Jury to Guess Fate of Gucci Knockoff Claims
MANHATTAN (CN) - A jury should decide whether the Guess retail chain knocked off Gucci's signature "G" on products, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
View ArticleHomphobic Leaflets in Sweden Aren't Protected
(CN) - Sweden's Supreme Court rightly imposed fines and sentences on four people who distributed about 100 anti-gay leaflets in high school students' lockers, the European Court of Human Rights...
View ArticleNew York Officials Face Excessive Parole Claims
MANHATTAN (CN) - High-ranking corrections officials in New York must face two lawsuits - including a putative class action - claiming that they went around the courts to reincarcerate hundreds of...
View ArticleTravelers Justified in Firing Christian Exec
(CN) - An insurance manager who was fired after hitting up her staff to fund her Christian missionary work does not have a discrimination case, the 8th Circuit affirmed.
View ArticleCadet's Cocaine Use Will Cost His Family $143K
WASHINGTON (CN) - A former West Point cadet booted from the Army academy after testing positive for cocaine cannot upgrade his discharge status and still owes more than $143,000 in education...
View ArticleGenentech Experts Can Testify About Patents
(CN) - A federal judge has refused to strike out portions of expert reports Genentech pharmaceuticals submitted in a patent dispute over the Herceptin breast cancer drug.
View ArticleNo Defamation in Heated Words With Girl's Coach
(CN) - A teenage gymnast and her father cannot be sued for calling the girl's coach an "abuser" on the bus ride home from a meet, a New York appeals court ruled.
View ArticleInsurer's Payout Scheme Dodges Consumer Suit
(CN) - Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. did not self-deal or violate labor law by profiting off funds that backed accounts used to pay life insurance beneficiaries, a Philadelphia federal judge...
View ArticleRussia Fined for Murder Suspect's Police Torture
(CN) - Russia must pay for letting police torture a confession out of a murder suspect whom they shackled and dragged into a forest to brutalize, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.
View ArticleCow Farmer Can't Sell Raw Milk in Other States
(CN) - A Pennsylvania man cannot sell raw, unpasteurized milk across state lines, but in-state sales are perfectly legitimate, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleWeb Designers Can Fight for 'Crippled' FreeHand
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Adobe cannot dismiss an antitrust claims that the company stifled superior FreeHand software to boost its own Illustrator product, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleProsecutor's Trial Trickery Doesn't Merit Anonymity, Court Says
(CN) - The Justice Department drew ire from the 9th Circuit on Tuesday by defending a federal prosecutor whom the court scolded last month for misrepresenting a suspected drug smuggler's testimony...
View ArticleClaims of Elder Fraud Remain in California
(CN) - A San Diego federal judge has refused to dismiss a case brought by an elderly woman who says her son and daughter-in-law tricked her into signing over $262,000 from a reverse mortgage on...
View ArticleKaiser Can Sue Nurses Over Sympathy Strike
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The California Nurses Association cannot dismiss claims that it violated a collective bargaining agreement with Kaiser Foundation Hospitals by authorizing a "sympathy strike"...
View ArticleSome Boeing 737 FireSeals Are Not Fire Proof
WASHINGTON (CN) - The top 3 inches of certain fire seals in the mechanics of some Boeing Company Model 737 airplanes are not fireproof, according to an Airworthiness Directive issued by the...
View ArticleAir Race Crash Victims Sue Organizers
LAS VEGAS (CN) - The family of a man who died when a World War II fighter plane slammed into spectators at an airplane race sued the pilot's family, the event organizer, the venue and the man who...
View ArticleStreet Musicians Turn Up Volume Against NYC
MANHATTAN (CN) - Street musicians say in Federal Court that a New York City cop illegally booted them from Grand Central Station, then left insulting comments under their YouTube videos through an...
View ArticleSchool Board Blows Whistle on Employees
CHICAGO (CN) - The Chicago Board of Education claims four employees fraudulently billed it for a total of $92,000, and it wants the money back.
View ArticleGroup Demands Right to Form Multi-PACs
CHICAGO (CN) - Citing the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, a political action committee claims Illinois unconstitutionally prohibits candidates from establishing multiple PACs, and limits...
View ArticleAgent Sues Chris Pine For Commissions
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Chris Pine's former agent claims in court that the Hollywood actor owes the agency hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid commissions.
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