Solicitor Says British Law Society Defamed Him
LOS ANGELES (CN) - An American-Iranian solicitor claims in Superior Court that the Law Society of England and Wales discriminates against minority solicitors, and hounded and defamed him after he...
View ArticleVeteran Cop Sues NYPD Over Quotas
MANHATTAN (CN) - A veteran police officer sued New York City and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly in Federal Court, claiming they subjected him to "a campaign of retaliation and harassment for...
View ArticleSEC Warns of Malicious Email
WASHINGTON (CN) - The SEC warned investors of a bogus e-mail purporting to be from its Office of the Whistleblower. "The e-mail is not from the SEC, and contains a link to malicious software," the...
View ArticleNBA Trading Card-Maker Calls a Foul
DALLAS (CN) - Sports trading card-maker Panini America claims in court that a competitor is selling products autographed by NBA star Kevin Durant, with whom Panini claims to have an exclusive...
View ArticleLCD-Makers Lose a Round in Antitrust Case
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Two economists can testify for a class of electronic retailers that claim seven manufacturers of liquid crystal display flat screens conspired to fix the price of TV and...
View ArticleTexas Politico Jailed on Drug Charges
(CN) - An El Paso County commissioner who is running for the state House was indicted on drug-trafficking and money-laundering charges, federal prosecutors said.
View ArticleRicky Schroder Claims Producers Extorted
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Actor Ricky Schroder claims in Superior Court that two producers tried to extort him after he backed away from a job to direct, write and star in a remake of "Black Stallion."
View ArticleMissouri Faces Tough Slog on Redistricting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CN) - A bipartisan commission has agreed on a new map for Missouri's 34 state Senate districts - but the redistricting fight is not over.
View ArticleScorching Complaint Against County Health
MODESTO, Calif. (CN) - An oncologist claims the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency demoted and defamed him and made "death threats against him and his family," after he blew the whistle on...
View ArticleCourt, Agency Shut Down Phony Debt Collector
CHICAGO (CN) - The Federal Trade Commission shut down an alleged fake debt collection scam that collected over $5 million by threatening consumers who took out payday loans with arrest if they did...
View ArticleCourt Balks at Tossing Excessive Force Case
(CN) - Forensic evidence called into question an officer's contention that the man he fatally shot nine times was "digging" for something in his pants, and persuaded a federal judge to send the...
View ArticleDefense of Marriage Act Held Unconstitutional
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) -- The Defense of Marriage Act cannot be used to deny a lesbian federal employee's wife health insurance, a federal judge ruled, declaring that the 1996 law is unconstitutional...
View ArticleAge Bias Claims Against Law Schools to Proceed
WASHINGTON (CN) - A federal judge ruled that a law school professor suing six law schools for employment discrimination based on age must sue each of the schools separately and in their home...
View ArticleD.C. Circuit Zaps GIGFX for Illegal Forex Trades
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission won a default judgment against foreign currency trader GIGFX LLC, one of 14 firms the agency filed enforcement actions against during a...
View ArticleNews Outlets Support Reporter's Privilege
(CN) - In a joint amicus brief, 29 media entities and non-profit associations lent their support to New York Times reporter James Risen, arguing that he should not be compelled to reveal the...
View ArticleNaked Cowboy Loses Second Trademark Duel
MANHATTAN (CN) - The Naked Cowboy, the mostly Times Square-based street performer, has no beef with a CBS soap opera that featured its own underwear-clad, cowboy-hat-wearing guitarist, a federal...
View ArticleCourt Affirms Dismissal of Defamation Case
PORTLAND, Maine (CN) - A federal appeals judge has upheld the dismissal of case brought by a former Democratic Senate candidate who claimed the Republican State Leadership Committee repeatedly...
View ArticleShepard Fairey Admits He Lied About 'Hope'
MANHATTAN (CN) - Street artist Shepard Fairey lamented the "worst thing I've ever done in my life," at an arraignment hearing where he admitted that he lied in court about the Obama photograph...
View ArticleJudge Orders Viktor Bout Out of Solitary
MANHATTAN (CN) - International arms smuggler Viktor Bout must be transferred to general population of Manhattan Correctional Center, a federal judge ruled, in an order slamming solitary...
View ArticleMain Private Beneficiary of Court IT Project Lobbied Against Reform Bill
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A bill that would limit the power of California's court bureaucracy in spending hundreds of millions on an IT project has an enemy behind the lines in the form of Deloitte...
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