Stanford's Civil Tactic Makes SEC Indignant
DALLAS (CN) - R. Allen Stanford must be held civilly liable for his massive Ponzi scheme, the Securities and Exchange Commission argued, scoffing at the implication his criminal trial was unfair....
View ArticleThink Twice, Cut Once
DETROIT (CN) - A man who had his genitals cut off so he could be a woman, then had second thoughts about it and wanted to be a man again, sued Michigan for refusing to issue him a third birth...
View ArticleWind Farm Won't Buckle Amid Concern for Birds
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) - Concerns for golden eagles and condors will not interrupt construction of a 300-megawatt wind farm in Kern County, Calif., a judge ruled. Superior Court Judge...
View ArticlePolice Abuse
FORT LAUDERDALE - Broward County sheriff's Officer Bleiweiss sodomized and molested a man three times, he claims in a complaint whose sole defendant is the sheriff, in Broward County Court.
View ArticleTrademark
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The University of Wyoming claims Pointe at UW et al. build housing complexes near "prestigious universities," using the schools' names and trademarks as park of the "Pointe" name...
View ArticleBad Business
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - DNS Services, run by Glenn Loehr, bills people for "Internet backup business services" they never ordered, the Missouri attorney general claims in Jackson County Court.
View ArticleTech Patents
RENO, Nev. - Digcom clams Casio, Pantech et al. violate four patents on wireless video, in three federal complaints.
View ArticleSexual Harassment
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Laborers Local Union No. 158 laid off a woman and refused to rehire her for complaining about sexual harassment, and admitted it, she claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleFeds Determine Release of Financial Complaint Data
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released guidance on how it plans to determine what parts of financial consumer complaints it will disclose publicly without...
View ArticleCalifornia & China Form Air Quality Partnership
(CN) - California and China will work together on improving air quality under the first agreement of its kind, signed Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown Jr. and China's Minister of Environmental...
View ArticleWho's a Nun? Only Holy See Can Say
CHICAGO (CN) - A jury cannot decide whether a woman is a religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church, as only the Holy See has the authority to make that determination, the 7th Circuit ruled....
View ArticleBuy.com Founder's Old Testimony Faces Light
(CN) - Decade-old deposition testimony that an executive gave in a now settled lawsuit may be relevant to his ongoing action against an accounting firm, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday. Scott...
View ArticleSoCal Man Gets 2½ Years for Sport Bribery
SAN DIEGO (CN) - A 28-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 2½ years in federal prison for conspiring to bribe a University of San Diego basketball player to influence the outcome of games....
View ArticleText Message Privacy Faces Important Appeal
(CN) - Defenders of digital rights urged the Washington State Supreme Court to prevent the erosion of privacy when it hears two cases next month on text messages seized by police without a...
View ArticleEx-Chicago Bear Sam Hurd Pleads Guilty
DALLAS (CN) - Chicago Bear wide receiver Sam Hurd faces 10 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges of possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to distribute....
View ArticleWhether Food Is Unfit or Unsafe, Public Can Know
(CN) - A now-defunct German meat processor cannot collect damages after food safety regulators reported "revoltingly unhygienic conditions" and rancid meat, the EU's high court ruled Thursday....
View ArticleAG Appeals Dismissal of Terror Charge
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (CN) - The Illinois attorney general asked the state Supreme Court to intervene after an appeals court threw out the conviction of a former student accused of threatening a...
View ArticleFormer Flight Students Can't Enjoin Bad Credit
(CN) - Former students of a shuttered flight school must arbitrate claims against KeyBank, the full 9th Circuit ruled Thursday, saying their credit issues do not require an injunction. Matthew...
View ArticleArizona Attorney General in a Political Dogfight
PHOENIX (CN) - Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and a business group sued the Maricopa County Attorney's Office to try to stop it from instituting a civil enforcement action against them for...
View ArticleEmbryo Goof Claims May Get Booted From Court
DALLAS (CN) - A fertility clinic says there is no basis for a lawsuit over allegedly mislabeled embryos that resulted in the birth of a couple's fifth daughter, not the son they desired....
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