New Customers Furious at Citibank Gimmick
MANHATTAN (CN) - Irate customers claim in a federal class action that Citibank lured them in by offering 40,000 frequent-flier miles to open an account - but didn't tell them they had to report 2½...
View ArticleEnviros Raise Alarm on Dam Removals
TACOMA, Wash. (CN) - Environmental groups say a federal plan to stock a major river on the Olympic Peninsula with hatchery fish after dams are removed violates the Endangered Species Act and will...
View ArticleCity Blames Feds for Pipeline Explosion
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - San Francisco blames the U.S. Department of Transportation and the federal agency that oversees natural pipeline safety for the pipeline explosion in San Bruno that killed...
View ArticleUnion Claims Piedmont Airlines Retaliated
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CN) - Piedmont Airlines stripped customer service agents of opportunities for higher pay because they unionized, but did not apply the same treatment to nonunion workers, the...
View ArticleIdaho Profs Say University Muzzles Them
POCATELLO, Idaho (CN) - Idaho State University is unconstitutionally blocking emails to and from a professors union on the college's "faculty-wide email listserv," the professors' association...
View ArticleTexas Blocks Minority Voters, Nonprofit Says
GALVESTON, Texas (CN) - A nonprofit claims Texas is denying minorities the right to register to vote, and using an illegal section of the Texas Election Code to block the group from seeing...
View Article9th Circuit Hears Fight Over Energy Standards
(CN) - The Washington construction industry urged a panel of 9th Circuit judges to block the state's new energy efficiency standards as pre-empted by federal law.
View Article'Finished' Court IT Project to Cost State Hundreds of Millions for Years
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The current claim from court bureaucrats that a big IT project is "finished" runs counter to budget documents showing plans to spend $242,000 on the project every single day...
View ArticleStudent Moves Ahead in Novel Sallie Mae Case
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A federal judge has advanced class-action claims that Sallie Mae's parent company double-dipped on student loan late fees.
View ArticleChurch Takes Cannabis Claims to the 9th Circuit
HONOLULU (CN) - The 9th Circuit heard arguments to let a Native American church reclaim cannabis that drug officials seized and destroyed years ago.
View ArticleSteel Tires OK for Amish, Despite Road Damage
(CN) - Iowa cannot make it illegal for Amish drivers to use steel wheels on their tractors, the state Supreme Court ruled.
View ArticleJudge Certifies Class Suing Express Retailer
(CN) - A federal judge granted conditional certification to a class that says that the retailer Express owes retail assistants for time spent delivering bank deposits.
View ArticleSoccer Field Harassment Case Survives Challenge
OCALA, Fla. (CN) - A Florida school board cannot dismiss claims that it turned a blind eye to the sexual harassment of female soccer players by their coaches, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleNo Immunity for Cop on Allegedly Forced ER Visit
SCRANTON, Pa. (CN) - Good intentions or not, a cop may be liable for allegedly insisting that a 15-year-old who threatened suicide go to the emergency room with her mother, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleRobocall Election Saga Ends in Small Refund
MANHATTAN (CN) - A politician who lost a local election by nine votes can get a refund from a robocall company that allegedly threatened to label him a "deadbeat" in a new round of automated...
View ArticleStop-and-Frisk Protesters Get April Trial Date
MANHATTAN (CN) - Dozens of Occupy Wall Street activists, including Princeton University's Cornel West, will face a late April trial on charges of disorderly conduct connected to a protest of New...
View ArticleRoscoe's on a Six-Figure Hook for Copyright Case
(CN) - The owner of Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles must pay some $200,000 for playing eight copyrighted songs at a lounge in Long Beach, Calif., the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday.
View ArticleEU High Court Won't Force Website to Filter
(CN) - A social-networking site does not have to filter for allegedly copyright-infringing material, the European Union Court of Justice ruled Thursday.
View ArticleCouple Fights City Hall to Save Their Dog
SAVANNAH, Ga. (CN) - A married couple sued Savannah to save the life of their dog, Oreo, which they say the city seized for biting a little girl who trespassed and "teased and tormented" the dog...
View ArticleOil Spill Attorneys' Fees Upheld
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - The 5th Circuit this week upheld a federal judge's order giving 6 percent of all Deepwater Horizon settlements or awards to 18 court-appointed plaintiff attorneys.
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