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Chambermaid: Strauss-Kahn doesn't have immunity from civil suit in NY hotel
NEW YORK — Attorneys for a New York City hotel maid who contends she was sexually assaulted by former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn say he doesn't have immunity from a civil lawsuit filed against him.
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:30A
Wrangling continues in Skinner DNA case
The state's attorney, Arthur D'Andrea, said he wanted the lawsuit dismissed to allow the state courts to rule and consider any appeals before Skinner's Nov. 9 execution date in the killings of his live-in girlfriend and her two sons.
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:22A
Strauss-Kahn Accuser Fights Diplomatic Immunity Claim in Assault Case
27 asked New York State Supreme Judge Douglas McKeon to dismiss the lawsuit, saying that Strauss-Kahn, as managing director of the IMF, was subject to diplomatic immunity at the time of his arrest. New York State Supreme Court Judge Michael Obus on Aug
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:21A
Madoff, MBIA, Banco Espirito, McKinsey, Lehman in Court News
They say bankruptcy claims don't carry a right to a jury trial. The case is Picard v. Katz, 11-cv-03605, US District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan). MBIA Inc. (MBI) and Third Avenue Trust ended a 2009 lawsuit with each agreeing to pay
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:21A
Judge Puts Florida's Welfare Drug Test Law on Hold
Since last summer, applicants for government assistance in Florida have been required to pass a drug test before receiving federal help, but on Monday a federal judge temporarily blocked that measure in response to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU.
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:20A
Federal judge bans Ky. from suit
Kentucky can't join a lawsuit against a Downtown-based, for-profit educator because it lacks a state law comparable to ones being cited in the case, a federal judge ruled Monday. The suit claims that Education Management Corp., which operates schools
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:18A
Around the water cooler
The Harrisburg City Council filed a rare bankruptcy petition a week ago, and the Legislature passed a new law that will give Gov. Tom Corbett power to assume financial decision-making authority for city government. The McRib, the pork sandwich that
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:15A
Suit to block race-track slots puts Austintown plans on hold
Last week, APR filed a lawsuit in Franklin County contending that the governor and state lawmakers have exceeded their constitutional authority in permitting video-lottery terminals in the state's horse-racing tracks and adopting various provisions
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:15A
Opinion: B.C. Liberals in a state of denial about $30-million Boss Power payout
The BC Liberals were challenged repeatedly during question period Monday over the extraordinary confession they'd made in a case where they paid $30 million to settle a lawsuit from a would-be uranium mining company.
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:14A
EpiCentre lenders sue developers, say books were altered
Blue Air 2010 filed a lawsuit Sunday in federal bankruptcy court claiming Afshin Ghazi, George Cornelson III and others "manipulated and falsified" bookkeeping records and transferred assets to "various insider companies" before the project filed for
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:14A
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