California Chief Reappoints Three to Council
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye made a round of reappointments to the Judicial Council this week, the top policy making body which she heads. The...
View ArticleImmigration Advocates Get the Goods From Feds
MANHATTAN (CN) - A federal judge approved a settlement that will expose long-hidden facets of a controversial fingerprinting and deportation program. In April 2010, the National Day Laborer...
View ArticleCIA Can't Deny the Existence of Drone Strike Records, Court Rules
(CN) - The CIA cannot deny the existence of records on targeted drone strikes while making public statements about the program, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday, noting that the agency "now appears...
View ArticleWife Who Bit Cheating Ex Loses Assault Appeal
(CN) - A woman who sank her teeth into her soon-to-be ex-husband as they struggled over the gun she kept in her purse was properly convicted of assault, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled. After...
View ArticleConstitution
NEW ALBANY, Ind. - Yorktown and Jeffersonville, Ind. enacted unconstitutional laws that require a permit for door-to-door solicitations, the Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana claims in two...
View ArticleDetention
INDEPENDENCE, Calif. - Inyo County fired a Probation Department counselor for objecting to orders to illegally strip search juveniles, Crystal Allen claims in Inyo County Court.
View ArticleGrand Canyon Skywalk
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - Grand Canyon Skywalk Development claims the Hualapai Tribe owes it $30 million, in Federal Court.
View ArticleLegionnaire's Disease
LAS VEGAS - A guest claims he got Legionnaire's disease at the Luxor Hotel & Casino, in Clark County Court.
View ArticleKaiser
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. stiffed employees for overtime for years, a class action claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleHousing Meltdown
NEWARK - Prudential Insurance et al. claim Bank of America et al. defrauded them of $2 billion in mortgage-backed securities, in Federal Court.
View ArticlePublic School
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Public School/George B. Longan French Magnet School "aftercare" worker Daniel Maurice Roberson sexually molested a 6-year-old boy, his mother claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleAmerican Apparel
LOS ANGELES - American Apparel is $150,000 behind on the rent on three buildings in L.A., the landlords claim in Superior Court.
View ArticleSecurities
TYLER, Texas - Insiders at Diodes Inc. dumped $13.8 million in shares at inflated prices before the stock price fell by 33 percent, shareholders say in a federal class action.
View ArticleThat's a Lot of Methamphetamine
SAN DIEGO (CN) - A 40-year-old San Diegan was sentenced Friday to 17 1/2 years in prison for dealing 30 to 40 lbs. of methamphetamine a month. Silvano Hernandez Jr., pleaded guilty to RICO...
View ArticleDistributors' Claims Against Bimbo Survive
(CN) - Bimbo Bakeries cannot dismiss bread distributors' class claims that it violated the New Jersey Franchise Practices Act, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler last...
View ArticleKenyan Whistle-Blower Loses Suit Over Reward
WASHINGTON (CN) - U.S. courts cannot help compensate a whistle-blower who reported a bank's illegal activities to the Kenyan government, a federal judge ruled. Peter George Odhiambo claimed...
View ArticleState Says Strawberry Owes Taxes
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (CN) - Missouri claims that former New York Mets slugger Darryl Strawberry it $8,800 in taxes. Strawberry and his wife, Tracy, failed to pay $8,583 in state income taxes in...
View ArticleDriver's Beer Can't Show Open Container Offense
WASHINGTON (CN) - Police officers who saw an open beer can in a car cup holder lacked probable cause to initiate a search, a federal judge ruled. The government had sought reconsideration...
View ArticleRecord $616 Million Settlement With SEC
(CN) - SAC Capital Advisors will pay a record $616 million to settle two insider-trading lawsuits filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. SAC, one of the nation's most successful...
View ArticleCouple's Asset Freeze Will Go Before Justices
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider asset freezes that prevent criminal defendants from retaining the counsel of their choice. While working as a sales...
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