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LOS ANGELES - Directors of Iris International are unjustly enriching themselves by selling the company too cheaply, through an unfair process, to Danaher Corp., for $19.50 a share or $338 million,...
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PITTSBURGH - Uniontown Newspaper Inc. dba The Herald-Standard fired a sales rep after her boss told her, "I didn't agree with your decision to get pregnant at this time," the woman claims in...
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KENT, Wash. - Tukwila police beat and Tasered to death a 25-year-old man, without cause, then told his family they couldn't see him because he was "sleeping," the family claims in King County Court.
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RENO, Nev. - Unwired Planet claims Apple and Google violate 10 patents on detecting, providing locations and managing a wireless network, in separate federal complaints.
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CLEVELAND - Progressive Casualty Insurance underpays body shops for materials and wages to steer policyholders to its own network of shops, some of which are unregistered and operate illegally in...
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MADISON, Wisc. - e-ImageData Corp. claims Konica violates a patent on digital scanning, in Federal Court.
View ArticleDeveloper Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
(CN) - An Iowa real estate developer pleaded guilty to a bank fraud in a loan for a condominium project, federal prosecutors said. Randal L. Walters, 55, of Polk County, Iowa, admitted he...
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AUSTIN - Lockhart Independent School District teacher/coach stalked and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old student, and his superiors ignored reports of his previous improper relationships, the...
View ArticleCFO Admits She Embezzled $390,000
(CN) - The former CFO of an Arkansas development corporation admitted she embezzled more than $390,000 from the program, federal prosecutors said. Debra Shannon, 56, of Pocahontas, Ark.,...
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BILLINGS, Mont. - A Remington Arms Model 700 ADL, 30-06 bolt action rifle with Walker fire-control system fired without a trigger pull, paralyzing a man, he claims in Federal Court.
View ArticlePonzi, Ponzi, Who's Got the Ponzi?
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) - The SEC filed three federal lawsuits accusing two men of long-running Ponzi schemes, and two attorneys of helping one of them do it. Yusaf Jawed ran a 10-year, $37...
View ArticleFCC Suspends Deregulation Rule
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Communications Commission suspended a rule that allows telecommunications companies to request deregulation of special access markets, saying it needs a better method...
View ArticleTeacher Sues District for Assault Leave
(CN) - The Beaumont, Texas school district wrongfully denied a teacher "assault leave" after a student attacked her in her eighth-grade math class, the teacher claims in court. Paula Sprott...
View ArticleIrritated Citizens Derail California Clean Air Plan
WASHINGTON (CN) - In response to a 9th Circuit ruling, the Environmental Protection Agency will withdraw its approval of California's implementation plan to meet an emissions offset requirement...
View ArticleCEO Accused of Telling a Whopper
DALLAS (CN) - A Texas grand jury indicted the chief executive officer of a so-called Amazonian timber firm, accusing him of misleading investors when he sold shares of the company. A Rockwall...
View ArticleLimits Set on Theories of Nuclear Exposure
PITTSBURGH (CN) - More than a hundred people suing nuclear plant operators must limit their claims to exposure to and inhalation of enriched uranium, a federal judge ruled. Nuclear Materials...
View ArticleJudge Scorches St. Louis Police Board
ST. LOUIS (CN) - A federal judge blasted the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, for "a widespread persistent pattern of unconstitutional conduct" by officers, to which the board is...
View ArticleNo Class Status for Black Borrowers Claiming Bias
(CN) - A federal judge decertified a class of black borrowers who claim that Option One Mortgage Corp. charged them higher interest rates than it charged white borrowers. Option One allegedly...
View ArticleMan Claims Dental Clinics Drilled for Money
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (CN) - A man claims in court that he was one of many children who received poor dental care at the 22-state "Small Smiles" chain, which federal and state governments accused of...
View ArticleFeds Must Unveil Chatter on AIDS Funding Pledge
MANHATTAN (CN) - The 2nd Circuit agreed to limit disclosure of federal agency dialogue about plans to condition AIDS funding on a pledge against prostitution. Passed by Congress in 2003, the...
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