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Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to sue over reorganization
Detroit— Members of a city employees union said Wednesday they will file a lawsuit to block a federal judge's reorganization of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. Union officials plan a press conference at 1:30 pm today at the American
Updated: 11/10/2011 01:02A
'Vexatious' Geologist Makes Class-Action Fights His Business
“You can call it a business.” Hayes, a former geologist who never attended law school, won the $300000 payment to his Foundation for Efficient Markets in March 2008 after objecting to a $3.2 billion settlement of a fraud suit against Tyco International
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:55A
Man's family sues LCTA, city, center designer
Lawsuit stems from death of elderly Wilkes-Barre man struck by a bus at Intermodal Center. By Terrie Morgan-Besecker tmorgan@timesleader.com WILKES-BARRE – The family of an elderly Wilkes-Barre man who was killed by a bus at the city's Intermodal
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:55A
Court Rules Against Indigenous Rights in Belo Monte Hearing
In a tie-breaking vote that clashed with a previous decision by the court in the same lawsuit, Federal Judge Maria do Carmo Cardoso claimed that there was no need for prior consultations with indigenous communities affected by Belo Monte since dam
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:52A
Big Tobacco fights ad ban
In a lawsuit against the state's second largest city, RJ Reynolds, Philip Morris, Lorillard Tobacco Co. and the National Association of Tobacco Outlets argue that Worcester's ordinance to prohibit advertising that promotes the sale of cigarettes or any
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:51A
Abortion foes would join case
A group in Washington wants to intervene in a lawsuit over North Carolina's new law. By Craig Jarvis An anti-abortion public-interest organization wants to help the state defend against a lawsuit challenging the new law placing restrictions on the
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:49A
Riverkeeper group intends to sue Alcoa
We see no other alternative than to file a lawsuit to address this serious ecological and public health risk.” Naujoks also said the group doesn't see a basis for the state to reissue a water quality certificate to Alcoa. Alcoa Power Generating Inc.
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:47A
PETA's animal rights promotions misguides and offends
At least that's what the nuts at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals dream would happen. PETA has filed a lawsuit in federal court against SeaWorld for "enslaving" the five killer whales that perform in the three parks SeaWorld operates in
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:40A
EL goes after gas lease cash
LISBON - Columbiana County commissioners might want to hold off spending any of the money they are to receive for leasing county property to Chesapeake Exploration. The lawsuit filed in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:38A
Apple, Rambus, Pfizer, Microsoft: Intellectual Property
should the Cupertino, California-based company fail to agree on an assertion in Samsung's patent lawsuit that the carriers are contractually obliged to subsidize iPhone sales, Australia Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett ordered yesterday.
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:35A