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Crane, Spellman take their duel to the courts
An Anti-Slapp motion is intended to prevent an individual from interfering with another's constitutional rights by filing an unmeritorious lawsuit and subjecting the defendant to legal expense. Crane's attorney, Brian Chavez-Ochoa, said in a press
Updated: 12/13/2011 12:43P
Fishermen file lawsuit
A group of more than 100 fishermen filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking compensation from ConocoPhillips China, blaming oil spills from some of its offshore wells for damage to their sea cucumber catches. Their lawyer said the fishermen are seeking 490
Updated: 12/13/2011 12:42P
Yahoo Files Countersuit Against Singapore Press Holdings Over Copyright
Looking back into the roots of this counterargument, SPH first filed a lawsuit against Yahoo in November over claims that the latter illicitly copied its newspaper articles since last year. With those allegations, SPH wants Yahoo to pay an undisclosed
Updated: 12/13/2011 12:41P
ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Over Wis. Voter ID Law
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit saying that Wisconsin's new voter identification law is unconstitutional. Gov. Scott Walker signed the law this year requiring voters to show photo ID beginning in
Updated: 12/13/2011 12:41P
Redistricting Plan Holding Up Against Lawsuits
One former litigant, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, has dropped out altogether; the city of Petersburg has narrowed its claims; and then Monday a superior court judge ruled against Petersburg on the issue of whether new house district 32 is compact
Updated: 12/13/2011 12:40P
Civil liberties union sues over Wisconsin voter ID law
By: Associated Press report, Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit saying that Wisconsin's new voter identification law is unconstitutional. Gov. Scott Walker signed the law this year requiring
Updated: 12/13/2011 12:40P
Joel Fox Case vs. Cox Communications Can Proceed, Judge Rules; "Zorro" E-Mails
A federal judge ruled recently that a lawsuit against Cox Communications by the disgraced former captain fired by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio can proceed, for now. At the heart of the lawsuit, so to speak, are love letters Fox e-mailed to his
Updated: 12/13/2011 12:39P
Latest News: BNY Mellon can post lawsuit against Occupy Pittsburgh at ...
An Allegheny County Common Pleas judge ruled this morning that Bank of New York Mellon can properly serve Occupy Pittsburgh with a lawsuit seeking their ouster from Mellon Green by posting copies there. Two Allegheny County deputy sheriffs tried to
Updated: 12/13/2011 12:36P
Bernie Fine accusers to file lawsuit against Syracuse
The two men who accused former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting them while they served as ball boys for the team will file a lawsuit against the university, their attorney said Tuesday.
Updated: 12/13/2011 12:36P
APNewsBreak: Suit challenges first offshore lease sale since Deepwater Horizon
NEW ORLEANS — Environmental groups challenged the first attempted auction of offshore petroleum leases in the western Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010, filing a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court.
Updated: 12/13/2011 12:36P