Poker Players Tell Full Tilt Execs to Ante Up
LAS VEGAS (CN) - After prosecutors shut down three leading gambling sites in a Ponzi scheme investigation last year, Full Tilt Poker executives denied "hundreds of thousands, if not millions" of...
View ArticleTelecom Subpoenaed Over 'Terroristic' Caller
(CN) - A Long Island college has sued a phone company to identify the person behind seven calls threatening "shootings on campus and imminent violence."
View ArticleLack of Specificity Dooms Class Action Over Fans
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A federal judge dismissed a putative class-action over Lasko-brand box fans accused of starting fires.
View ArticleConvictions Upheld for Protesting Priests, Nun
The 1907 Hague Convention does not override federal laws against trespassing and destroying government property, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday, affirming the convictions of two Catholic priests and...
View ArticleFamily Can Sue for Costco Choking Death
(CN) - The family of a man who died after choking on a free steak sample at a San Francisco Costco can proceed with negligence claims after a federal judge denied the retailer's motion for summary...
View ArticleCourt Holds Sentencing Guidelines Set in Stone
CHICAGO (CN) - A convicted felon found in possession of eight guns must be resentenced because the judge handling the case improperly departed from sentencing guidelines, the 7th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleBronx Cop Loses Round One of Free Speech Battle
MANHATTAN (CN) - The First Amendment does not allow a 14-year veteran police officer to blow the whistle on an alleged quota system in the Bronx, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticlePromoter Faces Pump-and-Dump Chargees
DALLAS (CN) - Federal prosecutors charged a Texas stock promoter Friday with securities fraud involving the Austin-based private jet-booking system operator ConnectAJet.com.
View ArticleApparel Company Sues will.i.am
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A Canadian clothing firm claims will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas reneged on a licensing agreement for a line of branded apparel, costing it more than $2 million.
View ArticleFeds Accuse 10 of $10 Million Conspiracy
SAN DIEGO (CN) - Federal prosecutors unsealed an 18-count indictment accusing 10 people across the country of taking more than $10 million in a mortgage loan conspiracy, money laundering and other...
View ArticleSEC Accuses E-Broker of Naked Short Selling
WASHINGTON (CN) - The SEC accused optionsXpress, an online brokerage, and its four top officials and a customer of abusive naked short selling.
View ArticleLawyer Calls DUI Group a Biased 'Racket'
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The National College for DUI Defense is a "racket" that denies certification to women and minorities, and is and "has always been a white male group of good ol' boys" that "gave...
View ArticleArizona Political Feuds Still Boiling
PHOENIX (CN) - A former attorney for Maricopa County claims in Federal Court that county management violated her constitutional rights by retaliating against her to "reward political friends,"...
View ArticleFired for not Being Mormon, Managers Say
EUGENE, Ore. (CN) - Former members of Bain Capital fired six out of seven managers of a senior housing company because they are not Mormon, the fired managers claim in Federal Court.
View ArticleBorder Patrol Agent Accused of Abuse
SAN DIEGO (CN) - Federal prosecutors accused a 31-year-old Border Patrol agent of deprivation of rights under color of law: kneeing and choking "an unidentified alien."
View ArticleVermonters Fight Mountaintop Wind Farm
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (CN) - Environmentalists sued the U.S. Forest Service to try to stop a wind farm that would put 15 turbines 389 feet tall atop "pristine mountain ridgelines" in the Green Mountain...
View ArticleTribes Sue University for Human Remains
SAN DIEGO (CN) - Twelve Indian tribes, known as the Kumeyaay, sued The University of California in Federal Court, seeking repatriation of 9,000-year-old human remains excavated from the school's...
View ArticleInsurer Brings Bad News to Goodnews
CHICAGO (CN) - An insurer claims in court that after a hailstorm, Goodnews Home Improvement offered free inspections to homeowners, then intentionally damaged homes to mimic hail damage and...
View ArticleSoCal Ponzi Man, 68, Gets Prison
SAN DIEGO (CN) - A man who defrauded investors in a $5.4 million Ponzi scheme was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay back the money, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
View ArticleUncle Sam Disappointed in Ph.D. Economist
MANHATTAN (CN) - A Ph.D. economist put his learning to less than noble uses by defrauding Uncle Sam of $500,000 in income taxes over 22 years, federal prosecutors said.
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