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Corn industry: 'Corn sugar' suit by sugar makers stifles free speech
A federal judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit can go forward as the sugar industry seeks to stop the use of the term “corn sugar” for high-fructose corn syrup. Audrae Erickson, president of the Corn Refiners Association, said Sunday that sugar makers are
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:10A
Fleischmann campaign funds pay Saltsman's legal expenses
He is accused in a lawsuit of defaming and slandering an aide to Robin Smith, Fleischmann's chief 3rd District GOP primary opponent last year. Neither Fleischmann nor the congressman's principal campaign committee is named as a defendant in the
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:08A
Pittsylvania County board seeks prayer suit dismissal
The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors says a federal lawsuit challenging its practice of opening meetings with prayers doesn't have any merit. The board filed a response Thursday asking the US District Court in Danville to dismiss the lawsuit.
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:07A
Family sues railroad after fatal train crash
SIOUX FALLS -- The family of a rural Brandon man killed in 2009 when a train collided with his truck has filed a lawsuit against the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. The Argus Leader reports (http://argusne.ws/neEBhV ) that the family of Robert
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:06A
Second ATM Price-Fixing Suit Filed
WASHINGTON -- Hagens Berman has filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that Visa and MasterCard violated antitrust laws by establishing uniform agreements with US banks that issue ATM cards, preventing ATM operators from setting transaction fees below
Updated: 10/24/2011 12:03A
Deadbeat Illinois: Quinn's office fast-tracked $285K settlement
One of them was Mark Wetzell of Tampico, who settled a case against the state for a March 7 traffic accident in northern Illinois in which a state-operated truck pulled out in front of his rig. The trucks collided and Wetzell's flipped and slid down an
Updated: 10/23/2011 11:58P
While Others Wait To Get Paid By State, Prominent Chicago Democrat Gets
Pat Quinn's office pushed out a $285000 payment to a prominent Chicago Democrat just two weeks after a lawsuit was settled. Former Chicago alderman Martin Oberman and four other lawyers won a legal skirmish over Quinn that required a special US Senate
Updated: 10/23/2011 10:58P
Red River Fight . . . Minus Football
In 2007 the Tarrant Regional Water District in Texas filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma, claiming that the water district had the right to purchase water located in a particular region of Oklahoma, although that water is completely
Updated: 10/23/2011 10:46P
Rakesh Bhatnagar: Poll petitions need quick disposal
Recently a petition questioning the election of a murder convict to Lok Sabha six years ago got dismissed as the Allahabad High Court said the term of the lawmaker had expired during the pendency of the lawsuit. In other words, the high court has
Updated: 10/23/2011 10:31P
Scott pledges to come clean
This effort began in 1994, when the Legislature passed the Everglades Forever Act in response to a lawsuit by the Department of Justice. Runoff from sugar farms, the primary source of pollution, is much cleaner but not clean enough.
Updated: 10/23/2011 10:30P
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