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Judge blocks City of Detroit union from intervening in sewage-plant lawsuit
A federal judge today refused to let a city of Detroit labor union intervene in a 34-year-old pollution lawsuit caused by the city's sewage treatment plant. US District Judge Sean Cox said Council 25 of the American Federation of
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:07P
On the History of "Best of New York," and the Voice's Trademark Infringement Suit
As Ben noted earlier in the week, the lawsuit the Village Voice filed over Time Out's use of the phrase "Best of NYC"—as opposed, presumably, to New York's "Best of New York" or even The L's "Best of Brooklyn," which use to be "Best of New York," or
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:07P
Ernst: Legacy Trail lawsuit could cost taxpayers millions
Sarasota County has paid $30 million to develop the Legacy Trail, a 12.8-mile linear park built along an abandoned rail line. Despite the trail's popularity — it draws about 120000 visitors a year and rising — some critics say it cost too
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:06P
Kaiser, docs sue nurses over walkout
Kaiser Permanente 's hospital unit and medical group filed a federal lawsuit Thursday that would require the California Nurses Association to go to arbitration over its recent decision “to violate its contract by calling a strike," the health care
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:05P
Lawsuit: Man Fired Over '666'
By AP Billy E. Hyatt says in a federal lawsuit this month that he was fired in March 2009 from the plant after he refused to wear the sticker proclaiming that his factory had been accident-free for 666 days. ( Photo By: Connerdowney via Flickr) A
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:03P
BNY Mellon scores partial forex legal victory
(Reuters) - Bank of New York Mellon Corp said on Friday a state judge dismissed two of three of the remaining claims in a Virginia lawsuit seeking about $932 million in penalties and damages over foreign exchange trades executed for public pension
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:03P
Lawsuit says Colo. AG wrong to approve hospital sale
His decision followed a series of public hearings at the Rose Medical Center and Sky Ridge Medical Center campuses in September. But those opposed to the deal argue that by approving the transaction, Suthers vested HCA with "complete control and
Updated: 11/18/2011 03:59P
Webster Electric Cooperative general manager, board named in sexual harassment
The top official of Webster Electric Cooperative is accused in a lawsuit today of sexual harassment that allegedly involved pornography at work. The suit also says he contributed in the firing of a woman who complained she could see the pornography
Updated: 11/18/2011 03:56P
School Finance Lawsuits: Two Millions Strong
Within the next week, if not already, there will be two separate lawsuits against the Texas Legislature's failure of a school finance system that each represent a million students. With all the school finance lawsuits combined, even with overlap,
Updated: 11/18/2011 03:54P
Lawsuit: Georgia man fired for refusing to wear '666'
AP ATLANTA - A Georgia factory worker claims in a federal lawsuit that he was fired after he refused to wear a '666' sticker he feared would doom him to eternal damnation. Billy E. Hyatt claims he was fired from Pliant Corp., a plastics factory in
Updated: 11/18/2011 03:54P