Judge Says Candy-Cane Case Should Press Ahead
SHERMAN, Texas (CN) - Three families should advance claims that a school district violated free-speech rights by barring children from handing out religious gifts, a federal judge said.
View ArticleState Isn't Liable to Blind Vendor Ousted by Feds
(CN) - The California rehabilitation department did not have an obligation to sue a federal agency that ousted a blind snack vendor and then refused to honor an arbitration award, the 9th Circuit...
View ArticleCourt Reform Bill Has Hard Road in Senate
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - After narrowly passing California's Assembly, a bill intended to give more money to local trial courts and reduce the power of a big court bureaucracy is headed for a tough...
View ArticleMedicare to Change Med Reimbursement Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed revisions to requirements for Medicaid reimbursement for covered outpatient drugs.
View ArticleIRS Proposes Greater Flexibility for IRAs
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Internal Revenue Service wants to allow Individual Retirement Account holders to exclude funds in long term annuities from calculations for yearly minimum distributions from...
View ArticleInsurer, Not Employer, on Hook for Fatality
DALLAS (CN) - Parents of a temporary worker who died in his third day on the job must sue the workers' comp insurer - not the employer - the Texas Supreme Court ruled, reversing a $2.6 million...
View ArticleNew From China! Bogus Old Coins, Prof Says
WEST PALM BEACH (CN) - A stamp and coin collector claims he lost $70,000 buying "counterfeit coins made in China [which] are imported to the United States for the sole purpose of defrauding...
View ArticleAeroflot Frauds Were Endless, Agency Says
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A Los Angeles travel agency claims it was defrauded and harassed because it refused to pay bribes to the Russian airline Aeroflot.
View ArticleScorching Complaint Against Insurer
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Policyholders claim an insurer conspires with an attorney to do "Inquisition-style" investigations to deny claims, targeting vulnerable clients, particularly minorities who do...
View ArticleIraqi Says GE Winked at Corruption
HOUSTON (CN) - General Electric's former "country executive for Iraq" claims GE fired him for warning about its "potential violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ... in pursuing a...
View Article$698 Million Class Can Sue Goldman
(CN) - A $698 million class action against Goldman Sachs will proceed, after a federal judge certified a class arising "out of a single offering ... of certificates derived from a pool of...
View ArticleWorst Debt Collector in the World?
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) - An 85-year-old woman claims a Wells Fargo debt collector harassed her by sending police to her house on the bogus claim she had threatened to commit suicide, and that the...
View ArticleLoughner Is Still Not Competent for Trial
TUCSON, Ariz. (CN) - The suspect accused of a mass 2011 shooting that nearly took the life of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is still incompetent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled,...
View ArticleCalifornia Gay Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional, 9th Circuit Says
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - California's voter-approved ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, but it may remain in effect until the U.S. Supreme Court hears an eventual appeal, the 9th Circuit ruled...
View ArticleSchool Cop Cleared for Fatal Theater Shooting
(CN) - A Utah police officer is not liable for the death of a teenager who was shot in the head with a .38 pistol that was filled with blanks for a high school production of "Oklahoma," a federal...
View ArticleProtester Fights Hunt by DA for Months of Tweets
MANHATTAN (CN) - An Occupy Wall Street supporter says the Manhattan district attorney abused his power in subpoenaing months of Twitter posts.
View ArticleOut-of-Staters Have No Claim to Virginia Files
(CN) - Non-Virginian citizens have no right to request public records from Virginia agencies, the 4th Circuit ruled, upholding the constitutionality of the state's Freedom of Information Act.
View ArticleSEC Can't Stick Ponzi Schemers With Interest
HOUSTON (CN) - Admitted perpetrators of an oil-and-gas Ponzi scheme must disgorge $5.5 million, a federal judge ruled, but the Securities and Exchange Commission cannot tack on prejudgment...
View ArticleSunflower Power Plant Growth Grinds to a Halt
WASHINGTON (CN) - Sunflower Electric cannot expand its coal-fired generating plant in Holcomb, Kan., until the Rural Utilities Service studies how possible environmental effects, a federal judge...
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