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Disgraced British property tycoons to sue Icelandic bank
But on Wednesday, the move was dismissed by Justice Michael Burton. The two entrepreneurs were among the bank's biggest borrowers when it collapsed in 2008, leading it to seize assets used to secure the loans. A previous attempt by the brothers to sue
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:20P
Activist Masel files suit over permits for Capitol demonstrations
Madison marijuana activist Ben Masel filed a lawsuit Wednesday calling into question the need for permits to hold demonstrations at the state Capitol. The lawsuit, filed in Dane County Circuit Court, seeks to bar the state Department of Administration
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:20P
SEA BRIGHT ENDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUIT
(Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A year of negotiations between local officials and a restaurant and marina owner, who hit the borough with a lawsuit for not meeting its affordable housing requirements, has resulted in
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:20P
Quicken Loans Wins Overtime Trial
The verdict was returned Thursday in federal court in Detroit. Dan Gilbert, founder of the online mortgage giant, calls it a "complete and total victory." Lawyers for the former employees claimed they were sales people entitled to overtime under
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:20P
Tamil Nadu wants CBI to probe Batcha's death
In a related development, advocate Prashant Bhushan, counsel for the Centre for Public Interest Litigat ion (CPIL), on whose petition the Supreme Court has ordered a court monitored CBI probe into the 2G scam, told a bench comprising Justice GS Singhvi
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:20P
Feds Fault New Orleans Police for Unconstitutional Conduct
AP Staff AP NEW ORLEANS -- The Justice Department has found evidence that New Orleans police officers have often used deadly force without justification, have a pattern of making unconstitutional arrests and have engaged in racial profiling.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:19P
Jonathan Rhys Meyers sued over alleged assault
Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers is facing a lawsuit over allegations he assaulted a female worker at New York's JFK Airport last May. The Tudors actor was banned from flying with United Airlines after allegedly launching a drunken tirade at staff following
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:19P
Fine after sewage poured into homes and gardens
However, due to a legal issue about whether escaped sewage was 'directive waste' or 'controlled waste', the case was referred to the European Court of Justice. 2007, May 10 - The European Court of Justice referred the ruling back to the UK.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:19P
Federal Judge Rules BP Atlantis LawSuit Can Move Forward, Attorneys Announce
A federal judge in Houston has denied a motion by BP to dismiss a whistle-blower lawsuit claiming ongoing safety violations at BP's Atlantis facility in the Gulf of Mexico and asking that it be shut down, according to attorneys in the case.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:18P
Maryland Politicians Begin to Support Legal Blackjack Card Games
Turner believes that Maryland is losing out on a huge untapped source of revenue at a time when the state is close to bankruptcy. “It's a matter of staying competitive with other states around us,” Turner said. Three of the nearby states including
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:18P
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