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18-Year Old Dies During High Speed Chase
LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis judge has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to agree whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes.
Updated: 10/26/2011 09:07A
US Defends Gun Sale Reporting Req.
The Justice Department responded to a lawsuit seeking to block the two-month-old requirement by asking a judge to uphold its legality, arguing the measure could help stop the flow of guns to Mexican drug cartels. It requires sellers in California,
Updated: 10/26/2011 09:06A
Movie Star Stallone Sued, Accused of Copyright Infringement Over Screenplay
Action movie star Sylvester Stallone is accused in a lawsuit of copying another writer's screenplay to make “The Expendables,” a movie about mercenaries hired to defeat a military dictator. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday by
Updated: 10/26/2011 09:05A
Pipeline Lawsuit
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Updated: 10/26/2011 09:05A
KISD joins state funding lawsuit
The Katy Independent School District has added its name to a growing list of plaintiffs joining a lawsuit against the state to force lawmakers to reform public education funding.
Updated: 10/26/2011 09:05A
US Supreme Court to Hear Nigeria-Shell Case
On October 17, 2011, the US Supreme Court agreed to use a landmark case involving Nigerian plaintiffs to consider if corporations can be liable for human rights violations, such as torture or genocide, committed overseas. The case is Kiobel v Royal
Updated: 10/26/2011 09:04A
President of Chile's Senate: principles more important than title
Political tensions escalated Tuesday afternoon when Senate President Guido Girardi backed off from an agreement with Christian Democratic party leaders and said he would not file a lawsuit against the 60 individuals who occupied the old Senate building
Updated: 10/26/2011 09:02A
Killer whales have 'constitutional rights?'
PeTAphiles have filed a federal lawsuit to that effect. If the courts start down this slippery slope, heaven only knows whether humans in the distant (or not-too-distant future) will be able to hunt game, to farm domesticated livestock, or to own pets.
Updated: 10/26/2011 09:02A
BC-US--ODD--Missing Dog's Travels, 1st Ld-Writethru,87
LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis judge has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to agree whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes.
Updated: 10/26/2011 09:02A
Defense to begin in Ohio teacher's trial
LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis judge has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to agree whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes.
Updated: 10/26/2011 09:01A
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