A Window into Venezuelan Politics
MIAMI (CN) - One of two Venezuelan oil millionaires convicted in connection with an Argentinean political scandal claims his Miami civil attorney, who represented both men, used his position to...
View ArticleLaw Profs See $300 Million Electric Scheme
BUFFALO, N.Y. (CN) - Morgan Stanley and KeySpan Corp., New York City's largest electricity vendor, face an antitrust class action accusing them of withholding electricity from the market to goose...
View ArticleTequila Investment Called a 'Sham'
HOUSTON (CN) - A man claims high-end Tequila distiller El Grado Spirits issued phony "royalty projection sheets" to induce him to invest $100,000 in "a sham."
View Article9th Circuit Grabs a New AT&T Arbitration Case
(CN) - Cingular Wireless urged the 9th Circuit to reject a class action that alleges adverse effects from its merger with AT&T Wireless, arguing that customers must arbitrate their claims...
View ArticleAnti-Abortion Protester Can't Dismiss Charges
WASHINGTON (CN) - A federal judge has refused to dismiss charges against an anti-abortion protester who allegedly made a Planned Parenthood patient "visibly upset" with statements like, "Don't let...
View ArticleRedacted Chapter of FBI Field Guide Stays Sealed
(CN) - After privately reviewing a closely guarded chapter of the FBI's Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, a federal judge has confirmed that it cannot be released to the Muslim civil...
View ArticleCity Still Faces Suit Over Racist Website for Cops
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A black cop can pursue claims that the city turned a blind eye as white officers wrote "insulting, disgusting and racist postings" about her on the website Domelights.com, a...
View ArticleBrothel Gossip Wasn't Defamatory, Judge Says
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Chevron is not liable because its employee gossiped that his former co-worker was fired for frequenting strip clubs and brothels, a federal judge ruled, overturning a jury's...
View ArticleProducer Comes Out on Top in Director Spat
(CN) - A filmmaker who refused to deliver the finished movie to his producer must hand over the film and $1 million, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled.
View ArticleCalifornia Judges Battle Over Bill to Weaken Central Bureaucracy
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) -- Judges from all around California are jumping into an intense lobbying battle over a piece of legislation that would send funds directly to trial courts while taking power...
View ArticleBofA May Be Liable for Furtive Interest Charges
GALVESTON, Texas (CN) - A federal judge refused to toss a couple's claims that Bank of America bilked them for additional interest on their mortgage and snuck another 13 years onto the maturity...
View ArticleNo More Chances in Coin Graders' EBay Lawsuit
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) - A federal judge has tossed a class action against eBay, finding that it would not make economic sense for the auction site to run a price-fixing conspiracy on coin-grading...
View ArticleComcast Ducks Lawsuit Over Hidden Modem Fees
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - A federal judge has dismissed most of a class action that claims Comcast markets and sells service plans without disclosing additional equipment fees.
View ArticleDad Doubts Brittany Murphy's Autopsy Report
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Brittany Murphy's estranged biological father has sued the Los Angeles Coroner's Office for the release of the late actress's hair samples, claiming he needs them to investigate...
View ArticleSS Beneficiaries May Request 'Ticket to Work'
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Social Security Administration will send tickets for the Ticket to Work Program to any eligible disabled beneficiary upon request, regardless of whether the SSA has...
View ArticleIvory Seized to Protect Long-Dead Elephants
BROOKLYN (CN) - Japanese boxes inlaid with ivory from century-old elephant tusks were seized for being shipped without an endangered species permit, an art shipper says in a $700,000 claim against...
View ArticleBikers & Bars Take on Police in Court
LAS VEGAS (CN) - Police illegally threaten to shut down bars that serve members of the Vagos biker club, a coalition of bikers and a nightclub claim in Clark County Court.
View ArticleSeven Charged in Identity Theft Ring
MANHATTAN (CN) - An ID theft ring stole the identities of more than 180 people and charged "expensive merchandise" to their accounts and then resold the stuff, federal prosecutors said.
View ArticleGlobal Warming Fires up a $300K Complaint
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Actor-economist-political pundit Ben Stein claims he was wrongfully fired from a $300,000 job on a TV commercial because of his view of global warming: that "God, and not man"...
View ArticleInsurer Called a Keyword Ad Bully
LAS VEGAS (CN) - A small business claims Amica Mutual Insurance bullies competitors with frivolous lawsuits to try to monopolize the Internet keyword advertising market.
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