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Texas Counties Seek Millions From Mortgage Company
Today Harris County, which includes Houston, may decide to file a similar lawsuit. “I mean, it's huge,” John Odam, assistant county attorney in Harris County Texas, says of the revenue that MERS cost his county. “Our rough estimate of $10 million in
Updated: 10/11/2011 09:42A
Bladder-Cancer Lawsuits against Actos Growing
Actos, a drug prescribed as the preferred medication for treating type-2 diabetes, is sparking an increasing number of lawsuits by patients who blame the drug for causing an onset of Actos bladder cancer. However, the even bigger news is that the
Updated: 10/11/2011 09:42A
Eurasia-Tower builder files for bankruptcy
A commercial court registered on Tuesday a developer's petition for own bankruptcy, the court told the Russian Legal Information agency (RAPSI). The date for considering the petition in terms of its validity has yet to be scheduled.
Updated: 10/11/2011 09:38A
Lanny Davis fires back at 3M with anti-SLAPP motion
Davis filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit 3M filed in the DC federal court against Davis under DC's anti-"SLAPP" statute. Blank Rome, Davis's attorneys, filed the motion Oct. 6 to seek a ruling that 3M had attempted to thwart his right to speak on an
Updated: 10/11/2011 09:38A
Paxil Nightmare -- Birth-Defect Lawsuits Mounting
Since the once-touted antidepressant Paxil was first prescribed to a patient in 1992, the number of Paxil birth-defect lawsuits filed against its maker GlaxoSmithKline has skyrocketed. Paxil has been shown to cause heart abnormalities known as atrial
Updated: 10/11/2011 09:37A
Fed Judge Says Govt. Doesn't Have to Pay for FBI Agent Smashing Up $750000 Ferrari
US District Judge Avern Cohn of Detroit has dismissed a lawsuit by a suburban Detroit insurance company that was trying to get the government to pay up after an FBI agent smashed up a stolen $750000, 1995 F50 Ferrari
Updated: 10/11/2011 09:36A
Cherry's remarks could launch lawsuit
Accusing hockey's best-known commentator of “a complete lack of decency,” three former NHL enforcers have raised the spectre of legal action against Don Cherry for controversial comments he made last week. On Tuesday morning, Nashville-based law firm
Updated: 10/11/2011 09:36A
Nashville residents file suite over raid
NASHVILLE (AP) — Four Nashville residents have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over a raid carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were looking for a fugitive. Nashville attorney Elliott Ozment filed the lawsuit on behalf of
Updated: 10/11/2011 09:31A
Rist suit moves forward to trial
14 trial date. On Oct. 4, US District Judge Michael R. Barrett denied the city's claim that there is not enough evidence for the case to go to trial. Rist, an officer with the IPD for more than 12 years, filed the lawsuit in US District Court on June
Updated: 10/11/2011 09:26A
Howard Industries Faces Second Immigration Lawsuit
(AP) -- 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: 10/11/2011 09:24A