Chicago Cops
CHICAGO - A motorist claims Chicago cops beat and Tasered him without cause, pulled his pants down and Tasered him in the butt while he was handcuffed on the ground, then stomped in the Taser...
View ArticleMortgage Fraud
MANHATTAN - Three mortgage loan officers pleaded guilty to their roles in a $9 million mortgage fraud conspiracy, federal prosecutors said: Frederick Warren, Dorian Brown, both 38 and from New...
View ArticleGeorgia's 'Stand Your Ground' Law Challenged
ATLANTA (CN) - A Baptist minister sued Gov. Nathan Deal and the Georgia attorney general, challenging the state's "Stand Your Ground Law," which allows people to use deadly force outside their...
View ArticleReport Blasts Infamous UC Pepper-Spraying
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) - A University of California campus officer who pepper-sprayed protesters at close range in November bears primary responsibility for the "unreasonable" use of force, a...
View ArticleNo Extra Severage for Laid-Off Penske Workers
CHICAGO (CN) - Penske workers laid off after the company lost its transportation services contract with the Indianapolis Star newspaper cannot seek more severance pay, the 7th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleLaundering Charge Filed Against Former Governor
ST. LOUIS (CN) - A former Missouri governor and a St. Louis lawyer were indicted on federal charges late Wednesday for allegedly laundering campaign contributions to the Democratic Party.
View ArticleProgrammer Freed Since Software Code Isn't Goods
MANHATTAN (CN) - Federal espionage and stolen property laws cannot touch suspected software-code thieves, the 2nd Circuit said, explaining why it freed a former Goldman Sachs programmer.
View ArticleRowdy Bar Doesn't Have a Case Over Lose License
CHICAGO (CN) - Wisconsin properly revoked the liquor license of a college dive bar, following repeated brawls between patrons and employees, the 7th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleAntitrust Suit Decries a Candy Shop of Horrors
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (CN) - Hershey conspired with the world's largest chocolatiers to fix prices in the United States, Associated Wholesale Grocers claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleEBay Scammers Lose Bid for Sentence Reduction
CHICAGO (CN) - Two Romanian nationals who helped operate a multi-million-dollar fraud using online auction sites will not receive shorter sentences, the 7th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleObama Fumbled Gay Rights, Groups Say
(CN) - The Center for American Progress and other rights groups have condemned President Barack Obama's refusal to sign an executive order barring government contractors from discriminating...
View ArticlePlaintiff Must Add Heft to Muscle Milk Case
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A woman who claims she was duped into believing "Muscle Milk" products were healthy and would help her lose weight must improve her misrepresentation claims in order to...
View ArticleTeller Sues to Protect Rose-Pruning Illusion
LAS VEGAS (CN) - Teller, the silent half of magician duo Penn and Teller, filed a federal complaint against a Dutch entertainer who has allegedly nicked his copyrighted performance piece,...
View ArticleOutdoor Tobacco Ad Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
(CN) - A federal judge ruled that Worcester, Massachusetts' outdoor tobacco ad ban is unconstitutional in that it effectively bars tobacco companies from advertising their products to adults who...
View ArticleGuilty Pleas in $1.4 Million Nordstrom Fraud
(CN) - Two brothers have pleaded guilty to swindling Nordstrom for more than $1.4 million in online cash-back incentives.
View ArticleFirm Sounds Alarm on Patent Office Imposter
SALT LAKE CITY (CN) - A private trademark-monitoring service dupes clients by using a "misleading" name to impersonate a federal agency, a Utah law firm claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleTugboat Owner Snared for $2M Damage Claim
(CN) - A tugboat company must pay the United States $2.5 million for severe damage one of its crews caused to the Navy's degaussing range in Norfolk harbor, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleU.S. Wants Give and Take in Disclosure of BP Oil Flow Data
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - The United States has agreed to release 100 documents pertaining to the Deepwater Horizon explosion because, as BP claimed, "the amount of oil released from the well is a...
View ArticleCourt Quashes Request for BBC footage of PLO
WASHINGTON (CN) - The family of a teacher gunned down by terrorists near Neve Tzuf, Israel, on March 24, 2002, won't be able to compel the BBC to produce unedited footage taken for programs on...
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