Expelled for Facebook Chats Sent From Home
HAMMOND, Ind. (CN) - In a federal complaint that is becoming increasingly common, three eighth-graders claim their school unfairly suspended and expelled them for online conversations they had...
View ArticlePromoter Claims Snoop Dogg'sAntics in the Mideast Hurt Him
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A Lebanese businessman sued Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus), claiming the hip-hop star owes him money for a Middle East tour, and damaged his reputation by publishing a video...
View ArticleDisabilities
NEW ORLEANS - Service Temps dba Smith Personnel Solutions owes $103,200 to a deaf woman it refused to hire for a warehouse job, the 5th Circuit ruled Thursday.
View ArticleU.S. Player Sues Spanish Hoops League
DENVER (CN) - Former University of Memphis basketball start Roburt Sallie claims in court that the Spanish Basketball Federation and the Spanish team he played for last year defamed him by...
View ArticleTwo Patent Claims Filed Against Apple
DENVER - Two smaller rivals this week accused Apple of patent violations: one claiming Apple's Siri iPhone featured violated its voice recognition patent, and the second one challenging Apple's...
View ArticleMortgages
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A federal judge certified a class that claims First American eAppraiseIT inflated property appraisals to benefit mortgage lenders.
View ArticlePrice-Fixing
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge refused to dismiss consolidated complaints alleging a price-fixing conspiracy among the manufacturers of optical disc drives.
View ArticleMemory Monopoly
OAKLAND, Calif. - PNY Technologies has about two weeks to amend dismissed antitrust claims regarding SanDisk's extensive patent portfolio in the flash memory technology upstream market.
View ArticleDirty Trick
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - The chairwoman of the Kootenai County Republican Party Central Committee claims a John or Jane Doe defamed her on a (nonparty) Spokesman-Review's blog by claiming $10,000 in...
View ArticleInnova Hospital San Antonio v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas; Health Care...
Two Texas hospitals say they incurred $55 million in damages because 41 subsidiaries of Blue Cross and Blue Shield across the country improperly paid on 842 claims.Dallas County District Court
View ArticleInmate Can't Sue Officer Over Removed Tampon
(CN) - Chicago police had the right to ask a menstruating woman to remove her tampon during a strip search, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleEBay Sellers Lose Some Bite to Fraud Allegations
SAN JOSE (CN) - A federal judge dismissed most of a class action alleging that eBay should not have applied a new charge every month that it renewed listings for products posted by sellers.
View ArticleEU Suspects Now to Read Their Rights, Literally
(CN) - Noting that just one-third of EU member states apprise new arrestees of their rights with a written letter, the confederation adopted a law Friday to change that.
View ArticleAgents for Julio Iglesias Lose 'Political Manifesto'
WASHINGTON (CN) - A federal judge dismissed claims that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus duped singer Julio Iglesias into agreeing to perform an illegal concert on the island of Cyprus.
View ArticleCops Snuff Claims Over Parents' Hash Pipes
(CN) - Police officers had the right to question a 7-year-old who brought a marijuana pipe to school, telling teachers the bowl belonged to his parents, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleIn-Laws Can't Annul Deathbed Wedding
(CN) - Two Michigan women cannot annul the marriage of their late sister, who tied the knot in a secret ceremony on her deathbed, the state appeals court ruled.
View ArticleTexas Cop Killer May Dodge Death Penalty
HOUSTON (CN) - A man on death row for killing a vice officer during the attempted robbery of an adult bookstore should be resentenced, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleTexas Still Defunding Planned Parenthoods
AUSTIN (CN) - A 5th Circuit judge blocked a ruling that would have let Planned Parenthoods continue participating in a Texas health care program for low-income women.
View ArticleMortgage Fraud Family Headed to Federal Prison
HOUSTON (CN) - A federal judge ordered prison sentences against a family of mortgage fraudsters who used "straw borrowers" to steal millions from lenders.
View ArticleJudge Shines Light on Central Park Jogger Case
MANHATTAN (CN) - Five men who were convicted then exonerated of the infamous rape of a Central Park jogger in 1989 can access drafts of a report that may show police pressured them into making...
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