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MU professor claims hearing loss in Pennsylvania lawsuit
BY AP COLUMBIA — An MU professor claimed in a lawsuit that she suffered permanent nerve damage when Pittsburgh police used a device that emits pain-inducing sounds to break up a protest at a G-20 Summit meeting. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported
Updated: 10/10/2011 09:05A
Miss. plant targeted in civil rights lawsuit filed by non-immigrants who
A Mississippi company that pleaded guilty to conspiracy related to the nation's largest workplace raid on illegal immigrants is now facing a second lawsuit accusing it of discriminating against non-immigrants who applied for jobs.
Updated: 10/10/2011 09:02A
Medical Marijuana, Sabre, Insider Trading in Court News
Whirlpool Corp., the world's largest appliance maker, said it won a six-month stay of litigation in a refrigerator- technology patent infringement lawsuit brought in Trenton, New Jersey by Korean rival LG Electronics Inc. The postponement was related
Updated: 10/10/2011 08:57A
Beacon NewsFlashes – October 10, 2011
Gilead Sciences Signs Agreement To Develop New Type Of Antiretroviral Drugs – Gilead Sciences has signed a licensing agreement with pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim to develop and market a new type of antiretroviral drug, initially pioneered
Updated: 10/10/2011 08:54A
Netflix kills plan to split off DVD rentals
AP NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix is abandoning its widely panned decision to separate its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services. CEO Reed Hastings says in a Monday blog post that subscribers will be able to use both services under one account and one
Updated: 10/10/2011 08:51A
SPCA chapter files suit against county sheriff
The Schenectady County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed a lawsuit Friday against Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino for his alleged refusal to take custody of animals seized from a home in Rotterdam last week.
Updated: 10/10/2011 08:47A
CCA-run Prison Remains Idaho's Most Violent Lockup [video]
That case was eventually split into two: One lawsuit from inmate Marlin Riggs, who was asking for $55 million in damages after he was severely beaten in what he said was a preventable attack, and the other from inmates who were asking only for changes
Updated: 10/10/2011 08:46A
Lawsuit: Civil rights talk prompts Girl Scout ouster
ATLANTA — An Atlanta-area mother has filed a lawsuit against a Girl Scouts organization alleging that her twin daughters were expelled from their troop after they gave a presentation on their family's involvement in the civil rights
Updated: 10/10/2011 08:45A
Former OU hoops star says he's got no money to settle assault case
An attorney for a former Ohio University basketball star, who once had NBA prospects but is now facing a lawsuit for allegedly punching a doorman at a North Court Street bar, has told a judge that his client "has no funds with which to
Updated: 10/10/2011 08:44A
Patent Violation Lawsuit Against BitTorrent / uTorrent Dropped
The patent lawsuit against BitTorrent Inc., the makers of uTorrent and the BitTorrent Mainline client, has been dropped. Tranz-Send Broadcasting Network voluntarily dismissed the case against BitTorrent Inc., which it orginally accused of violating a
Updated: 10/10/2011 08:40A