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Environmentalists Sue Over EPA's Retreat on Ozone Rules
Frustrated by the Obama administration's retreat on rules to crack down on smog-causing ozone pollution, five environmental and health groups have filed a lawsuit seeking tougher standards. The Environmental Protection Agency's chief, Lisa Jackson,
Updated: 10/12/2011 02:02P
Suit claims VA in Tennessee negligent in suicide
(AP) — The widow of an Iraq war veteran from Tennessee claims in a lawsuit that the Veterans Affairs was negligent in failing to diagnose and treat his post-traumatic stress disorder before he committed suicide in 2008. The suit filed Tuesday in
Updated: 10/12/2011 02:00P
Scottsdale woman sues Facebook over browsing
"Facebook has had a practice whereby they basically follow you all over the Internet, even when you're not on Facebook," Woods said. Woods said Facebook is violating the wire tap act by using "cookies" to track browsing habits.
Updated: 10/12/2011 01:58P
Ernst & Young Faces Suit Anew
New Jersey's investment division subsequently shelled out $385 million to Lehman Brothers before it plummeted in 2008, thereby losing more than $192 million. the state lawsuit claimed, among others, that Ernst & Young, Lehman's former independent
Updated: 10/12/2011 01:45P
Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Frontier Communications of Charging Millions in
On October 11, 2011, Plaintiffs Clint Rasschaert, Ed Risch, Pam Schiller and Verna Schuna filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the District of Minnesota, alleging that Frontier Communications of America, Inc. (“Frontier”) imposed illegal
Updated: 10/12/2011 01:45P
Judge tosses man's lawsuit over jail suicide bid | The Republic
AP EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a man who blames jail administrators in southwestern Illinois for not stopping him from trying to hang himself behind bars. US District Judge David Herndon dismissed Reginald Pittman's
Updated: 10/12/2011 01:43P
SEC Inspector General reportedly backing whistleblower lawsuit alleging agency
*CORRECTION: A post on this blog originally, but erroneously, indicated that David Kotz, the inspector general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), announced that the agency's internal affairs department “joined” a whistle blower lawsuit.
Updated: 10/12/2011 01:40P
ATM Operators File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa and MasterCard
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa and MasterCard are the targets of a proposed national class action lawsuit filed today claiming that the card issuers' rules fix the price of ATM access fees, a restraint of trade the suit claims violates
Updated: 10/12/2011 01:37P
Kik Returns To BlackBerry Via New Based Java App.
Their removal, ban, and subsequent lawsuit against the popular cross-platform chatting app made that readily apparent. Thankfully, however, RIM's platform works on two levels: the BlackBerry OS level and a Java ME level. Kik's original exodus was based
Updated: 10/12/2011 01:35P
Lawsuit filed to get more wilderness designated for Big Cypress National Park
A conservation group filed a lawsuit in federal court in Fort Myers today seeking to get more of the Big Cypress National Preserve designated as wilderness. The lawsuit by the National Parks Conservation Association alleges that the Obama
Updated: 10/12/2011 01:34P