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Top 5 Mortgage Servicers Face Suit
The Massachusetts lawsuit alleges that the five banks engaged in robo-signing—in which employees sign legal documents without proper review—and commenced foreclosures even though they hadn't properly obtained the mortgage assignments.
Updated: 12/01/2011 07:35P
Madoff trustee can appeal JPMorgan $19 billion loss
US District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan last month took away all but $425 million of trustee Irving Picard's $19.9 billion lawsuit against the largest US bank. McMahon found that Picard, as trustee for the estate of Bernard L. Madoff Investment
Updated: 12/01/2011 07:27P
INSIGHT-UPDATE 1-Apple vs Samsung lawsuit full of secret combat
In the lawsuit, filed in April, Apple accuses Samsung of "slavishly" ripping off its designs for the iPad and iPhone. Although there is worldwide interest in the case, the proceedings have largely been shrouded behind a veil of secrecy: most of the
Updated: 12/01/2011 07:27P
Comic book writer sues Cowboys & Aliens producers
According to a lawsuit filed today in Texas, and obtained by TMZ.com, Busti reveals his comic concept was also featured in the publication Comic Shop News - on the same page as an article about Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, the producer of the 2011 film.
Updated: 12/01/2011 07:26P
Minnesota treatment program abused patients, will pay $3M to settle lawsuit
A federal judge today approved a landmark $2.9 million settlement in a class action lawsuit that ends the use of certain restraint devices and techniques in state facilities and closes a scandalous treatment program for people with developmental
Updated: 12/01/2011 07:24P
Madoff trustee can appeal JPMorgan $19 bln loss
US District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan last month took away all but $425 million of trustee Irving Picard's $19.9 billion lawsuit against the largest US bank. McMahon found that Picard, as trustee for the estate of Bernard L. Madoff Investment
Updated: 12/01/2011 07:23P
Off the Mat, Into Court: Lawsuit Pits Bikram and Yoga to the People
“I cringe at the thought of the far, far reaching ramifications that this lawsuit holds,” he wrote. “If the originators of this traditional knowledge had attempted to copyright, trademark or own in any way yoga, a yoga pose, a yoga sequence,
Updated: 12/01/2011 07:22P
Suit filed after New Mexico teen cuffed for burp in class
AP ALBUQUERQUE, NM - A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a lawsuit filed against an Albuquerque school principal, a teacher and city police officer. The boy was transported without his
Updated: 12/01/2011 07:19P
HIV positive boy denied admission sues Hershey school
Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of a real or perceived disability, including having HIV, according to the National Association of State Boards of Education. White, who became infected after a hemophilia treatment and died of
Updated: 12/01/2011 07:19P
Right to Die lawsuit
A lawyers representing the BC Civil Liberties Association told the BC Supreme Court that assisted suicides are happening despite the laws against them -- it's just that they are carried out like "back alley abortions" used to be.
Updated: 12/01/2011 07:18P