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Las Vegas Sands attorneys want ban on TVs in courtroom
Attorneys for Las Vegas Sands Corp. don't want any television cameras in the courtroom next week during a hearing on a lawsuit filed against the casino operator by fired Macau executive Steven Jacobs. Jacobs, who was fired for
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:18P
Mel Gibson to plead in battery case
The charge is another blow to Gibson, the star of the Lethal Weapon film series, whose reputation in Hollywood took a major hit after a 2006 arrest for drunken driving. A deputy's report leaked to the celebrity website TMZ revealed the star had used
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:18P
Rajaratnam Exploited a Corrupt Network, US Tells Jury
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Raj Rajaratnam, the co-founder of the Galleon Group LLC hedge fund, used an illegal network of secret sources to earn millions of dollars in illicit profits, a prosecutor told
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:17P
Ken Garten: Supreme Court: Constitution protects even ugly speech
The jury trial resulted in a verdict in the millions of dollars in actual and punitive damages against the nut cases from Westboro, several of whom I'm not overly proud to say are lawyers. The Phelpses appealed that verdict, first to the United States
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:17P
Judge: UI wrongly withholding student names
The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that US District judge Joan Gottschall ruled in the newspaper's lawsuit against the university that the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act does not require that student's names, grade-point averages and
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:17P
Walsh's fight rests on 'innocence' ruling
A west Belfast man fighting for compensation after his conviction for having explosives was overturned must wait until Britain's highest court delivers a verdict on the standard of innocence, judges have said. Christy Walsh's legal challenge against
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:17P
Lawsuit Says Sprint Overcharging For Its 'Premium Data' Service
A class action lawsuit charges that Sprint has wrongly charged millions of customers a $10 per month “Premium Data Add-On” fee, even though the customers contract provides for “unlimited” data transfer at a fixed price. The suit lists 25 separate data
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:16P
Alleged Notreno Gang Members Threaten Legal Action Against Oakland Police
Oakland City Attorney John Russo filed a lawsuit on Oct. 13 seeking an injunction that would bar 40 alleged Norteno members from hanging out with one another, loitering and possessing guns in a 450-square-block area in the largely Hispanic Fruitvale
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:16P
Hairtech Lawsuit Against Paris Hilton Dismissed
Hairtech International, manufacturer and distributor of hair extensions and other hair products, agreed to dismiss their August 2010 lawsuit against Hilton and others. The agreement comes after Hilton filed her own counterclaim for $1.7 million against
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:16P
Earnings roundup: American Eagle's net income rises; Visteon reports net
By AP — American Eagle Outfitters Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter net income rose 47 percent as the company cut costs faster than sales declined, the teen clothing retailer said. Its CEO also announced plans to retire. — Auto parts maker Visteon Corp.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:15P
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