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Medical pot group sues Obama administration over California crackdown
Americans for Safe Access accused the US Justice Department of deploying aggressive SWAT-style raids, prosecuting medical marijuana patients and providers, and threatening local officials for implement state medical pot laws.
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:11A
Gay troops demand benefits
| AP A group of gay and married military personnel sued the US government Thursday for the same benefits as straight military couples, arguing it's a matter of justice and national security. The lawsuit filed in US District Court says the government's
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:11A
Czech court upholds town's ban on march by right-wing extremists
The Regional Court in Ostrava has rejected a lawsuit by the Workers' Social Justice Party (D?lnick strana sociln spravedlnosti - DSSS) objecting to a ban on a demonstration they want to convene in Hav?ov (Karvn district).
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:10A
High costs of learning
The ruling grew out of a lawsuit filed by members of the California Faculty Association, contesting the $350000 annual base salary approved for the new president of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo — despite CSU rules that limit the maximum allowable salary at
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:09A
Top Connecticut court hears school board takeover case
Justices heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit originating in Bridgeport, where six of the nine school board members, the mayor and the schools superintendent asked the state Board of Education in July to take control of city schools.
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:08A
Steel pipe producers face anti-dumping suits
Ten Vietnamese steel pipe manufacturers may face anti-dumping and anti-subsidy lawsuits on their products exported to the US from 4 American manufacturers, said the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). According to the Saigon Times
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:07A
California medical marijuana advocates sue feds over pot crackdown
An advocacy group for medical marijuana users sued US Justice Department officials Thursday, charging that the federal government has violated the Constitution in cracking down on California marijuana dispensaries.
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:05A
Lawyer accused of mortgage-related fraud sues attorney general
Hosking said she was told that joining the lawsuit against her mortgage lender, Bank of America, would help save her house. At some point, Stein's firm, which has been suing Bank of America since 2009, took charge of Hosking's case.
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:05A
Trash-hauling suit colors city mayor's race
Karl Rabe/Poughkeepsie Journa file The two men running for City of Poughkeepsie mayor are offering different takes on a lawsuit over the city's garbage collection policy. Democratic candidate Ken Levinson, who is a plaintiff in a suit against the city
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:03A
Women accuse Wal-Mart of bias
The lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court seeks to represent what the lawyers said could be as many as 95000 women who have worked in the state's 220 stores sometime between 1998 and when the case goes to trial. It accuses California managers of
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:02A