Port Authority Can't Pass the Buck in Bias Suit
MANHATTAN (CN) - The Port Authority cannot share liability with security companies at a Ground Zero construction site, where a supervisor allegedly shared Klan literature with a black,...
View ArticleSauerkraut Workers Protest Their Canning
GREEN BAY, Wisc. (CN) - In a federal class action, 66 Mexican citizens with visas to work in the United States claim the world's largest sauerkraut factory fired them when faced with the prospect...
View ArticlePoliticos Seek Redress From California Bank
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Four California lawmakers claim in Superior Court that First California Bank helped campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee siphon more than $1 million from their accounts.
View ArticleFight Over Gil Scott-Heron's Estate
MANHATTAN (CN) - Gil Scott-Heron's son claims the late musician's ex-wife and her daughter and mother stole $250,000 from the estate, in a complaint in New York County Court.
View ArticleHits Against BP Just Keep on Coming
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Nineteen more boat owners have joined the thousands of Gulf Coast residents who've sued BP, claiming it owes them money for chartering their boats in its Vessels of Opportunity...
View ArticleTop New Restaurant Blamed for Fatal Crash
CHARLESTON, S.C. (CN) - The Charleston restaurant that Bon Appetit magazine called the "Best New Restaurant in America" in 2011 faces a wrongful-death claim from an alcohol-related fatal accident...
View ArticleSchool May Be Liable for Counselor's Hanky Panky
(CN) - A high school guidance counselor who allegedly collected students' belts as proof of his sexual conquests may have violated the rights of a student even if she was over the age of consent...
View ArticleCompeting Stone Sellers Face Jury on Defamation
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A jury should decide whether a marble company defamed a competitor with an anonymous smear campaign, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleNavajo Blow the Whistle on Urban Outfitters
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CN) - The Navajo Nation claims Urban Outfitters violates its trademarks by selling "Navajo" and "Navaho" clothing and accessories, including a "derogatory and scandalous" flask.
View ArticleNo Warrant Needed for Cops to Get Your Number
CHICAGO (CN) - Police officers may conduct a warrantless search of a cellphone to determine its phone number when arresting a criminal suspect, the 7th Circuit ruled.
View Article$13 Million Settlementfor Overbilling Medicare
MANHATTAN (CN) - Beth Israel Medical Center will pay $13 million to settle a False Claims Act complaint of overbilling the United States for Medicare "outlier payments," the U.S. Attorney's Office...
View ArticleCollector Wins Rights to Lipchitz 'Cry' Sculpture
(CN) - A half-ton sculpture by the late cubist Jacques Lipchitz does not belong to the estate of Lipchitz's widow because she gave it to a boyfriend, the New York Court of Appeals ruled.
View ArticleManufacturer Still Faces Claims of Tainted Water
(CN) - The water-strapped town of New Windsor, N.Y., can move ahead with $30 million claims against a manufacturing plant that closed shop in 1994, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleArpaio Says He Has the Goods on Obama
PHOENIX (CN) - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced at a press conference Thursday that his "cold case posse" found President Barack Obama's birth certificate is a computer-generated forgery.
View ArticleOracle and Google Prepare to Spar Over Alleged Infringement Costs
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A federal judge set a hearing for next week on whether to toss parts of a renewed damages report in litigation over the alleged use of Oracle's patented Java technology in the...
View ArticlePfizer May Be Liable for Firing Whistle-Blower
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) - A former Pfizer executive can pursue claims that the pharmaceutical giant fired her for blowing the whistle on "dirty" data, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
View ArticleMemoirist Dodges Suit After Odd Obama Claims
WASHINGTON (CN) - A man whose memoir leveled accusations of gay sex, drug use and murder at President Barack Obama does not have to face defamation claims from a political blogger he accused of...
View ArticleDrug Sentencing Case to Go Before Full 9th Circuit
(CN) - The 9th Circuit will convene a full, 11-judge panel to reconsider a ruling requiring federal judges to defer to state-level probation orders when determining whether a criminal is eligible...
View ArticleNo Free-Speech Barrier in Abortion Clinic Shield
(CN) - Anti-abortion protesters lost a constitutional challenge to a Massachusetts law that created a 35-foot buffer zone around clinic entrances.
View ArticleKraft Settles Claims of 401(K) Mismanagement
(CN) - Kraft will pay $9.5 million to settle claims that it mismanaged employees' retirement plans, causing accounts to plummet by more than $80 million in seven years.
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