Lurid Complaint Against Georgia Judge
DALTON, Ga. (CN) - The day before a state judge facing sexual harassment charges resigned, he conspired with sheriff's deputies to plant drugs in the car of one of his accusers, then had her...
View ArticleDetective on the Hookfor Raid on Deputy's Ex
(CN) - San Diego County and a sheriff's detective might be liable for using excessive force and conspiring against a deputy's ex-girlfriend with a "SWAT-like" raid of her home, the 9th Circuit...
View ArticleBlogger Can Collect Fees Over Lawyer's Threats
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A lawyer who feuded with popular comic website The Oatmeal owes attorneys' fees to a blogger he threatened to sue, a federal judge ruled. Christopher Recouvreur had been...
View ArticleJudge-Bribing Lawyer Can't Upend Conviction
(CN) - The brother-in-law of former Sen. Trett Lott who pleaded guilty to bribing a judge cannot challenge his conviction under the newly limited fraud scope, the 5th Circuit ruled. Richard...
View ArticleA Caribbean Cruise From Hell
MIAMI (CN) - Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines kept a woman under guard in her room for days after her daughter fell overboard and died, and wouldn't even let her go to the chapel to pray, the mother...
View ArticleImmigrants in Lengthy Holds Win Bond Hearings
(CN) - Immigration authorities must provide bond hearings for immigrants and asylum-seekers detained by at least six months, the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday. In 2010, a class led by the American...
View ArticleTake That
WASHINGTON - Lawyers with the Kansas City, Mo.-based Baker, Sterchi, Cowden and Rice can collect more than $338,000 in attorneys' fees and costs after winning a takings claim against the...
View ArticleToo Good to Be True
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Karen Tobin and Orphan House Productions promised to turn $125,000 into $5 million in two weeks, but never even returned the $125,000, Advanced Research Associates claims in...
View ArticleNight Vision Goggles
WASHINGTON - A judge who barred Canvs Corp. from claiming too many devices in its patent suit over night vision goggles refused to alter that decision, noting that monetary sanctions failed to...
View ArticleWitness Claims He Was Fired After Xmas
CLEVELAND (CN) - A baker who refused to decorate Christmas cakes claims in court that his boss fired him because he's a Jehovah's Witness. Charles DiGiorgi sued Dave's Supermarket in Cuyahoga...
View ArticleKaiser
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A veterinarian claims in court that he is disfigured and has lost earning capacity after a botched sinus surgery at Southern California Permanente Medical Group.
View ArticleSingle Patent System OK'd for Europe
(CN) - The European Union's highest court upheld legislation creating a single patent system, which has been held up for years by objections from Spain and Italy. The idea for a unified...
View ArticleExpensive Seats
CHICAGO - The Chicago Bears claim Flynn Enterprises owes $1.6 million for a 10-year license for an executive suite at Soldier Field, in Cook County Court.
View ArticleThe Most Crooked Doctor in the World?
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A San Fernando Valley doctor was sentenced to 3½ years in federal prison and ordered to repay Medicare $3 million for operations he never performed - including some on people...
View ArticleVW Class Action
EAST ST. LOUIS - Volkswagen 2005-06 Jettas have defective door wiring harnesses, affecting the driver's side door, windows, locks, mirrors, fuel door and trunk release, a class action claims in...
View ArticleFather and Son Claim DHS Defamed Them
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (CN) - An immigration officer claims in court that the Department of Homeland Security defamed him and his father, claiming they worked for a Mexican drug cartel and that the...
View ArticleMade for TV
LOS ANGELES - An overweight teen training to appear on the (nonparty) Rachael Ray show was injured following exercise instructions from Live-In Fitness Enterprise and its owner Eric Viskovicz,...
View ArticleNationwide Loan Modification Scam Alleged
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The National Mortgage Help Center and its unscrupulous owner scammed homeowners by advertising loan modification assistance, then charging to refer them to predatory lenders,...
View ArticlePate Producer Can't Duck False Advertising Claims
(CN) - A vegan pate maker - but not an animal rights group - can pursue false advertising claims against a company that bills its foie gras as "the humane choice," a federal judge in San Francisco...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Can't Shake Fraud Lawsuit
(CN) - Goldman Sachs cannot dismiss Prudential's claims that it falsely represented more than $375 million in residential mortgage-backed securities in its offering materials, a federal judge...
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