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The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus is expected to announce a lawsuit today challenging some of the new political boundaries drawn up and approved by the state Legislature and Governor. A press conference has been scheduled for Thursday
Updated: 12/08/2011 09:16A
Group May Sue Former Clerk Whose Essays Allegedly Breached Confidentiality
The group's lawsuit for injunctive relief survives the former clerk's “special motion to strike,” Judge Carl J. Barber decided, because the plaintiff put forth evidence that the defendant orally agreed to obey lawyer conduct rules on confidentiality
Updated: 12/08/2011 09:13A
Education Management Should Face Recruitment Aid Lawsuit, U.S. Says
(EDMC), the second-largest US for-profit college chain, should be forced to defend a lawsuit alleging its recruiting policies helped the company wrongfully secure more than $11 billion in student aid, government lawyers said in a court filing.
Updated: 12/08/2011 09:12A
Lawsuit - Failing to get a friends wife prego!
A judge in Stuttgart, Germany has to decide if a man who was paid to get a neighbors wife pregnant is guilty of breach of contract. No, again - we're not making this stuff up. When Demetrius Soupolos found he was sterile and unable to have
Updated: 12/08/2011 09:11A
Farming company sued after worker killed by combine
Linda Braundmeier, individually and on behalf of the estate of Herbert Braundmeier, filed a lawsuit Nov. 28 in Madison County Circuit Court against HBS Farms Ltd. According to the complaint, Herbert Braundmeier was working for Kaufman Truck Service in
Updated: 12/08/2011 09:10A
Crystal Cox ordered to pay $2.5 million for defamation; bloggers not journalists
Cox runs several investigative blogs, which primarily focus on finance, real estate and the like. Her blog Obsidian Finance Sucks accused the company and executive Kevin Padrick of tax and governmental fraud. "Yes I am a Self-Proclaimed Investigative
Updated: 12/08/2011 09:08A
NH arguing in federal court that hospitals' lawsuit over Medicaid payments
AP CONCORD, NH — The US District Court will hear arguments on New Hampshire's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 10 hospitals contesting steep cuts in Medicaid payments. Ten of the state's 13 biggest hospitals sued in July after the Legislature
Updated: 12/08/2011 09:07A
Angelina hits back at lawsuit
"There are many books and documentaries that I did pull from. It's a combination of many people's stories. But that particular book I've never seen." In a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Illinois, Mr Braddock claims he met with producer Edin Sarkic
Updated: 12/08/2011 09:06A
Facebook Countersues Timelines.com
On Tuesday, it filed a counter lawsuit against a small Chicago company that is trying to stop the social networking giant from using the Timeline name. Recall that Timelines.com, a website that lets users make historical scrapbooks,
Updated: 12/08/2011 09:04A
Reality Steve being sued for spilling spoilers
The lawsuit is worth $75000 in damages and claims his methods "constitute unfair and illegal business acts" and are "unscrupulous, immoral, unethical, oppressive and injurious." We want to hear from you -- has The Bachelor been spoiled for you thanks
Updated: 12/08/2011 09:04A