Texas Sues USA OverPhoto ID Voting Law
(CN) - Texas sued the Department of Justice on Monday, claiming the U.S. attorney general is taking too long to clear the state's controversial photo-ID voter identification law.
View ArticleSpike Says Recycler Rolled it - Twice
WAUKESHA, Wisc. (CN) - Spike, the "energy drink" maker, claims it paid - twice - to have nearly $1 million of its products destroyed, only to find out that the recycler was selling the goods on...
View ArticleGolf Developer Charged With Extortion
NEWARK (CN) - The former president of Encap Golf Holdings was charged Monday with conspiring to extort $100,000 from a financial consultant.
View ArticleWhistleblower Says BP Fired Him for Refusing To Skew Cleanup Data
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - A leader in BP's oil spill cleanup claims the company fired him for refusing to change data so that BP could claim the cleanup phase was over and it could begin restoration,...
View Article'Patent Ambush' Claim in Wireless Technology
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - An English tech firm claims a Texas company has monopolized the market for a frequency-hopping Bluetooth technology by "duplicitously persuad(ing)" the Institute of...
View ArticleWinn-Dixie
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Shareholders say Winn-Dixie is selling itself too cheaply to Lone Star Fund through an unfair process, for $9.50 a share or $560 million, in Federal Court.
View ArticleReality TV
DALLAS - John Harris Masterson claims Lisa Jenkins and Dreamfly Productions swiped his trade secrets for a reality show about the Texas Ballet Theater, and used them to produce and market a...
View ArticleNo Flag on the Field for Football Game Mishap
(CN) - An elderly woman whose leg was broken when a high school football player crashed into her on the sidelines does not have a case against the school district, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled.
View ArticleIllinois Trials Are Ready for Their Close-Ups
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CN) - Reporters can use cameras in Illinois courtrooms on a circuit-by-circuit basis under a new program starting immediately, the state Supreme Court announced today (Tuesday).
View ArticleInsurers Don't Have to Cover 'Blackout in a Can'
CHICAGO (CN) - Insurers for the producers of Four Loko do not have to cover its client's defense costs in lawsuits over the controversial alcoholic energy drink's alleged dangers, a federal judge...
View ArticleTransgender Inmate Can Sue for Hair Treatments
(CN) - Prison officials may have violated a transgender inmate's constitutional rights by refusing to comply with doctors' orders about laser hair removal treatments, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleCourt Upends $600 Mil. Trust for Asbestos Cases
(CN) - Insurance companies can challenge a $600 million trust created to settle thousands of asbestos-related claims against a California insulation company, the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday.
View ArticleOracle Can Try Again to Suggest Google Damages
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Oracle on Tuesday agreed to submit a third damages estimate for a trial that will determine whether the operating system for Google's Android infringes on its rights to Java,...
View ArticleCalifornia Audit Slams Risky and Costly High-Speed Rail Project
SACRAMENTO (CN) - Funding for California's high-speed train program, the first phase of which is estimated to cost around $100 billion, is becoming "increasingly risky," and there is no plan to...
View ArticleInterviews About IRA Murder Head to Britain
(CN) - The United Kingdom can collect confidential interviews conducted with five former Irish Republican Army members who may have information about the murder of an alleged British spy, a...
View ArticleTribes Will Own New FM Stations, FCC Promises
WASHINGTON (CN) - New FM radio stations allotted to Native American tribal lands will be owned by tribes or tribal entities under new rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission.
View ArticleIRS Won't Tax Physical Injury Damages
WASHINGTON (CN) - Damages awarded for physical injuries or physical sickness are nontaxable, regardless of whether the injury or sickness was part of a tort claim, the Internal Revenue Service...
View ArticleHigh School Paper's Next Lesson in Court
MIAMI (CN) - A student at Ronald Reagan High School claims the school newspaper defamed him by using his photo without his consent to illustrate a story about sexually transmitted diseases.
View ArticleEnviro Says TVA Arrested Him for Reporting
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CN) - An environmentalist claims Tennessee Valley Authority police arrested him twice for reporting on the enormous 2008 Kingston coal ash spill.
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