No Relief for Victim of Unusual Loan Fraud
CHICAGO (CN) - An insurer does not have to cover a $400,000 loss suffered by a bank because falsified loan documents upon which the lender relied do not qualify as counterfeit, the 7th Circuit ruled.
View Article'Cruel' Prison Conditions Decried in Arizona
(CN) - Arizona keeps thousands of prisoners in extreme isolation, with no access to fresh air, natural light and regular exercise. Alone, malnourished and often mentally unstable, the inmates sit...
View ArticleInmates Say Long Island Jails Are Intolerable
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (CN) - In Suffolk County jails, raw sewage bubbles up through the drains, vermin roam the cafeterias, black mold coats the shower floors, and the air vents circulate the...
View ArticleBritish Politicians Can't Access Rendition Papers
WASHINGTON (CN) - Members of British Parliament and their American attorney have no claim to documents on the U.S. government's extraordinary rendition program, federal judge ruled.
View ArticleRole-Playing Gamemaker Wins $3.5M in Damages
(CN) - The copyright owner of online role-playing game MapleStory can collect $3.5 million, but not the requested $45 million, from competitors who gave unauthorized access to an illegal version...
View ArticlePilot Defamed as Threat Can Collect $1.4 Million
(CN) - Air Wisconsin owes $1.4 million to a pilot it had arrested with claims that he was a fired employee who may be armed and mentally unstable, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled.
View ArticleNevada Justices Catch Hotel Poisoning Dispute
(CN) - An insurance dispute involving a motel where four guests died of carbon monoxide poisoning will head to the Nevada Supreme Court after the 9th Circuit certified two questions Friday.
View ArticleOracle & Google Debate Interfaces Ahead of Trial
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Facing claims that Google's Android system infringes on Oracle's copyrighted Java interfaces, and with no settlement in sight, the technology giants filed pretrial briefs with...
View ArticleVerizon Must Eliminate High-Cost Service
WASHINGTON (CN) - Verizon Wireless will not receive support from the Federal Communications Commission to provide service to high-cost customers after 2012, the agency announced.
View ArticleToxic Swaps ExemptFrom Securities Act
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has permanently exempted security-based credit default swaps cleared through central counterparties from all requirements of the Securities...
View ArticleInsurer Sues United Football League
MANHATTAN (CN) - Already coping with hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, the United Football League faces a $3 million claim from an insurer for workers' compensation premiums.
View ArticleMortgage Broker Pleads Guilty to Scam
MANHATTAN (CN) - The owner of a Long Island mortgage brokerage, First Class Equities, pleaded guilty Monday to a $66 million mortgage fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said.
View ArticleLaw Firm Claims Bank Cost It $400,000
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) - A Minnesota law firm claims in court that it lost $396,500 from its IOLTA account because Wells Fargo Bank assured it that a $400,000 cashier's check had "cleared," but it was a...
View ArticleKids Say Fresno Cops Tasered & Drowned Dad
FRESNO, Calif. (CN) - Fresno police drowned a man by Tasering and hogtying him, then sticking a garden hose "onto (his) face and mouth" when he pleaded for water, the man's two children claim in...
View ArticleTwitter Says Spammers Cost It Big Bucks
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Twitter claims in court that Tennessee- and Philippines-based companies, including Skootle, chased away its subscribers and saddled it with $700,000 in anti-spamming expenses.
View ArticleArtist Claims Gallery Forged His Signature
HONOLULU (CN) - Russian artist Victor Bregeda claims in Federal Court that two Maui galleries are selling his work with a forged signature stamp, and used his language barrier to manipulate an...
View ArticleParents Say Teacher Was Caught in the Act
OPELIKA, Ala. (CN) - Parents claim in court that their daughter's high school knew its cheerleading coach was having a sexual relationship with their 15-year-old daughter, but refused to act until...
View ArticleFBI Agent Gets Year and a Day in Prison
MANHATTAN (CN) - A former FBI agent was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in prison for making false statements about a confidential source - a woman with whom he had a sexual relationship, the...
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