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Hugo Chavez Hit With $1 Billion Lawsuit By Boca Raton Businessman Nelson Mezerhane
Nelson J. Mezerhane filed the 124-page lawsuit on November 4 in federal court in Miami. Although Chavez isn't named as a defendant, just about everyone else in his administration is: prosecutors, judges, an attorney general, a justice minister,
Updated: 11/12/2011 08:05A
iPhone 4S Patent Case In Australia Gets Resolved
Samsung's lawyers are currently spending the weekend discussing about iPhone's source code — an Australian judge of late ordered Apple to proceed as part of the ongoing patent lawsuit in that country. The happening isn't surprising: since we had
Updated: 11/12/2011 08:03A
Chris Christie panders to GOP by abandoning environmental lawsuit
Chris Christie has decided New Jersey will not join the other Northeastern states in their lawsuit against power plants whose emissions travel eastward to contaminate our air. The states claim the power plants are violating the federal Clean Air Act,
Updated: 11/12/2011 07:39A
mother of all $uits
A lawsuit filed in White Plains federal court charges Carmel Cinema, of Putnam County, with canning Marcy Starnes for being too “old school” -- and too old. The suit seeks unspecified damages for violation of state and federal age-discrimination laws.
Updated: 11/12/2011 07:17A
Nursing Home Lawsuit Verdict For Plaintiff After Merri-walker Fall
The Chicago nursing home lawyers at our firm know that nursing home falls present some of the most serious risks to elderly community members at area facilities. Of course these elders are often in frail condition, and their bodies are no longer
Updated: 11/12/2011 07:13A
Prisoner Lawsuit: Soy Diet 'Cruel and Unusual'
(Newser) – The low-cost, soy-based diet served in Florida's prisons amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, says a 34-year-old lifer who is suing the state, reports the Orlando Sentinel. Eric Harris, who was convicted for
Updated: 11/12/2011 07:00A
Former Florence Crane Inmates To Share In Lawsuit Money
The payments stem from a 1996 lawsuit against the Department of Corrections which claimed that female inmates were assaulted by prison staff members. The suit included inmates who at the time were prisoners at what used to be the Florence Crane women's
Updated: 11/12/2011 06:51A
Indian Nations' New Complaint Further Complicates Oklahoma Water Rights
The amended complaint filed yesterday in US District Court in Oklahoma City follows an initial lawsuit filed by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in August of this year in which they claim virtually all of the water rights in the Kiamichi,
Updated: 11/12/2011 06:49A
Legal woes mount for Conrad Murray
Lawsuits, medical licensing issues and possible payments to Jackson's family await. Some of the matters have been on hold since Dr. Conrad Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter in February 2010, and the cardiologist's attorneys have so far
Updated: 11/12/2011 06:42A
Airport Land Use Commission meets to discuss pending lawsuit Wednesday
The Nevada County Airport Land Use Commission will meet Wednesday in closed session to discuss pending litigation filed by the City of Grass Valley. To read an agenda, and related documents for the meeting, go to TheUnion.com and click on this story.
Updated: 11/12/2011 06:16A