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Nelnet sues former employee
LINCOLN (AP) — Lincoln-based student loan company Nelnet has filed a lawsuit against a former employee over his failed whistle-blower case. Nelnet filed its lawsuit Nov. 29 in Lancaster County District Court against Rudy Vigil.
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:23A
Are the Red Sox Being Penny Wise and Pound Foolish? Why?
In my previous incarnation as a lawyer, I was involved in a lawsuit against Exxon because the plaintiff was injured driving over a pothole on the premises of an Exxon service station. Case of the century, right? When the representative from Exxon was
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:19A
Barbour criticism angers Musgrove
Musgrove also took issue with Barbour's characterization that he was just along for the ride and that the law firm of Beasley Allen in Montgomery, Ala., which specializes in this type of lawsuit, was doing all the work. “I have worked extremely hard on
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:14A
Nelnet Files Lawsuit
Reporter: AP Lincoln-based student loan company Nelnet has filed a lawsuit against a former employee over his failed whistle-blower. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Nelnet filed its lawsuit on Nov. 29 in Lancaster County District Court against
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:14A
Merrill Lynch to Pay $315 Million to Settle Mortgage-Loans Lawsuit
NEW YORK—Merrill Lynch & Co. has agreed to pay $315 million to settle a lawsuit over alleged misrepresentations in the marketing of securities backed by pools of mortgage loans. The proposed settlement would cover a class of investors who
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:14A
New York Lawyer Gets Paid $1.50 for Civil Rights Victory
Attorney Harrison Williams should have made $75000 for work he did on behalf of a prisoner who filed a lawsuit. Instead, an appeals court ruled, he earned $1.50. The prisoner, who claimed he had his religious
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:13A
Former deputy settles lawsuit with suspended Shelby County sheriff [The Lima
Under the terms of the agreement, the county's insurance will pay Van Fossen $105000 to settle her job discrimination suit in US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio . Van Fossen had sought more than $300000 in damages.
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:09A
EU: Apple Is At The Head Of An E-Book 'Cartel'!
At the heart is Apple's iBookstore and the tech giant's “agency model” a California lawsuit charges inflated book prices. The EC earlier tossed the European offices of Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Penguin and other publishers under
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:08A
Apple, Motorola, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile Sued Over Carrier IQ Tracking
The four plaintiffs are iPhone, HTC and Samsung phone users that are also customers of the major carriers, and the suit notes the "defendants Samsung, Apple, Motorola, and HTC pre-install Carrier IQ software on cell phones used by its customers on the
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:07A
Smartphone Makers Skyworks, AATI Settle in Private Arbitration
(You can read its lawsuit here.) The chief judge of the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals last week transferred the case to federal district court judge Mary McLaughlin in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The Chancery Court's private arbitration
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:05A