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Judge: State Assembly spending records are public
Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley ruled in favor of the Sacramento Bee and the Los Angeles Times in their lawsuit seeking records of each Assembly member's spending. The suit stems from a feud between Assembly Speaker John Perez,
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:28P
Call that artistic licence! Upper East Side gallery 'duped buyer into paying
A New York gallery owner duped an investor into paying $17million for a fake Jackson Pollock painting, a lawsuit alleges. European hedge-fund executive Pierre Lagrange's is suing the Upper East Side Knoedler Gallery and its former
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:24P
Lawsuit challenges California practice of making children of welfare liable
SAN FRANCISCO — In 2008, when Jamie Hartley was 16 years old, her family was overpaid a total of $766 in welfare benefits. But now Riverside County is demanding that Hartley repay the debt and it intends to "intercept" her next state
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:18P
Civil rights comes at high cost as appeals court finds $1.50 fee is right for
Prisoner Eon Shepherd said guards violated his Rastafarian beliefs when they inspected his hair on July 4, 2001, as he was preparing to go outside to exercise. Williams, a 77-year-old partner at Green & Seifter, estimates the firm spent about $75000 in
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:13P
NY lawyer gets paid $1.50 for civil rights victory
AP NEW YORK (AP) - A Syracuse lawyer has failed to convince a federal appeals court that he is entitled to more than $1.50 for successfully arguing that a prisoner's religious rights were violated when guards touched his hair.
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:11P
Possible settlement vote moved to Monday
We are not in a position to vote on one or the other lawsuits.” The most recent landfill-related lawsuit, which was filed in 2008 by New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council and members of the local Holt family, is scheduled to go to trial in
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:06P
Court: Some bone marrow donors can be paid By The Associated Press • Saturday
The ruling comes after a lawsuit was filed by lawyers at the nonprofit Institute for Justice. The group represents a coalition of patients, doctors and MoreMarrowDonors.org, which is seeking to offer donors $3000 in the form of a scholarship,
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:06P
Five Students Sue Howard University; Allege Howard Failed to Protect Them From
The employee supervised the women while they worked at the university library. The women allege that the employee sexually assaulted them, including “unwanted touching, flirting, fondling and degrading propositions of a sexual nature.
Updated: 12/03/2011 11:58A
Saturday State News Briefs: Ray settles lawsuit with sweat lodge victims' families
He was found guilty in the deaths of three people, including James Shore of Milwaukee. Shore's family and two other families sued Ray after the October 2009 sweat lodge ceremony resulted in the three deaths. The families had sued him and his company
Updated: 12/03/2011 11:51A
Activist sue US govt to free captive whale
"The fact that the federal government has declared these pods to be endangered is a good thing, but they neglected to include these captives," said Karen Munro, a plaintiff in the lawsuit who lives in Olympia, Wash. Plaintiffs include two other
Updated: 12/03/2011 11:48A
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