Sex Offender May Have a Case for Not Registering
(CN) - Sex offenders do not need to register if they were convicted before enactment of a 2006 federal law, unless the attorney general makes that specific finding, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
View ArticleHigh Court Rejects Suit Over John Kerry Fine
(CN) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Catholic nonprofit's swan-song challenge to a tax it had to pay for posting an e-letter that called 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry a...
View ArticleCitizens United Decried by Occupy Protesters
MANHATTAN (CN) - Hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons drew heckling from a crowd of Occupy Wall Street activists as the mogul who has a net worth of $340 million joined protesters marking the second...
View ArticleSpecial-Ed Inmate Issue Kicked to CA High Court
(CN) - The 9th Circuit has asked the California Supreme Court to help determine where to send the bill for special-education students who are incarcerated in county jails, saying that the answer...
View ArticleClass of Paralegals Certified to Sue Firm
HOUSTON (CN) - A federal judge has conditionally certified a class of paralegals who demand overtime pay from the Texas law firm that negotiated a huge insurance settlement for hurricane victims.
View ArticleShould Products Pay for 5.5% of Postal Costs?
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Postal Regulatory Commission is reviewing whether competitive products provide the appropriate minimum contribution to the U.S. Postal Service's institutional costs, and...
View ArticleState Street Bank
BOSTON - A federal class action claims State Street Bank and Trust, as custodian of trust accounts, "listed false information on client account statements," and "made unauthorized cash...
View ArticleID Thief Had a Lot of Chutzpah
HOUSTON (CN) - A 36-year-old Texan made one too many shopping trips and faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to using stolen credit card numbers to buy more than $200,000 worth of...
View ArticleSAN JOSE - Raj Vasant Abhyanker claims Bret Taylor used his intellectual property to start the FriendFeed online business, which Taylor sold to co-defendant Facebook in 2009, in Santa Clara County...
View ArticleUniversity of California
OAKLAND, Calif. - Reuters America demands that the University of California disclose its investments in venture capital funds run by (nonparties) Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caulfield...
View ArticleSuing Microsoft
TYLER, Texas - Klausner Technologies claims Microsoft violates its patents on a "Telephone Answering Service Linking Displayed Data with Recorded Audio Message."
View ArticleMorgan Stanley
MANHATTAN - Sealink Funding Limited claims Morgan Stanley sold it $556 million in bum residential mortgage-backed securities, in New York County Court.
View Article$40 Million
CHICAGO - The Canadian National Railway Co. claims it has the right to suspend $40 million in pension benefits to its retired CEO, defendant E. Hunter Harrison, because Harrison breached...
View ArticleDeceptive Trade
LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas claims Josh Mitchem, of Missouri, and his companies PDL Support and Platinum B Services offer usurious payday loans through a variety of websites, with annual interest rates...
View ArticleNYCLU Demands Information on NYPD
MANHATTAN (CN) - The New York Civil Liberties Union claims the New York County District Attorney is "stonewalling" its requests for information about an NYPD program that has led to trespassing...
View ArticleHedge Fund Must Pay $9 Million
MANHATTAN (CN) - The Diamondback Capital Management hedge fund will pay more than $9 million to settle insider trading charges from the SEC, and entered a nonprosecution agreement with federal...
View ArticlePolice Visit Radio Talk Show Caller
ARNOLD, Mo. (CN) - A 60-year-old man may face charges for allegedly making a threat during a radio call-in show in which he said he had no problem with the Kirkwood City Hall shooting rampage of...
View ArticleThanks a lot, Uncle Sam
BROOKLYN (CN) - A Brooklyn-based artist claims The National Portrait Gallery borrowed one of her paintings to enter it in a competition, and after it won the "People's Choice Award," Uncle Sam...
View ArticleJudge Tells Ponzi Schemers to Pay up
MANHATTAN (CN) - A federal judge entered default judgment against PermaPave Industries and affiliates, which the SEC accused of running a $26 million Ponzi scheme.
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