Gay High Jinks Alleged at Catholic Diocese
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CN) - An archivist claims the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph fired him for objecting to pervasive homosexual sexual harassment from priests who "fawned" over a male...
View Article51 SoCal Latinos Say Janitorial Franchisor Scammed Them
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) - More than 50 people say so-called janitorial franchisor Stratus Building Solutions of Orange defrauded them in a cold-blooded "corporate scam" aimed at Spanish speakers.
View ArticleFamily Says School Gave Predator a Pass
VANCOUVER, Wash. (CN) - A Christian high school hired a coach who had sexually preyed upon a girl at another school, and did not notify police or parents when he did it again in Vancouver, his...
View ArticleChicago Cops Called Predatory & Abusive
CHICAGO (CN) - A woman claims a Chicago cop sexually groped her during a putative investigation, and when she complained, other officers pressured her to withdraw the complaint, and threw her in...
View ArticleDow Scientist Gets 5 Years for Stealing Secrets
(CN) - A 75-year-old former Dow Chemical scientist was sentenced to five years in federal prison for stealing trade secrets, selling them to companies in China, and perjury.
View ArticleOmnicare Whacked With False Claims Suit
CHICAGO (CN) - Nursing home drug-provider Omnicare, which paid nearly $100 million 2 years ago to settle whistleblower and kickback lawsuits, fired a pharmacist for reporting its frauds, and may...
View ArticleSpending Showdown Threatens School District
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - In an escalating spending standoff that threatens to shut a suburban school district, a federal judge on Friday told the district to give the state a list of people who...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank Junk
MINNEAPOLIS - Moneygram Payment Systems claims Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs & Co., et al. sold it more than $260 million in mortgage-backed CDOs that "were 'junk' on the very day they sold them."
View ArticleEmployment
CLEVELAND - Three black collectors older than 40 claim First Energy Corp. fired them unfairly, using concealed GPS chips in their work-issued computers to claim they had falsified reports - but...
View ArticleFarm Labor
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Veloria Farm Labor Contracting claims Garcia Family Farms owes it more than $1.1 million.
View ArticleGallup Sues Uncle Sam
OMAHA - Gallup sued the U.S. Department of Education for refusing to turn over "a copy of the most recent winning National Assessment of Educational Progress (NEAP) proposal," including "both the...
View ArticleRock 'n' Roll
LOS ANGELES - The Canadian rock band Default sued their late manager's estate, claiming the late Richard Donaleshen took them for more than $250,000 before he died in 2010.
View ArticleNissan Class Action
LOS ANGELES - Nissan 2005-10 Pathfinders, Xterras, Fronsiters and Infiniti FXs have defective radiators that leak into the automatic transmission system, a class action claims in Superior Court.
View ArticleFox TV
DETROIT - A man claims WJBK-TV, a Fox station, defamed him in a "Hall of Shame" report that he was "engaging in animal cruelty" at his farm.
View ArticleConfederate Flag
ROANOKE, Va. - The Sons of Confederate Veterans claims Lexington, Va. illegally prohibits the group from hanging the Stars and Bars from city light poles during the plaintiffs' parade.
View ArticleE-Filing Privacy Lawsuit Heads to Supreme Court
(CN) - The Supreme Court will determine whether the government may be liable for an e-filing defect that allegedly published the expiration date of attorneys' credit cards to the Internet.
View ArticleJustices Take Up Tainted Murder Trial Lawsuit
(CN) - The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the habeas claims of a woman convicted of murder only after the trial judge dismissed the lone juror standing in the way of a guilty verdict.
View ArticleFederal Circuit Pick to Face High Court Scrutiny
(CN) - A woman who claims that the Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction over her employment discrimination suit against the U.S. Department of Labor can take her case to the Supreme Court.
View ArticleJudge Holds Onto Naval Officers' Salary Dispute
(CN) - A federal judge will not dismiss a lawsuit brought by 20 Navy police officers who claim they should be paid for the time it takes to don and doff their uniforms and equipment.
View ArticleWelk Out of Time to Force Time-Share Arbitration
SAN DIEGO (CN) - Time-share owners do not have to arbitrate claims over mold damage in the resort originally opened by television's Lawrence Welk in 1964, a federal judge ruled, noting that the...
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