Agency Wants to Child-Proof Tetrahydrozoline
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Consumer Product Safety Commission plans to require child-resistant packaging for any product containing .08 milligrams of an imidazoline in a single package.
View ArticleU.S. Press Freedomthe Same as Romania's?
MANHATTAN (CN) - The United States dropped 27 places - to a tie with Romania - in the Reporters Without Borders 2011-2012 Press Freedom Index, after dozens of journalists were arrested for...
View ArticleProsecutors Says D.A. Has Union Grudge
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A Los Angeles County prosecutor accused District Attorney Steve Cooley and his senior officials of "a pattern of harassment and selective discrimination" - including spying on...
View ArticleDoctor Says Hospital Beat & Ruined Him
ST. LOUIS (CN) - A doctor who asked for leave to fulfill his obligations to the National Guard claims Barnes-Jewish Hospital officials forced him out of its residency program, had security guards...
View ArticleHotel Says BP Reneged on $5 Million Deal
HOUSTON (CN) - A Florida resort hotel says BP reneged on an agreement to pay $5 million for it to release all other claims for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
View ArticleDead People Excluded From Toll Class
MANHATTAN (CN) - A federal judge narrowed the scope of a class action against the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority for selective discounts on New York City tolls for E-ZPass drivers.
View ArticleUSA Sees Problems in Million Women Money
NEWARK (CN) - Federal prosecutors say Women in Support of the Million Man March improperly spent nearly $200,000 in federal grant money and wrote fictitious reports and proposals to cover it up.
View ArticleAt Least They Comped the Fish
HOUSTON (CN) - A Latino customer claims a felon Costco hired to hand out cake samples punched him repeatedly in the mouth and screamed racial slurs at him while Costco did "next to nothing" to...
View ArticleAlarming Claim Against Methodist Hospital
HOUSTON (CN) - Married lawyers in their 60s say security guards refused to let them leave The Methodist Hospital, then had the husband taken to jail while the hospital held the woman overnight,...
View ArticleDisabled Sue State to Get in the Mainstream
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) - A federal class action claims Oregon is unnecessarily, and illegally, segregating "thousands" of people with developmental disabilities in "sheltered workshops," and denying...
View ArticleMedical
HOUSTON - A 71-year-old woman claims she was sexually assaulted by a nursing assistant at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center, in Harris County Court.
View ArticleNo Trademark for Drink Exploiting Viagra Name
(CN) - A Polish energy drink called "Viaguara" would "ride on the coattails" of Pfizer's erection-enhancement drug Viagra, which is already trademarked throughout Europe, the EU General Court ruled.
View ArticleGuam Courts to See Vital IT Upgrade by October
(CN) - Guam court officials announced this week that they are on track to debut a new online case-management system.
View ArticleTexas Lawyer Still Faces Securities Fraud Claims
HOUSTON (CN) - A group of investors can amend their class-action claims against the Texas attorney who allegedly defrauded them with a sham corporation, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleFamilies of Drivers Killed in Iraq Can't Sue KBR
(CN) - Defense contractor KBR will not face a federal lawsuit over civilian truck drivers killed in Iraq, the 5th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleNo Immunity for Cops on Vicious Dog Attack
(CN) - Police officers may be liable on claims that they let a police dog attack an unresisting suspecting for five to seven minutes, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleGay Minnesota Cop Has a Case for Discrimination
(CN) - A Minnesota police force must face claims that they ousted an officer after it learned he was gay, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleDisgruntled Cell User Must Face Arbitration
CHICAGO (CN) - An Illinois man must arbitrate claims that his wireless-service provider deceived him into entering a new two-year contract, the 7th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleIgnoring Fishy Horseplay Is Sexual Harassment
BATON ROUGE (CN) - A federal judge should not have based an engineer's sexual harassment claims on whether the offending male supervisor was gay, the 11th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleWal-Mart Won't Have to Face ERISA Suit, Yet
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A federal judge dismissed claims that Wal-Mart owes more to its female employees' pension plans since gender discrimination allegedly depressed female wages.
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