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MIAMI - Music Group Services and Music Group IP cannot dismiss claims that Ion Audio's All-Star Guitar, previously known as the Guitar Apprentice, does not infringe a patent for a "touch screen...
View ArticleOpen Shops Fight Unions for Information
VANCOUVER, B.C. (CN) - A privacy battle between nonunion contractors and a chorus of unions has spilled into B.C. Supreme Court after the province's privacy commissioner ordered a financial...
View ArticleJamaican Parrot Gets Listing Protection
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the yellow-billed parrot, endemic to the island of Jamaica, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The small parrot...
View ArticleJudge Blows Away Security Firm's Claim
(CN) - Former employees may sue a company that provided security for the State Department in Afghanistan, on charges that it falsified workers' firearms performance tests, a federal judge ruled....
View ArticleMalawi Captive Given Another Shot at Lawsuit
(CN) - A purported "rebel" American can amend claims that the Malawi government killed his wife and tortured him for eight years, a federal judge ruled. Laston Kafutwa said the Malawi...
View ArticleCy Twombly Foundation Sues a Director
WILMINGTON, Del. (CN) - The Cy Twombly Foundation claims in court that its former treasurer/director misappropriated $310,000 from the late artist's foundation. The foundation sued Thomas...
View ArticleChanges to Alabama Emissions Rule Upheld
(CN) - The Environmental Protection Agency's approval of a change to Alabama's visible emissions rule did not violate the Clean Air Act, the 11th Circuit ruled. Under the Clean Air Act, the...
View ArticleDogfight Over German Shepherd Shelter
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A German shepherd shelter claims in court that donors used their multimillion-dollar contributions as leverage to control it, then cut off funding because they believed they...
View ArticleHendrix Estate Calls for Full Trademark Award
SEATTLE (CN) - Jimi Hendrix's heirs want the 9th Circuit to reinstate a $1.7 million award stemming from unauthorized use of the late singer's headshot logo and signature. Authentic Hendrix...
View ArticleWhooping Cranes 1, Texas 0
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CN) - Texas violated the Endangered Species Act by diverting freshwater from a critical whooping crane refuge and must act to protect the birds, a federal judge ruled....
View ArticleEx-J. Geils Stars Can't Silence Trademark Suit
(CN) - The former front man of the J. Geils Band, which scored a hit in 1981 with "Centerfold," can pursue trademark claims over a reunion tour that excluded him, a federal judge ruled. John...
View ArticleThree Charged in Hazing Death by Alcohol
FRESNO, Calif. (CN) - Theta Chi Fraternity killed a Fresno State student by locking him and other pledges in a room with "fatal quantities of alcohol" and telling them to drink it all, parents...
View ArticleMiddle Schooler's Church Flyers Upheld by Court
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A federal judge properly ordered Pennsylvania school district to let a sixth grader pass out invites to her church Christmas party, the 3rd Circuit ruled. In a March 2011...
View ArticlePoor & Disabled Fight L.A. Court Closures
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Los Angeles Superior Court's closure of 21 of its 26 courtrooms for eviction hearings illegally "shuts the courthouse doors on many of the county's most vulnerable residents"...
View ArticleClaims Over Decades-Old School Abuse Revived
(CN) - A school district may be liable to men who claim to have belatedly realized that their fifth-grade teacher sexually abused decades ago, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled. Seven men sued...
View ArticleSenator Grills Court Bureaucratson Fee Hikes and $2 Billion Project
(CN) - Senate budget subcommittee chair Loni Hancock on Thursday took issue with a $10 fee the courts' administrative office wants to assess for every public file request, and questioned why the...
View ArticleDeer Hunt in Idyllic D.C. Park Will Go Forward
WASHINGTON (CN) - A federal judge approved the mass killing of deer in Rock Creek Park, the first authorized killing of animals in the D.C. park's 120-year history. Five Washington residents...
View ArticleLeverage Buyout Giants Can't Nix Conspiracy Suit
(CN) - Internal emails from Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs and other titans of finance may support claims that they conspired to rig the market for leveraged buyouts, a federal judge ruled. U.S....
View ArticleBreakup After Lotto May Cost Florida Winner
(CN) - A man whose live-in girlfriend refused to share a $1 million lottery prize can try to prove she made a deal to share with him, a Florida appeals court ruled. Howard Browning and Lynn...
View ArticleAllstate Owes Nothing in Nixed Defamation Claims
(CN) - A mother who accused an aide of molesting her deaf son cannot get Allstate to cover her successful defense against defamation claims, the 4th Circuit ruled. Troy Towers, a resident aide...
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