Fish
SAN FRANCISCO - The USA claims conditions at Fujino Enterprises dba Blue Ocean Smokehouse, sellers of fresh and smoked fish, may expose consumers to botulism and listeria poisoning, in Federal Court.
View ArticleMedically Fragile Children Sue Florida
FT. LAUDERDALE (CN) - Florida's boneheaded attempt to save money by sending medically fragile children to nursing homes instead of providing care at their homes will cost the state more money in...
View ArticleEnviros Fight EPA Over Dead Zone in Gulf
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Environmental groups in states from the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico say the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Water Act by...
View ArticleJudges Sue California Over Pensions
SAN DIEGO (CN) - Dozens of judges sued California in Superior Court, demanding unpaid and delinquent retirement benefits.
View ArticleTech Patent
AUSTIN - Andrew Katrinecz and David Byrd claim Motorola Mobility violates their patent for low-power, low-cost illuminated keyboards, in Federal Court.
View ArticleMusic Royalties
MANHATTAN - EMI April Music and others claim in Federal Court that Cash Money Records owes them $491,000 in royalties and interest, under a settlement agreement.
View ArticleNo Coverage for Town That Used Tainted Water
CHICAGO (CN) - An insurance company can use the "pollution exclusion" to disclaim a Chicago suburb that circulated water from a contaminated well, the 7th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleRaped Woman Can Sue Guard Who Withheld Pill
(CN) - A jail guard may be liable for refusing to let an inmate who was raped take emergency contraception because "it was against her religious beliefs," a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleReceiver Dropped Some Claims in Ponzi Case
HOUSTON (CN) - The court-appointed receiver who says a businessman and a talk-radio host defrauded investors of $15 million through a Ponzi scheme cannot pursue "abandoned" claims, a federal judge...
View ArticleNo Royalties in EU for Music to Drill By
(CN) - Europe's high court on Thursday found that hotels owe royalties for providing guests with in-room music and television, but dentists' offices are in the clear.
View ArticlePower Plant Can FightOff Workers' Tribal Case
(CN) - Operators of a Nevada power plant can sue Navajo officials to block a lawsuit in the tribal courts, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday.
View ArticleAndroid Users Want App Store Quality Control
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Google fails to test Android phone programs for its online store, and then will not refund customers who purchase defective apps, a federal class claims.
View ArticleCops' Immunity Defense Is 'Ridiculous,' Judge Says
CLEVELAND (CN) - Police officers must face claims that they beat and arrested a corrections officer who was trying to keep them away from an opening in the fence to a state prison, a federal judge...
View ArticleDeaf Man Can't Sue Over Hands Bound by Police
(CN) - Maryland police officers did not violate a deaf man's rights by handcuffing his hands behind his back while investigating claims of domestic violence, the 4th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleWikileaks Helped Al-Qaida, U.S. Says in Manning Court-Martial
FORT MEADE, Md. (CN) - Military prosecutors plan to argue that Pfc. Bradley Manning aided al-Qaida by allegedly sending 700,000 confidential files to Wikileaks, they revealed early Thursday morning.
View ArticleEPA Wants to Hear of New Uses of 17 Chemicals
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Environmental Protection Agency must be notified whenever any of 17 chemicals will be manufactured, imported or processed in a way other than ways already approved by the EPA.
View ArticleGolf Greens Businessman Gets Two Years
ALBUQUERQUE (CN) - A businessman who sold turf to golf courses was sentenced to 26 months in prison for a $1.3 million bank fraud, federal prosecutors said.
View ArticleTrade Complaint Lodged Against Sony
(CN) - Sony imports more than 40 models of cameras, phones and mobile devices that violate patents on creating, displaying and printing 3D images, the Israeli company HumanEyes Technologies claims...
View ArticleArson Ring Rolled Up, Sent to Prison
DALLAS (CN) - The ringleader of a Dallas group that set fire to their apartments to collect assistance money from the American Red Cross was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison, federal...
View ArticleLawyers Guild Challenges Tampa City Council
TAMPA (CN) - The National Lawyers Guild told the Tampa City Council this week that its proposed ordinance to regulate crowds at the Republican National Convention is unconstitutional.
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