More Google Execs Play Possum in Java Trial
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Plausible deniability took center stage Tuesday in the much scrutinized copyright case over the Android smartphone, as two Google executives divulged little on the stand.
View ArticleAudit Finds $64M Holein Paid Oil Spill Claims
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - An independent audit found that the Gulf Coast Claims Facility could have made $64 million more in payments to 7,300 more individuals and businesses hurt by the BP oil spill.
View ArticleIRS Must Not Stall Action on Misreported Income
(CN) - The government cannot get extra time to go after taxpayers who have understated their profits from a property sale by exaggerating how much they paid in the first place, the Supreme Court...
View ArticleKaiser Faces Claim of Different Diabetic Shock
(CN) - A San Diego man says in court that he was shocked a blood-sugar kit he used on a "whim" gauged his glucose at more than 10 times the healthy level, since his doctors at Kaiser never said it...
View ArticleCA Court Council Reconsiders Construction
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - California's governing council for the courts voted unanimously Monday to "reassess" the cost of building 13 new courthouses, a move intended to save the cash-strapped...
View ArticlePolish Company Blocked From Diluting Shares
(CN) - A Polish real estate company accused of massive fraud cannot dilute shareholders' ownership of the company by issuing more shares, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleNationwide Class Can Sue Over Hollister Entrances
(CN) - A federal judge certified a nationwide class that claims Hollister, the Abercrombie & Fitch subsidiary, is not accessible to shoppers in wheelchairs.
View ArticleClaims Against Sovereign Stock Options Truncated
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - Sovereign Bancorp employees must scale back claims over company stock options given as a retirement investment, despite Sovereign's serious financial woes, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticlePearson Must Face Down Copyright Abuse Claim
CHICAGO (CN) - A federal judge refused to dismiss claims that the textbook-publishing giant Pearson Education infringed on 4,000 copyrighted photographs.
View ArticleUncle Sam Owes Less for Bad Grazing Decisions
(CN) - The 9th Circuit on Wednesday reduced the amount of attorneys' fees that the U.S. government owes conservationists who have spent the last 15 years fighting Idaho grazing allotments.
View ArticleTexas Men Admit Guilt in Medicare Kickback Plot
McALLEN, Texas (CN) - Two medical equipment suppliers pleaded guilty to paying a health care marketer illegal kickbacks for patient referrals.
View ArticleJustices Consider Arizona Immigration Law
WASHINGTON (CN) - Racial profiling was the elephant in the room Wednesday as a shorthanded U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments to strike down Arizona's controversial immigration law.
View ArticleAfter Arguments, Trial Judge Rules for Legislature in Power Struggle
SACRAMENTO (CN) - After colorful oral arguments Wednesday afternoon, Judge David Brown affirmed his tentative ruling that State Controller John Chiang does not have the authority to block...
View ArticleCustoms Gets Help Verifying Counterfeits
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Customs and Border Protection may show examples of suspected counterfeit goods to intellectual property rights holders to determine if the goods are indeed counterfeit,...
View ArticleJudge 'Leaning Favorably' Toward Approving BP Oil Spill Settlement
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - A federal judge said Wednesday that he's "leaning favorably" toward preliminarily approving BP's proposed $7.8 billion settlement with Gulf Coast residents and businesses hurt...
View ArticleBank Demands $42 Million from Adviser
CHICAGO (CN) - Watertown Savings Bank claims in court that it lost $42 million because Chicago investment adviser Shay Assets Management recommended mortgage-backed securities as "conservative"...
View ArticleInjured Family Claims Ford Lied at Trial
CLAYTON, Mo. (CN) - Claiming that Ford Motors "misled and concealed information from the government" about an injury crash, a family asked a St. Louis County judge to vacate a 2004 judgment in...
View ArticleParaplegic Says Chicago Cops Beat Him
CHICAGO (CN) - Two more citizens claim in court that Chicago police abused them: a paraplegic man claims two cops beat him up, and another man claims other officers shot at him without...
View ArticleThey Serve, Protect and Steal, Man Says
BALTIMORE (CN) - A man claims in court that a Baltimore police officer stole $770 in cash from him after falsely arresting him, and that after spending the night in jail, police gave him back only...
View ArticleTeacher of the Year - Not
WACO, Texas (CN) - A middle school gym teacher punished a seventh-grade girl who didn't want to try out for track by making her carry a 280-lb. classmate on her back across a football field,...
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