Biotech Stock Scammers Owe Victim $1.2 Million
SAN ANTONIO (CN) - A woman who claims she invested in a biotech-stock scam can recoup nearly $1.2 million in lost profits, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleMicrosoft Ordered to Pull Xbox 360 From Germany
(CN) - A German judge ordered Microsoft to remove the Xbox 360 and Windows 7 from the German market as a patent battle between the software giant and Motorola Mobility rages on.
View ArticleTerror Plotter Jose Padilla Can't PressBush Lawyer on Alleged Torture
(CN) - A former Bush administration attorney is not liable for the alleged harsh treatment of convicted terrorist supporter Jose Padilla, the 9th Circuit ruled Wednesday, saying the borders of...
View ArticleProgrammers Can't Copyright Code, EU Says
(CN) - In an interesting parallel to the Oracle-Google copyright trial going on in the U.S., the European high court ruled Wednesday that copyright does not protect the functionality and...
View ArticleNBC to Keep Golden Globes Over Press Protest
(CN) - The Golden Globe Awards can air on NBC, even without the approval of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleFacebook 'Likes' Aren't a Form of Protected Speech
(CN) - "Liking" a Facebook page does not qualify for First Amendment protection, a federal judge ruled, dismissing claims that a Virginia sheriff improperly monitored the virtual support of six...
View ArticleBYU Researcher May Get $450M for Celebrex Case
(CN) - With a trial date fast approaching, financial statements indicate that Pfizer may have paid $450 million to settle a long-running dispute over the enzyme discovery that led to the...
View ArticleCollege Can Sue Ex-Dean for HIV Discrimination
WASHINGTON (CN) - A former Howard University dean cannot dismiss claims that her discrimination against a HIV-positive colleague cost the university a $253,000 settlement, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleEnviros Want Probe of Shell's Drilling Claims
(CN) - Royal Dutch Shell may be misleading investors with "inflated claims regarding its technology and readiness to drill in Alaska's Arctic," the Center for Biological Diversity told the...
View ArticleCritical Habitat Plot Points No Longer in Regs
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service will only publish maps and brief descriptions of critical habitat designations, instead of plot...
View ArticleStolen Pissarro Turns Up WithWalrus Tusks, Polar Bear Pelts
ANCHORAGE (CN) - An undercover wildlife agent investigating a man for selling walrus tusks stumbled upon polar bear hides, stolen art by Lucien Pissarro and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and felons with...
View ArticleScorching Complaint Against Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif. (CN) - A whistleblower claims in Federal Court that Long Beach city officials covered up an understaffed and mismanaged 911 communications center, whose delays in answering...
View ArticleBasketball Coach Sues U-Georgia System
MARIETTA, Ga. - A former assistant basketball coach for Georgia Tech claims the president of Kennesaw State University offered him the head coaching position there, then reneged on the offer after...
View ArticleGirl Claims Cyberbullies Defamed Her
MARIETTA, Ga. (CN) - A middle school student claims in court that two classmates defamed and humiliated her by creating a fake Facebook page in her name and posting false comments that was a...
View ArticleParents & Kids Sue Texas for Health Cuts
AUSTIN (CN) - Texas illegally cut off funding for thousands of children who take Medicaid-paid transportation to their medical appointments, parents and children claim in Travis County Court.
View ArticleA Tangled Tale of Two Judges
DETROIT (CN) - A court administrator claims in court that a city judge fired her for testifying to the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission about another judge, who was found guilty last week of...
View ArticleGreens Challenge California Freeway Project
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The state and federal governments violated environmental laws by failing to prepare an environmental impact statement for the Willits bypass, a proposed four-lane freeway in...
View ArticleFishermen Fire Shot in California Water Wars
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - California fishermen and crabbers call the federal decision to divert water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta "a charade devoid of any effective environmental...
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