Bingo Money Can't Fund Charity Politicking
(CN) - Texas does not squelch free speech by banning charities from spending their bingo proceeds on political advocacy, the 5th Circuit ruled. The Texas Bingo Enabling Act creates an...
View ArticleClass Slams Live Nation as Ticket Monopolist
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Live Nation Entertainment, formerly known as Ticketmaster, abuses its ticket monopoly to gouge music fans for surcharges, a class action claims in Federal Court. "This case...
View ArticleFederal Oil Lease Spoiler Getting Out of Prison
SALT LAKE CITY (CN) - Jailed 18 months for disrupting a federal energy lease auction, eco-activist Tim DeChristopher will serve the rest of his sentence at a Utah halfway house. Herlong...
View ArticleStrippers Win $13 Million Class Settlement
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A federal judge approved a $12.9 million class settlement for exotic dancers who claimed strip clubs denied them benefits by calling them independent contractors. More than...
View ArticleNevada Hepatitis Cases Don't Need CDC Insight
(CN) - Employees for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention need not testify about their investigation of a hepatitis C outbreak in Las Vegas, a federal judge ruled. Patients claim...
View ArticleVoter ID Law Halted in South Carolina, for Now
WASHINGTON (CN) - South Carolina can require voters to show photo identification at the polls, but not this year, a panel of federal judges ruled Wednesday. The three-judge panel in Washington...
View ArticleSony Wants to Pause Bridgestone Campaign
(CN) - Kevin Butler, the fictional PlayStation vice president that the electronics giant uses in commercials, has been moonlighting for Nintendo, Sony claims in Federal Court. Neither Nintendo...
View ArticleJudge Calls $27M a Fair Price for EA Monopoly
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - Electronic Arts can settle antitrust claims by paying $27 million and releasing exclusivity rights to league-branded football video games, a federal judge ruled. After...
View ArticleFalsely Named as Villanova Killer, Man Says
(CN) - A man says in federal court that police falsely charged him with killing a Villanova student in a fatal hit-and-run, leading the media to brand him as the Nova Killer. In 2010, a man...
View ArticleEarly Voting Law Must Help More Than Military
(CN) - The Supreme Court may be the next step for Ohio after the 6th Circuit affirmed an injunction that gives civilians the same extended voting privileges enjoyed by members of the military....
View ArticleJudges Doubt Need for Secrecy in Bradley Manning Court-Martial
WASHINGTON (CN) - A military appeals court blasted the government Wednesday for guarding records on the court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning more closely than it guards terror cases....
View ArticleMontana Campaign Donation Limits Restored
(CN) - The 9th Circuit has reinstated Montana's campaign contribution limits just weeks before the general election. Conservative Republican groups first challenged the state's campaign...
View ArticleLiability
CASPER, Wyo. - A trucker's widow claims her husband burned to death because Freightliner and Daimler Truck cabs are poorly designed, in Federal Court.
View ArticleCalifornia Air
INDEPENDENCE, Calif. - Los Angeles and its Water and Power Board are blowing off a court order to pay the Great Basin air pollution control district to mitigate pollution caused by LA's diversion...
View ArticlePhoto Copyright
CHICAGO (CN) - Brandon Wade Licensing claims Steed Media Group published its copyrighted photo of Cowboys wide receiver (nonparty) Dez Bryant without permission, in Federal Court.
View ArticleCity of Oakland Fights FederalClampdown on Medical Marijuana
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Federal officials reneged on promises to let the states regulate medical marijuana shops without interference, Oakland claims in federal court. The complaint asks to block...
View ArticleFinancial Stress Test Rules Issued for National Banks
WASHINGTON (CN) - National banks and federal savings associations with assets over $10 billion must conduct an annual financial stress test, according to a new Office of the Comptroller of the...
View ArticleHomebuilder Takes on Three Insurers
DALLAS (CN) - Modular homebuilder Palm Harbor Homes sued three insurers for refusing to defend or indemnify it in lawsuits from 15 unhappy homeowners in Nevada. The Dallas-based company sued...
View ArticleShareholder Derivative
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Directors of Questcor Pharmaceuticals sold $107 million of their own stock at inflated prices before the stock price crashed by 66 percent, a shareholder claims in a federal...
View ArticleLawyer Claims Oil Service Firm Did Him Wrong
DALLAS (CN) - A Dallas attorney claims in court that Norway-based Petroleum Geo-Services fired him for being too old and for refusing to perform an illegal act. F.W. Burnett Jr., 69, sued the...
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