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Alabama court voids $8.4M verdict against GE Capital
2004 over a contract to convert Boeing 737 owned by GE Capital from passenger planes into freighters. Jurors sided with Pemco, but the Supreme Court says evidence didn't support the claim. The justices sent the case back to Dale County for a new trial.
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:11P
GOP withdraws redistricting lawsuit
MADISON (AP) - One of two lawsuits filed by a group of Republicans over redistricting in Wisconsin has been withdrawn. An attorney for the group on Friday asked that the case filed on Nov. 21 with the state Supreme Court be withdrawn.
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:10P
Fallout continues over smartphone tracking app
Many bloggers and smartphone customers fretted about the privacy issues raised by Carrier IQ, an information-mining app secretly installed on many phones. But at the same time, other tech observers were beginning to say that some of
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:04P
Bob Marley Heirs Sue Half Brother Over Name Use
by AP MIAMI (AP) — A feud has erupted within the first family of reggae, with the widow and nine children of Bob Marley suing his half brother to stop use of the Marley name to promote an annual Miami music festival and profit from other businesses in
Updated: 12/02/2011 01:36P
Crisis PR Guru Michael Sitrick Settles Employee Stock Option Suit (Exclusive)
Michael Sitrick and Reliance Trust Co. have agreed to settle a lawsuit charging the crisis public relations guru with manipulating the value of an employee stock option plan (ESOP), TheWrap has learned. In a settlement agreement filed
Updated: 12/02/2011 01:21P
Knoxville children's charity says promoter stiffed them
AP KNOXVILLE — An East Tennessee children's charity claims in a lawsuit that an event promoter stiffed them on a fundraiser that featured conservative radio host Glenn Beck. Cherish the Child Inc., the fundraising arm of Smoky Mountain Children's Home
Updated: 12/02/2011 01:21P
Charity to freeze assets in Penn State suit
The charity founded by a former Penn State University assistant football coach has agreed to freeze its assets to settle a lawsuit filed by a man identified as Victim 4 in a sexual abuse indictment against the former coach, the alleged victim's lawyer
Updated: 12/02/2011 01:20P
KOAM TV 7 Joplin and PittsburgKan. lawsuits on abortion rules moving slower
(AP) - Lawsuits challenging Kansas regulations for abortion providers are moving more slowly than originally anticipated. Dr. Herbert Hodes (HOH'-dees) and his daughter, Dr. Traci Nauser (NOW'-zher) filed a federal lawsuit in late June to block
Updated: 12/02/2011 01:18P
Kansas Lawsuits On Abortion Rules Moving Slower
Reporter: AP Dr. Herbert Hodes and his daughter, Dr. Traci Nauser filed a federal lawsuit in late June to block regulations by the state health department. Hodes and Nauser perform abortions at their Overland Park office. The department revised the
Updated: 12/02/2011 01:18P
Experts reclassify painting as real Rembrandt
It will go on display May-July of next year at the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, where the finding was announced Friday. Van de Wetering collaborated with restorer Martin Bijl and technology professors Joris Dik of the Delft University of
Updated: 12/02/2011 01:18P