Judges Get PrivacyLaw in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CN) - Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a Judicial Privacy Improvement Act, allowing Illinois judges to ask that their personal information be removed from websites and other...
View ArticleSexual Abuse
SALEM, Ore. - Five women inmates say state prison guards sexually abused them, in separate complaints in Marion County Court.
View ArticleJury Instruction in Sex Offender Case Affirmed
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The California Supreme Court has upheld a district jury's conviction of a man accused of the kidnapping, robbery and rape of five women over a three-year period, ruling that a...
View ArticleFederal Snooping
SAN FRANCISCO - The Department of Justice blew off requests for information about "the federal government's use of location tracking technology," some of which are believed to be unconstitutional,...
View ArticleAttorney's Expenses Case Must Go to Arbitration
(CN) - A former Perkins Coie attorney's class action against the firm for unpaid business expenses belongs in arbitration, a federal judge ruled, dismissing the case.
View ArticleRude Cop
MARTINSBURG, W. Va. - A woman claims Berkeley County Sheriff's Officer Perry Shannon Lane showed up uninvited at her home at 5:45 a.m., asked himself in and sexually pawed her, in Federal Court.
View ArticleTulare Joins Multi-City Suit Against Dow, Shell
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The City of Tulare is the latest municipality to join the now 20-plus lawsuits filed against Dow Chemical and Shell Oil Companies, claiming the manufacturers knowingly sold...
View ArticleBoss of the Day
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A worker claims Jose Gonzalez, her boss at Moeller Manufacturing & Supply, capped off a siege of sexual harassment by pulling his pants down and ejaculating in her...
View ArticleDry Cleaners May Have to Pay Cleanup Costs
CHICAGO (CN) - A dry cleaning business may be liable for contaminating a neighboring property with a possible carcinogen for more than a decade, a federal judge ruled.
View ArticleSwap-Clearing Rules Take Effect in 2013
WASHINGTON (CN) - The first clearance requirements for swap transactions under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act may come into effect in late October, with dealers...
View ArticleNon-Compete Clause Case Filed in Wrong Venue
(CN) - A San Mateo man attempting to void a non-compete agreement with a former employer improperly filed a lawsuit in California, where such agreements are disfavored under the law, and must...
View ArticleGroup Wants FEC to Tell It What the Rules Are
DES MOINES, Iowa (CN) - The Hispanic Leadership Fund sued the Federal Election Commission, claiming the FEC's failure to determine after Citizens United whether financial disclosure requirements...
View ArticlePrison Nurses Lose Bidfor Security Clearance
(CN) - A federal judge in Norfolk, Va., rejected a bid by six jailhouse nurses to have their security clearance restored while they continue to press their lawsuit against the sheriff who had them...
View ArticleOldsters Say IRA-Based Ponzi Rolled Them
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The Entrust Group and others targeted elderly people in a multimillion-dollar, IRA-based Ponzi scheme, eight people and two estates say in a federal class action.
View ArticleJury Award Affirmed in Ohio Defamation Case
CINCINNATI (CN) - A federal judge has affirmed a jury's award of $100,000 in damages to a police officer who claimed a Gannett newspaper article defamed him.
View ArticleWood Makers Alarmed About Boat Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - A new Army Corps of Engineers rule banning many types of treated wood from boats and pilings in the wetlands and waters of Oregon and Alaska threatens the treated wood industry,...
View ArticleHomeland Security Can'tEnd Asylum, Court Says
(CN) - The Department of Homeland Security can grant asylum status to an immigrant but cannot take it away, the 9th Circuit ruled Wednesday.
View ArticleClass of Online Vendors Unhappy With eBay
SAN JOSE (CN) - Online vendors complain in a federal class action that eBay takes their stuff offline after someone clicks the "Buy it Now" button, even if they do not actually buy it, and then...
View Article$3.5 Million Settlement in Wine Labor Dispute
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A federal judge granted preliminary approval of a $3.5 million class action settlement between an alcoholic beverage distributor and three former employees who say the company...
View ArticleJudicial Council Mulls Offsetting Court Cuts
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Under strict limits for moving money within the judiciary's budget, California's Judicial Council had little wiggle room to offset the $385 million in new cuts doled out to...
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