Judge Rejects Bayer's Shortcut in Tax Dispute
PITTSBURGH (CN) - Bayer pharmaceuticals cannot use statistical sampling to conduct discovery in a massive tax case, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleSki Lodge Can Make Controversial Snow
(CN) -The 9th Circuit gave a drought-ravaged ski resort in Arizona permission to make artificial snow with reclaimed water, calling an environmental group's most recent challenge to the move a...
View ArticleTech Company Head Gets 2.5 Years For Bribery
DALLAS (CN) - The former owner of a pair of Illinois-based technology companies has been sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison for her role in a scheme to bribe school officials to land federal...
View ArticleSEC Catches Wind of Inside Pharma Trading
MANHATTAN (CN) - The former business-development director of Takeda Pharmaceuticals International reaped $63,000 in profits from insider trading, the Securities and Exchange Commission claims in...
View ArticleFilm Financier Sues Relativity Media
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A film investment company that put up millions for a slate deal with Sony Pictures filed suit in superior court Wednesday saying it had been the victim of "one of the greatest...
View ArticleHerbicide Presumption Moves Forward at VA
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Department of Veterans Affairs is adding systemic amyloidosis, a cancer-like disease, to its Schedule for Rating Disabilities for the hemic and lymphatic systems, according...
View ArticleSamsung Wins Bid toSell Tablet in Germany
(CN) - A German court gave Samsung the go-ahead to sell its redesigned Galaxy tablet in that country, affirming a preliminary assessment that it is no longer a copycat of Apple's iPad.
View ArticleSenior Says Scammers Snatched His Nest Egg
(CN) - A senior citizen in Illinois says a real estate investment company swindled him out of his retirement savings by falsely promising above market returns on a "Cash Partner/Credit Partner"...
View ArticleMortgage Lenders to Pay $25 Billion Settlement
WASHINGTON (CN) - The nation's five largest bank mortgage servicers will pay $25 billion to settle claims of widespread "robo-signing" of foreclosure documents and other fraudulent practices at...
View ArticleDoctors, Jailers Blamed for Inmate's Eye Loss
(CN) - A former Victoria County jail inmate says he lost an eye due to the indifference of county doctors, and officers who threw him into solitary confinement for five days after an inmate...
View ArticleEx-Taxman Sentenced for $7.9 Million Fraud
DALLAS (CN) - A former taxman who tried to claim $7.9 million in fraudulent tax refunds was sentenced Thursday to 105 months in federal prison.
View ArticleBP Shaky History Excluded in Oil Spill Trial
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - BP will not have to face its record of past felony charges and safety violations in the first phase of an upcoming trial over the Deepwater Horizon explosion, a federal judge...
View ArticleFBI Nabs Exec for Illegal Google Trades
MANHATTAN (CN) - A hedge fund manager was indicted Friday for earning $900,000 by allegedly using inside information to trade on Google and other companies.
View ArticleLaBelle's Son Can File Claim in Assault Case
HOUSTON (CN) - Patti LaBelle's son and bodyguard, who faces claims that he senselessly beat a West Point cadet at a Houston airport, can file a third-party complaint against Continental Airlines...
View ArticleSenate Confirms Federal Judge to San Diego Spot
(CN) - U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo has been confirmed as the newest district judge for the federal courthouse in San Diego.
View ArticleFamilies Lose Bid Over Trailer Deaths
VICTORIA, Texas (CN) - An 18-year-old trailer is too old for products liability relief, a federal judge ruled, dismissing claims made by the families of two men who suffocated while trapped in the...
View ArticleCops' Day Off May Have Been a Fatal Mistake
NEWARK (CN) - A grieving mother says in Federal Court that an abusive ex-boyfriend threw their infant daughter over a bridge and into the icy Raritan River after police officers refused to...
View ArticleDallas Man Gets 20 Years For $7 Million Scam
DALLAS (CN) - A Dallas man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for his role in massive, $7 million oil and gas Ponzi scheme.
View ArticleFamily Claims Ambush by TV and School
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) - A family that had not vaccinated their daughter for whooping cough and other contagious diseases says in court that they were ambushed at home by school officials and a...
View ArticleApple Fires Second Barrel Against Samsung
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) - Samsung Electronics keeps introducing new products that rip off Apple technology despite ongoing trademark litigation between the rivals, Apple says in a new federal...
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