No Deportation of Immigrants Brought by Parents to U.S. as Kids
WASHINGTON (CN) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will temporarily defer deportation of young undocumented immigrants whom President Barack Obama called "Americans in every single way but...
View ArticleEU High Court Parses Laws for Immigrants
(CN) - On the same day Europe's highest court upheld a France law that denies re-entry to people who have EU temporary residence permits but not visas, it told the Netherlands to stop setting...
View ArticleCalifornia Must Let Feds Keep San Diego Property
(CN) - The federal government can seize a small patch of prime waterfront land in San Diego that has been used by the Navy for more than 60 years, the 9th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleSears Deal Merely Lines Firm Pockets, Court Says
CHICAGO (CN) - A derivative lawsuit against the board of Sears Holdings "serves no goal other than to move money from the corporate treasury to the attorneys' coffers," the 7th Circuit ruled in a...
View ArticleLiability Could Follow Ties to Dangerous DMAA
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The maker of diet supplements must face class-action claims that its product contains a powerful stimulant banned in professional sports, a federal magistrate ruled.
View ArticleCopyright Holders May Audit Royalty Numbers
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress plans to allow copyright holders of programs rebroadcast on cable systems to view account statements filed by the cable providers.
View ArticleMedia Rights Took a Hit in French Leak Probe
(CN) - France must pay five journalists roughly $55,000 for improper searches and seizures during an investigation into cycle-racing doping, the European Court of Human Rights ruled.
View ArticleUnfair Testimony Dooms Verdict for Grieving Dad
(CN) - A California appeals court overturned the million-dollar award to a man whose son was shot and killed by his girlfriend's ex-husband during a late-night, alcohol-fueled clash.
View ArticleNo Supreme Court Stayof Controversial Rulings
(CN) - The Supreme Court refused calls to grant stays demanded by Arizona, as it tries to preserve an unconstitutional voter law, and Michigan, which had hoped to keep a convicted murder behind bars.
View ArticleJune Precedent Upends 53 Cases Seeking Review
(CN) - The Supreme Court vacated 53 decisions in summary decisions Friday, citing recent precedent, but it did not take up any new cases in the raft of orders.
View ArticleNurse Says Kaiser Work Left Her With Claw
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A Southern California nurse says in a state court lawsuit that doctors at a Kaiser hospital botched the repair of her broken wrist so badly that it left her arm useless and her...
View ArticleSports Reporter Has Case Over Opponent's Suit
SCRANTON, Pa. (CN) - The former athletic director of a Pennsylvania state school has immunity from claims that her lawsuit defamed an ESPN lead investigate sports reporter, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleCourt Reduces Fines Tied to EU Energy Monopoly
(CN) - The EU General Court shaved $291 million off each fine levied against two energy companies for anticompetitive agreements, finding that the fines relied on a miscalculated duration of...
View ArticleFull Circuit Revives Potash Price-Fixing Suit
CHICAGO (CN) - International producers of potash, a common agricultural fertilizer, must face claims that they are involved in a monopoly, the full 7th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleSuspension for Holding Pot Isn't a Federal Matter
CHICAGO (CN) - Indiana University can suspend a student for one year after school officials found marijuana in his dorm room, the 7th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleFewer Owners Behind on Mortgages, Agency Says
WASHINGTON (CN) - Fewer homeowners fell behind on their mortgages in the first quarter of 2012 than at any time in the last three years, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has reported.
View ArticleSwiss Account Holders Lose Bid to Sue UBS
CHICAGO (CN) - A federal judge found it "inconceivable" that three holders of Swiss bank accounts unwittingly failed to pay U.S. taxes on their accounts because UBS schemed to avoid the IRS's...
View ArticleOnline Ad Service Challenges Child Sex Law
NASHVILLE (CN) - An online classified ad service claims in court that a new Tennessee law meant to prevent sex trafficking of children is unconstitutional.
View ArticleJudge Clears Anti-Abortion Videos as Parodies
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A federal judge ruled that anti-abortion videos featuring parts of a family planning clinic's educational video are parodies under the fair use doctrine of copyright law.
View ArticleChina, ConocoPhillips Won't Come Clean on Giant Spill, Fishermen Say
HOUSTON (CN)- ConocoPhillips oil platforms leaked 50,000 tons of oil into China's Bohai Sea, creating a slick that covers 6,200 square kilometers, "an area six times the size of Singapore,"...
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