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AUSTIN - The Commission for Lawyer Discipline wants J. Gaylord Armstrong suspended, claiming he wrote himself checks for $125,500 from the Texas Consumer Finance Association Commission PAC without...
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LOS ANGELES - Single Touch Systems claims Hulu violated its patent on a "system and method for routing media," in Federal Court.
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LOS ANGELES - Uruguayan songwriters Robert Pintos Dos Santos and Claudia Ferme claim Telemundo used two of their tunes on a Spanish-language soap opera without permission, in Federal Court.
View ArticleRed-Light Camera Firm Sues City
GALVESTON, Texas (CN) - A red-light camera operator sued League City, claiming an ordinance the City Council put on the Nov. 6 ballot to ban photographic traffic enforcement systems violates its...
View ArticleNo Class Action Over Sprint Roaming Charges
(CN) - Claims that Sprint Nextel improperly charges bogus roaming fees will head to arbitration, the 11th Circuit ruled, declining to find the class action waiver unconscionable. James...
View ArticleDefense Scam Alleged in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (CN) - Two defense contractors were charged Thursday with conspiring with Navy officials to commit bribery, wire fraud and money laundering, and six felony counts of bribery, the U.S....
View ArticleWeak Medical Testimony Tossed in Nasal Gel Suit
(CN) - A lawyer who claimed nasal gel wiped out his sense of smell cannot use "unreliable" medical testimony in a product-liability lawsuit, a federal judge ruled. Michael Nelson, of...
View ArticleCrime Stoppers Cop Faces Hard Time
DALLAS (CN) - A police officer who headed Dallas Crime Stoppers faces up to 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing $250,000 for bogus tips, prosecutors said. Senior Cpl....
View ArticleLabor Bureau Can Hike Foreign Workers' Wages
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - Wages may increase for unskilled laborers after a federal judge rejected a challenge to a new Labor Department regulation governing foreign work visas. Employers use the...
View ArticleFerrosilicon Industry Will Face RICO Claims
WASHINGTON (CN) - Foreign competitors can press RICO and antitrust claims against the U.S. ferrosilicon industry, accusing it of cornering the U.S. market by falsely accusing foreign companies of...
View ArticleWarren Buffet Wannabe Slammed for Ponzi Scam
DALLAS (CN) - A hedge fund manager who touted himself as the "Chinese Warren Buffett" must disgorge more than $11.7 million in profits from a massive Ponzi scheme, a federal judge ruled. Click...
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Rose Bouboushian is blogging for Courthouse News about her internship with the Fundación Aldeas de Paz (Peace Villages Foundation), a nonprofit grassroots nongovernmental organization. Click the...
View ArticleCourt Worker Fails to Show Judge Misconduct
(CN) - A federal judge will not face "groundless" misconduct claims related to alleged threats he made after firing two court employees, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday. Because the complaint to...
View ArticleClass Claims St. Louis Jailers Have Bad Habit
ST. LOUIS (CN) - A lawyer representing men who were held for months in the city jail in cases of mistaken identity asked to turn the federal cases into a class action against the St. Louis police,...
View ArticlePrison Term for Threats Informed by 'Cable Guy'
CHICAGO (CN) - The 7th Circuit cited the stalker plot of the 1996 film "The Cable Guy" in affirming the two-year sentence for a serviceman who pursued a former client for roughly two decades....
View ArticleSecurity Team of the Year
AUSTIN (CN) - After loitering in a garage for 5 hours in front of 17 security cameras, a man beat a woman with a rock, and when a good Samaritan told a Securitas guard the attacker was still in...
View ArticleAmtrak Has No Claim to Competitor's Millions
(CN) - A company that drew three Amtrak employees away from the national rail operator does not have to turn over $2.2 million in profits, a federal judge ruled. In 2007, Amtrak lost a...
View ArticlePlastic Surgeon Says 'Mob Wife' Defamed Him
BROOKLYN (CN) - A plastic surgeon claims in court that a star of the VH1 TV show "Mob Wives" defamed him by staging a fake incident in a recovery room for cameras taping her recovery from a full...
View ArticleEx-Manager Can Still Go After Kudrow's Earnings
(CN) - A California appeals court revived claims that "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow owes part of her income to a longtime manager she fired in 2007. Click here to read Courthouse News'...
View ArticleCop Brutality Caughton Tape, Family Says
FORT WORTH (CN) - After slamming a girl to the ground from behind, an Arlington police officer pepper sprayed her and then said "almost apologetically" that he had to give her a citation "to...
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