No Federal Jurisdiction for SunTrust Lawsuit
WASHINGTON (CN) - A class action that accuses SunTrust Banks of taking kickbacks from mortgage insurers should play out in D.C. Superior Court, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleClass Loses Ground in Plasma Antitrust Case
CHICAGO (CN) - A federal judge may sever a component lawsuit from the multidistrict antitrust case involving the leading suppliers of certain blood therapies.
View ArticleS&P Cuts Credit Ratingof EU Stability Funds
(CN) - Standard & Poor's downgraded long-term bonds issued by the European Financial Stability Facility, cracking down after cutting the ratings of France and Austria, which guaranteed the fund.
View ArticleGovernment Pushes for Times Reporter to Name His CIA Source
(CN) - A New York Times reporter must identify the source of U.S. defense secrets that he published, the government said in a brief with the 4th Circuit, hoping to build its case against former...
View ArticleBipolar Man's Death by Taser Needs Jury Trial
(CN) - Police may be liable for the death of a man who was shot twice with a Taser by a police officer trying to make him stop directing traffic naked, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleFederal Courts Can Hear Suits Over Nuisance Calls
(CN) - A Florida man who allegedly endured multiple nuisance calls from a debt collector can fight back with a federal lawsuit, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
View ArticleCourt Tosses Challenge to Foreign Copyright Shield
(CN) - Foreign artists deserve copyright protection from the profitable use of their works by performers and publishers in the United States, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
View ArticleJustices Excuse Slip-Up in Death Row Appeal
(CN) - A death row inmate can petition for federal habeas relief even though he failed to fully appeal his conviction at the state-court level, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, refusing to put...
View ArticleMotrin May Have to Warn About Skin Loss
CHICAGO (CN) - Johnson & Johnson must face allegations that it did not properly warn consumers that Children's Motrin may cause permanent disabilities like blindness and massive skin loss, a...
View ArticleBatterer Can't Exclude Warrantless Meth Search
(CN) - Police did not need a warrant to enter a trailer being used as a meth lab since the threat of domestic violence created an emergency situation, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled.
View ArticleKorean Oil Tanker Fined $1.8M for Hawaii Spill
HONOLULU (CN) - Covering up the illegal dumping of oily waste into Hawaiian waters will cost a Korean shipping company $1.8 million, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleNavistar Loses Bid to Force EPA Engine Recall
WASHINGTON (CN) - An Illinois-based engine manufacturer cannot force environmental regulators to recall allegedly more pollutant products made by its competitors, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleGingrich, Perry, Santorum Lose Ballot Fight
(CN) - Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum will not be listed on the ballot for the Virginia Republican primary, a federal judge ruled, noting that the candidates who failed...
View ArticleCancer Patient Says Doc Used Her as ATM
HOUSTON (CN) - An elderly cancer patient claims a doctor used his clinics and pharmacy to bilk her of nearly $100,000 by persuading her to undergo a proprietary cancer treatment that "was actually...
View ArticleRwandan Fights Deportation From Canada
MONTREAL (CN) - A Rwandan man who gave an inflammatory speech in his homeland that some claim helped incite genocide was granted a 1-week reprieve from deportation by a Quebec Superior Court judge...
View ArticleProsecutor Sues D.A. Who Fired Him
ROCKFORD, Ill. (CN) - A prosecutor claims McHenry County State's Attorney Louis Bianchi fired him for testifying to a grand jury that was investigating Bianchi.
View ArticleGuilty Plea in Political Bribery Ring
MANHATTAN (CN) - Health-care consultant Solomon Kalish pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of bribing state Sen. Carl Kruger.
View ArticleWoman Sues Disney Over Spanking
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A woman who attended a live taping of the Disney show "Good Luck Charlie" claims a comedian gave her an "unwarranted and unconsented" spanking in front of the audience and her...
View ArticleYou Think You Had a Bad Day?
HOUSTON (CN) - A salesman who went to a customer's home to give him an estimate for a security system claims the man didn't like the contract, lunged at him with a fork, bit off part of his ear and...
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