Class Claims Cosmetics Are Not 'Cruelty Free'
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Five women say in a federal class action that Estee Lauder, Avon and Mary Kay resumed animal testing of cosmetics for the Chinese market while falsely claiming in the United...
View ArticleFamily Says Chicago Cops Peed on Their Mail
CHICAGO (CN) - A family claims Chicago police broke into their house, urinated on their mail, spit in the coffee maker, stomped and slapped them and told them "You've been punk'd," while searching...
View ArticleFestival Wasn't So Sweet on the First Amendment
(CN) - A small Ohio town cannot block Christians from preaching at a festival it holds every year to celebrate sweet corn, the 6th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleFeds Still on the Hook for Couple's Missing $200K
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - An elderly couple can sue the federal agents they say illegally raided their house and seized $200,000 in cash at gunpoint, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleStolen Valor Case in High CourtTests Limits of First Amendment
(CN) - The U.S. Supreme Court glimpsed the far edges of the First Amendment in a recent hearing on the Stolen Valor Act and whether outright lies have any legitimate role in society.
View ArticleHezbollah Hostage's SonAwarded $4.5 Million
WASHINGTON (CN) - Iran owes $4.5 million to a man whose father was abducted, held and tortured over the course of 3 years by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleTravel Add-Ons Should Always Be 'Opt-In' in EU
(CN) - Online booking sites should not force customers to opt out of features that will cost extra, like travel insurance, an adviser to the European Court of Justice said Thursday.
View ArticleLogging and Shooting Hoot Owls Planned
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released court-ordered critical habitat proposal for the endangered northern spotted owl that emphasizes "active management" of habitat, which...
View ArticleChief Federal Judge Steps in It in Montana
BILLINGS, Mont. (CN) - Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull of Montana, who forwarded to friends a racist email about President Obama, has asked the Judicial Council of the 9th Circuit to...
View ArticleForeign Trade ZoneRules Relaxed
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Commerce Department adopted a sweeping overhaul of regulations governing Foreign Trade Zones - duty-free manufacturing zones on U.S. soil - to increase the use of the zones...
View ArticleAgency Adopts Stringent Bed Rail Standards
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Consumer Product Safety Commission has adopted new standards for bed rails meant to keep children between the ages of 2 and 5 from falling out of an adult-sized bed.
View ArticleFCC Asks for Refresheron IP Relay Service
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Communications Commission is asking for public comments to "refresh" its record on misuse of the Internet Protocol Relay Service.
View ArticleMoody's Whistleblower Case Moves Forward
MANHATTAN (CN) - A former managing director can pursue claims that Moody's fired him for threatening to report fraud in its ratings methodology, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleBofA & Jewish Center Fight Over Millions
ST. LOUIS (CN) - Bank of America claims in Federal Court that a Jewish Community Center is trying to force it to refinance a $45 million loan by withholding $4 million in debt payments.
View Article$265,000 Dispute Over Baseball Cards
(CN) - Major League Baseball claims The Upper Deck Co. owes it more than $265,000 for baseball cards.
View ArticleThe Worst Collector in the World?
PEORIA, Ill. (CN) - A woman claims an abusive bill collector told her that her ex-husband would not be allowed to return from military service in Afghanistan unless she caught up on her student...
View ArticleDysentery Outbreak Complaints Mount Up
CHICAGO (CN) - Seventy-four people have filed lawsuits claiming they got Shigella infection, also known as dysentery, from a suburban Subway sandwich outlet.
View ArticleFamily Contests Police Account of Killing
ST. LOUIS (CN) - An undercover police detective continued to pump bullets into a dying man as he lay on the ground, then planted a gun near the body, the late man's family claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleInformation Demanded on Targeted Killing
SAN FRANCISCO (CN)- The U.S. public is entitled to more information about government policy on targeted killing of U.S. citizens, including Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a drone attack in...
View ArticleGuilty Plea forMedical Kickbacks
McALLEN, Texas (CN) - The owner of a health-care resource center pleaded guilty to taking $70,000 in kickbacks for referring clients to health-care providers, federal prosecutors said.
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