeling. Lead plaintiff Susan Ivie claimed...
View ArticleFeds Dodge Challenge to Pursuit of Drug Case
(CN) - Cocaine traffickers who neither left Colombia nor demonstrated plans to enter the U.S. cannot nix prosecution over their stateless boat, a federal judge ruled. Luis Alberto Munoz...
View ArticleChuck Yeager Sues Attorney for Name Use
NEVADA CITY, Calif. (CN) - Retired general and legendary pilot Chuck Yeager is suing the attorney who represented him in a misappropriation of name lawsuit against AT&T, claiming the attorney...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Verdict Averts Untimely Defense
(CN) - A "wild goose chase" will not pose a hurdle to the nearly $1.2 billion awarded by a jury to Carnegie Mellon University for patent infringement, a federal judge ruled. Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleWoman Claims Kaiser Bungle Caused Leakage
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (CN) - Surgeons botched a woman's hysterectomy, opened her bladder without her consent, and "elected not to repair the problems noted and ended the surgery," leaving her...
View ArticleBarring a Black Old Age Home Wasn't Racist
CHICAGO (CN) - A Chicago suburb that would not let a Ramada Inn convert into a facility for black retirees did not commit racial discrimination, the 7th Circuit ruled. Parvati Corp. built the...
View ArticleRefugees Sue Canada for Health Insurance
(CN) - Doctors, lawyers and refuge-seekers sued Canada, claiming the government's plan to strip refugees of health insurance coverage is unconstitutional. Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care, the...
View ArticleSan Jose Cops Face Trial on Drunk Citation Bias
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - Police officers must face claims that they made race-based arrests for public drunkenness, but the plaintiffs cannot proceed as a class, a federal judge ruled. U.S....
View ArticleInsurer Demands $3M From Lance Armstrong
AUSTIN (CN) - A second insurer has sued Lance Armstrong, demanding more than $3 million in bonuses paid for his Tour de France victories from 1999 to 2001. Acceptance Insurance Co., based in...
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