Celebrity Booker Claims Redskin Defamed Her
WASHINGTON (CN) - Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis defamed a woman by calling her a "pimpette" after a previous lawsuit in which she accused him of throwing a bottle at her, the woman...
View ArticleCourt Scratches Resaleof Digital Music Files
(CN) - In a blow to the largely untapped market of media resales, a federal judge found copyright infringement in a business model where people who buy music files can upload and resell them...
View ArticleAdWords User Wins Boost in Suit Against Google
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) - Google cannot scuttle a class action over allegedly unfair pricing practices connected to its advertising service, AdWords, a federal judge ruled. Lead plaintiff and...
View ArticleFirst-Class Passengers Call US Airways Racist
LOS ANGELES (CN) - US Airways refused to honor two black men's first-class tickets unless they removed their baseball caps, changed from jeans into slacks and put on button-up shirts, the men say...
View ArticleTrailer Case Falls Apart for Louisiana Victims
(CN) - Louisiana hurricane victims who were housed in dangerous, formaldehyde-tainted trailers cannot sue the government for negligence, the 5th Circuit ruled. After Hurricanes Katrina and...
View ArticleMovie Producer Sues Michael Keaton
CHICAGO (CN) - A movie producer sued Michael Keaton, claiming the actor-director delayed production of "The Merry Gentleman" by going fly fishing, hurting the box office. Merry Gentleman LLC...
View ArticleFelon Gets Immunity for Gun Use in Self-Defense
(CN) - A convicted felon who shot and killed an acquaintance on a Florida street in 2010 is entitled to immunity under the Stand Your Ground law, a state appeals court ruled. Aaron Little had...
View ArticleHow Annoying Can Yahoo! Be?
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - Yahoo! refuses to stop spamming people who get wireless phone numbers from previous customers, sending 4,700 useless messages to one man alone, he claims in a class action....
View ArticleFired Koch Exec Fights to Advance Kidnapping Suit
(CN) - Billionaire industrialist William Koch is trying "to mislead" the court into dismissing kidnapping claims, the fired executive who is suing him said Thursday. Kirby Martensen sued Koch...
View ArticleCA Trade & Investment Office Opens in China
(CN) - Marking California's first foreign trade office in a decade on Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown opened the California-China Office of Trade and Investment in Shanghai. The office positions...
View ArticleFDA Ducks Suit on Ban of Controversial Knee Aid
WASHINGTON (CN) - A federal judge backed the Food and Drug Administration's rejection of a controversial implant that it disavowed after a brief period of approval. The makers of collagen...
View ArticleLemonade From Cuts to State Prison Spending
(CN) - Seventeen states managed to reduce recidivism and improve public safety while cutting correction costs, a report from a federal and state partnership revealed Friday. The Justice...
View ArticleTheft Checks May Cost Amazon Staffing Agent
(CN) - Warehouse workers who filled Amazon orders do not face a conflict in pursuing class and collective claims over unpaid security checks, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday. Jesse Busk and...
View ArticleMonopoly Findings Scaled Back in EU Music Case
(CN) - Music copyright management groups in 20 different EU countries can overturn some findings of anti-competitive practices, the General Court ruled Friday. The European Commission's...
View ArticleConsultant That Tarred Chevron on Ecuador Pollution Pulls About-Face
MANHATTAN (CN) - A consultant that once supported a $19 billion judgment against Chevron for oil contamination in Ecuador disavowed that position in court Friday. Texaco spent nearly four...
View ArticleApple Settles Warranty Suits Over Watermarks
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Apple has agreed to pay $53 million to settle class actions claims that it failed to honor consumer warranties on iPhones and iPod Touches. Christopher Corsi and Charlene...
View ArticleNLRB
LOS ANGELES - The National Labor Relations Board wants to subpoena Corona Regional Medical Center medical staff director Ann Alves for information about eight doctors for its investigation in...
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