NYC Cut Benefits of Cops Called for Duty
MANHATTAN (CN) - New York City underestimated the pensions of police officers who were called into active military service since Sept. 11, 2001, federal prosecutors claim in a class action lawsuit.
View ArticleCourt Reinstates Fraud Claims Against Lockheed
(CN) - The 9th Circuit on Thursday revived a false claims lawsuit accusing Lockheed Martin of fraudulently underbidding a $432.7 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to support space launch...
View ArticleRural Town Accused of Housing Discrimination
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CNS) - The rural town of Winchester "systematically and unlawfully" discriminates against minorities in its Section 8 housing voucher program to keep the town's black population...
View ArticleJudge Won't Stop Wyoming Coal Leases
WASHINGTON (CN) - A federal judge affirmed the Bureau of Land Management's approval of coal mining leases in Campbell and Converse Counties, Wyo., allowing coal companies to mine approximately...
View Article'There's One Born Every Minute ...'
SHERMAN, Texas (CN) - Big Rock Petroleum duped hundreds of people in a $24 million Ponzi scheme based on nonexistent oil and gas wells, 246 plaintiffs claim in Federal Court.
View ArticleNo Relief Available to Expelled Immigrant
CHICAGO (CN) - No relief is available to a Mexican man - a lawful permanent resident for 40 years - who was forcibly removed from the U.S. based on a 30-year-old statutory rape conviction, the 7th...
View ArticleJ. Geils Sues His Former Bandmates
BOSTON (CN) - J. Geils says in court that his former bandmates falsely claim that the J. Geils Band trademark belongs to the band as a whole - not to Geils - and are using it live shows and in the...
View ArticleHarley-Davidson Artist Can Proceed With Suit
MILWAUKEE (CN) - A freelance artist who helped create several Harley-Davidson logos between 1970 and 2000 can continue with his copyright infringement case against the motorcycle giant, a federal...
View ArticleClass of 450,000 Claims Yahoo! Got Hacked
SAN JOSE (CN) - Yahoo!'s lax security gave Eastern European hackers access to 450,000 users' unencrypted accounts, a class action claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleCiti & UBS Must Submitto FINRA Arbitration
(CN) - CitiGroup and UBS failed to persuade a federal judge to block arbitration of a Virginia hospital's claim that the banks propped up the auction rate securities market for years before the...
View ArticleDallas to Judges: You're Too Soft, Costing Us Cash
DALLAS (CN) - In a scathing assessment of the city's municipal court system, Dallas city managers accused municipal judges of being too soft on defendants and making it too easy for defendants to...
View ArticleLaw School Blamed for Fatal Crash
MIAMI (CN) - A law school gave students "unlimited access" to alcohol at its annual "Barrister's Ball," and four people burned to death in a car crash caused by a drunk student driving on the...
View ArticleCourt Dismisses One FCA Claim, Preserves Another
(CN) - Two technology firms that allegedly sold foreign computer parts to the federal government, a violation of the False Claims Act, were dealt very different fates by the D.C. Circuit. One firm...
View ArticleSan Luis Obispo First to Try New Bidding Process for Case Management System
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The superior court in San Luis Obispo has become the first in California to use a new bidding process to find a case management system, now that the development of a statewide...
View ArticleJudge Whittles Claims of Lesbian Officers in D.C.
(CN) - A federal judge limited the scope of damages two female police officers in the District of Columbia can seek over the alleged harassment they endured after revealing their lesbian...
View ArticleArpaio Trial Judge Asks LawyersTo Brief Him on Race & Intent
PHOENIX (CN) - "Do I have to find racial animus?" the federal judge asked attorneys Thursday after testimony concluded in the civil rights class action against Sheriff Joe Arpaio. "If you intend...
View ArticleAnti-Abortion Activists Lose RNC Protest Suit
MANHATTAN (CN) - New York City police had probable cause to arrest two Christian missionaries who refused to budge from the "no-demonstration area" during the 2004 Republican National Convention,...
View ArticleSan Bruno Fire
SAN MATEO - Three insurance companies demand a total of $846,000 from Pacific Gas & Electric Co., for the explosion and fire that leveled homes in San Bruno on Sept. 9, 2010, in separate...
View ArticleSniper Rifle
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Micor Defense sued C2JS Holdings in Federal Court, claiming exclusive right to make and sell a "revolutionary new weapon," a "50-caliber bull pup sniper rifle."
View ArticleCentene
ST. LOUIS - Directors of Centene Corp., a Medicaid services provider, wasted corporate assets and exposed the company to "hundreds of millions of dollars in potential liability for violations of...
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