Car Wrecks Don't Haveto Be a Double Whammy
CHICAGO (CN) - An Indiana fire department cannot use federal environmental legislation to bill motorists involved in car accidents under for response costs, the 7th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleWolf Trapping Has Gone Too Far, Group Says
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CN) - State agencies are letting hunters trap Mexican gray wolves in violation of the Endangered Species Act, an environmental group claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleSacramento Redistricting Plan Spurs Suit
(CN) - A nonprofit public interest group has sued Sacramento in Superior Court for access to City Council emails about its April 2011 redistricting plan.
View ArticleNo Secrecy for Fumbling Sen. Stevens Case
(CN) - An exhaustive 500-page investigation into the notoriously botched corruption trial of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens should be publicly available, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleSex Offender Rules for Nevada Upheld by 9th
(CN) - Nevada can retroactively apply tough new registration rules for sex offenders, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday.
View ArticleGoogle Can't Supress Email in Java Fight
(CN) - A federal appeals court rejected Google's attempt to block disclosure of an email in which one of its engineers harshly criticized available alternatives to the Java programming language...
View ArticleSolitary Confinement Is Too Harsh for 'Lord of War' Vicktor Bout
MANHATTAN (CN) - International arms smuggler Viktor Bout should not face solitary confinement, a federal judge insisted at a combative hearing on Friday afternoon.
View Article9th Cir. Holds Some National Park Fees Illegal
(CN) - Marking a key victory for public land advocates, the 9th Circuit ruled that federal law prohibits the U.S. Forest Service from charging fees to hikers, campers, picnickers and sight-seers...
View ArticleSplit 7th Circuit Tosses Jury Instruction Case
CHICAGO (CN) - A starkly divided 7th Circuit decided not rehear arguments that an instruction about government investigation techniques improperly prejudiced a jury in a drug conspiracy case,...
View ArticleFTC Sued Over Google Privacy Policy Changes
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Trade Commission has dropped the ball by letting Google amend its privacy policy, a public interest group claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleBorder Entry to Be Eased for Security Contractors
WASHINGTON (CN) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to exempt planes and ships used by the Department of Defense from port of entry declarations and arrival requirements.
View ArticlePatent Office Proposes New Trial Procedures
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has proposed new rules for trials conducted by the Patent Trial and Appeals Board.
View ArticleNY State Senator Admits Dodging Taxes
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CN) - Former state Sen. Nicholas Spano faces up to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to obstructing the IRS to dodge his taxes.
View ArticleJustice Is Not Blind, Just Sleepy
FORT WORTH (CN) - A special education hearing officer who fell asleep as he presided over a family's due-process hearing has resigned, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
View ArticleMislabeled Gout Drug Blamed for 3 Deaths
DALLAS (CN) - Federal prosecutors filed a criminal misdemeanor information charging Dallas-based ApothéCure and its owner Gary Osborn with shipping an incorrectly labeled drug that killed three...
View ArticleDon Henley's Nonprofit Returns Donation
DALLAS (CN) - An environmental nonprofit started by Don Henley, of the Eagles, agreed to return half of a $100,000 donation made by convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, the Dallas Business...
View ArticleClass Blasts Asustek Tablet Computer
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Asus Computer (Asustek) designed its Transformer Prime tablet with a metallic body that makes its GPS and Wifi capabilities useless, a class action claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleDeveloper, Attorneys Fight Long Distance
(CN) - The Fulbright & Jaworski law firm claims in court that Las Vegas-based land developer Verano Land Group owes it $521,000 in legal fees.
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