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Charles Rehberg case to the Supreme Court
At issue in the high court is whether grand jury testimony could make a person liable in a civil lawsuit. A key question is whether the justices consider such testimony to be more like an affidavit or a trial. Witnesses are protected from civil
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:21P
Remap suits imperil filings
"Until the lawsuit is settled, it'll affect everybody. It'll affect the primary next year because the new law on the filing period is Nov. 12 to Dec. 12," said Wichita County Clerk Lori Bohannon, who runs most elections in the county.
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:21P
Nation and World: Jackson's doctor won't testify; defense rests
The Associated Press TEXAS -- The family of a Friendswood man killed when a racing aircraft crashed into spectators in the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nev., filed a $25 million lawsuit Tuesday against the pilot's family, a mechanic on the
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:19P
Giant in mortgages sued by U.S. government
The lawsuit in US District Court in Manhattan sought unspecified damages and civil penalties and named as defendants Houston-based Allied Home Mortgage Corp., founder Jim Hodge and Jeanne Stell, the company's executive vice president and director of
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:17P
Facts are optional
But the dirty little secret among lawyers that defend business people from lawsuits -- and among those lawyers who bring them -- is that an enormous percentage of such claims are frivolous, if not flat-out lies. Concepts like “truth” and “justice” have
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:15P
Jury rules for Twitter in patent lawsuit
The Virginian-Pilot reports that the jury on Monday rejected northern Virginia patent attorney Dinesh Agarwal's claim that Twitter used his patented technology to develop the “browse interests' page on the social networking site.
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:15P
Railroad's parent sues Maine trade publication
Pan Am Systems Inc. of Dover, NH, has filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Bangor against Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports and its editor, Chalmers "Chop" Hardenbergh. In its complaint, Pan Am claims Hardenbergh published untrue information on
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:15P
Briefcase, Nov. 2, 2011
In a $2 billion fraudulent transfer lawsuit filed in North Carolina, the FairPoint litigation trust claims FairPoint went bankrupt because of its “disastrous” $2.3 billion purchase of Verizon's landline and Internet operations in Maine, New Hampshire
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:14P
People
Martinez, the subject of the current cover story for People magazine, underwent 33 surgeries after his Humvee triggered a land mine in Iraq in 2003 and he suffered burns over much of his body. Tournament of Roses Association President Rick Jackson
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:14P
Church Group Claims City is Violating their Religious Freedom
The lawsuit filed in federal court yesterday is centered around this five-acre piece of land at the corner of Bryan and Mile 2 in Mission. The Latter Day Saints say they've been trying to get the city to allow them to build a church at the location
Updated: 11/01/2011 11:13P
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