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Facebook Hits Back Over Timelines.com Lawsuit
In the same week that it started rolling out its Timeline feature to New Zealand users, Facebook also filed a countersuit against Timelines.com, a company accusing the social network of infringing on its name.
Updated: 12/08/2011 01:42P
Minority groups sue to block state redistricting plan
Detroit— Minority advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Rick Snyder and the Michigan legislative redistricting plan he signed into law in August. Legal representatives of the groups — which include the NAACP, the Michigan Legislative Black
Updated: 12/08/2011 01:40P
Prayer-break dismissal workers sue Hertz
The lawsuit claims that Hertz bosses sacked them after they refused to clock out for prayer breaks during an eight-hour shift. It says that they had not been required to clock out previously and that their collective bargaining agreement was
Updated: 12/08/2011 01:39P
Facebook countersues Timelines.com, insists 'timeline' is generic
On the same day that Facebook started rolling out its new Timeline profile, the company also filed a counter lawsuit against Timelines.com, which is trying to stop the social networking giant from using the Timeline name. Facebook's filing asks the
Updated: 12/08/2011 01:37P
Fine Accuser Files Lawsuit Against Former Coach
By the CNN Wire Staff NEW YORK (CNN) -- Zachary Tomaselli has sued former Syracuse University basketball coach Bernie Fine for allegedly sexually abusing him in a Pittsburgh hotel room in 2002, according to a lawsuit filed by his attorneys Thursday.
Updated: 12/08/2011 01:33P
Syracuse accuser files western Pa. lawsuit to rebut comments by Fine's lawyers
PITTSBURGH — The attorney for a Maine man who claims former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine molested him on a trip to Pittsburgh in 2002 says he is filing a lawsuit to rebut claims by Fine's attorneys and a prosecutor that the man isn't
Updated: 12/08/2011 01:33P
Medical Malpractice Reform Debated by Experts
But state constitutional rights to jury trials often exist in state courts, and in federal courts, the Seventh Amendment right to jury trial applies, making it impossible to totally abolish such trials in malpractice cases despite their often erroneous
Updated: 12/08/2011 01:32P
Firing may cost LCC $1.5M
Baronica is relieved it is over and she feels her rights were vindicated in federal court.” After a week-long trial in June, a federal court jury ruled for Warren on five counts. “The jury and the judge in this case held the commission accountable for
Updated: 12/08/2011 01:32P
China Court: Apple Lawsuit Over iPad Rejected
The court said on its website that it dismissed a lawsuit Monday by Apple against Shenzhen Proview Technology over the ownership of the iPad trademark. The company is a subsidiary of LCD screen maker Proview International Holdings Ltd.,
Updated: 12/08/2011 01:29P
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Fresno Police Begins
A Fresno police officer who shot and killed a man two years ago took the witness stand Wednesday in the wrongful death trial against him. The family of Steven Vargas is suing the officer, the Fresno police chief,
Updated: 12/08/2011 01:28P