Secret AIG Deal Reports Face Public Scrutiny
WASHINGTON (CN) - The government must release reports on all of American International Group's transactions in the years leading up to its 2004 settlement of securities fraud charges, a federal...
View ArticleNo New Insurance Trial for Brain Injury Care
DETROIT (CN) - Car accident victims with traumatic brain injuries cannot get another trial to seek more money for in-home care from State Farm Auto Insurance, the 6th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleFlood-Stricken Town Has No Case Over Inaction
(CN) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not have to face a lawsuit over chronic flooding that has plagued Saddle Brook, N.J., a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleMGIC Dodges Claims of Misleading Investors
CHICAGO (CN) - Finding no evidence of fraud, the 7th Circuit tossed claims that a mortgage insurance company inflated its share price through false and misleading statements.
View ArticleSmall Church to Pursue Claims of Hostile Mayor
(CN) - A mayor's alleged hostility to tax-exempt churches may have kept a small congregation from renting a space in a suburb outside Chicago, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleOhio Agency Faces Class Over Veterans' Benefits
CINCINNATI (CN) - A federal judge certified a class action that challenges Ohio's practice of considering their Veterans Affairs allowances as nonexempt income.
View ArticleSenate Wants to Know "What Went Wrong" with $500M IT Project
SACRAMENTO (CN) - A California Senate budget sub-committee voted Thursday to require the judiciary to prepare a report outlining "what went wrong" with a court computer system that has cost the...
View ArticleSEC Defines 'Security-Based Swap Dealer'
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted new rules defining terms used in regulation of the over-the-counter swaps market.
View ArticleWoman Blames Jenny Craig for Hospitalization
INDIO, Calif. (CN) - A woman claims in court that she was hospitalized for five days after a Jenny Craig Weight Loss Center fed her a turkey burger with nuts despite her warning that she had...
View ArticleFilmmaker Claims Couple Stole Movie Website
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A web designer hijacked the publicity tools for an upcoming indie film called "From the Rough," the producer claims in Superior Court.
View ArticleHospital Blamed for Pictures of Dead Son
(CN) - A mother says she was confronted with photographs of her dead son taken by his probable murderers because a Massachusetts hospital gave them access to the body.
View ArticleNo Indemnity for Firm Deemed Guilty of Fraud
CHICAGO (CN) - A metal producer cannot claim an $8.5 million fraud settlement from its insurance provider, because such a policy would allow the company to be reimbursed for fraud, the 7th Circuit...
View ArticleStudents Clamor Over Higher One Fees
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Higher One Holdings preys on college students by giving them bank accounts and debit cards for their financial aid money, and then charging "deceptive, undisclosed and...
View Article$6 Million Judgment Upheld in Sex Abuse Case
(CN) - A Kentucky man was properly ordered to pay $6 million in punitive damage for sexually abusing his step-granddaughter.
View ArticleGovernment Worker Claims Rape on the Job
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (CN) - The U.S. government faces federal claims that a manager in the Defense Department harassed and repeatedly raped a contract worker.
View ArticleTexas Family Can Sue City for Son's Death
HOUSTON (CN) - Parents of a 19-year-old shot to death by a Stafford, Texas, police officer during a mental health crisis call can sue the city and its police chief for their failure to train on...
View ArticleTwo Charged in Medicare Kickback Scam
HOUSTON (CN) - Federal prosecutors charged two recruiters Thursday as part of a $45 million Medicare kickback scheme, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
View ArticleMA Prisons Settle Suit Over Care of Mentally Ill
(CN) - A federal judge approved a settlement that prohibits Massachusetts from placing inmates with serious mental illness in segregation, except in certain circumstances, and expands the mental...
View ArticleProsecutors Show Few Cards at Gupta Hearing
MANHATTAN (CN) - The investigation of Goldman Sachs employee could shake up the inside-trading trial of the megabank's former board member Rajat Gupta, lawyers revealed at a pretrial hearing...
View ArticleAir China Wrongful Death Case to Go to Trial
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A Chinese airline has failed it its bid to quash a lawsuit filed by a man who claims his father died after he was deprived of supplemental oxygen on one of the carrier's flights.
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