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Feds: Arizona sheriff targeted Latinos
The Justice Department issued an ultimatum: Come to a voluntary court-enforceable agreement to stop the unconstitutional practices, or face a lawsuit under provisions of federal Civil Rights Act. But the fallout from the report was quickly evident:
Updated: 12/15/2011 02:56P
Idaho ordered to raise some Medicaid rates
US District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled Monday in a lawsuit first brought by five businesses against the state in 2009. The businesses contended that the state was wrong to keep providers at pay rates based on a 2006 study when two subsequent studies
Updated: 12/15/2011 02:55P
Corzine Served With Lawsuit While Exiting Congressional Hearing
During a recess, a process server presented the former New Jersey governor with the lawsuit, which he proceeded to drop on the floor. His lawyer, who was walking behind him, retrieved the document. The plaintiff listed on the legal filing was Sapere
Updated: 12/15/2011 02:54P
Pushing Swiss Culture of Death in Canada
An amicus brief in the British (the fix is in) Columbia lawsuit to create a right to be made dead, looks to Switzerland as the model. From the Globe and Mail story: The Farewell Foundation, one of several groups intervening in the case in support of
Updated: 12/15/2011 02:53P
Watch The Super Tense Moment When Jon Corzine Was Served Papers During His
Apparently, the papers were a lawsuit filed by Sapere CTA, a firm that has over $95 million locked up at MF Global. CNBC's Taushe said there were over 20 other MF Global execs listed on the suit. A Sapere spokesperson declined to comment to Business
Updated: 12/15/2011 02:52P
Carlos' defense attorney reports errors in lawsuit
The defense attorney of Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramrez Snchez, aka "Carlos, the Jackal," thinks that French Justice officials and authorities have manipulated the case against his client for years. He lamented that they have delayed his transfer
Updated: 12/15/2011 02:52P
Voting rights groups sue Florida over elections law
by Dara Kam | December 15th, 2011 A coalition of groups – including the League of Women Voters, Rock the Vote and the ACLU - filed a federal lawsuit today against the state over an election law overhaul now being reviewed by a separate federal court in
Updated: 12/15/2011 02:52P
Trucking Collision Lawsuit Results in $3.25M Settlement in Texas Sleep Apnea
Wanda Lindsay, founder of The John Lindsay Foundation, recently announced the $3250000 settlement of a lawsuit she and her 3 children filed against Celadon Trucking Company and its driver. The lawsuit arose out of the death of John Lindsay on May 9,
Updated: 12/15/2011 02:51P
Kauai residents sue seed company over dust
Attorneys for 150 Waimea residents filed the lawsuit Tuesday in 5th Circuit Court against Iowa-based Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. Pioneer is a subsidiary of Delaware-based chemical maker Du Pont Co. Gay & Robinson Inc., which leases fields east
Updated: 12/15/2011 02:51P
Lawsuit alleges Pinnacle Bank manipulated overdraft charges
A similar lawsuit was settled in federal court late last month in which the Green Bay, Wis.-based Associated Bank agreed to pay $13 million to customers who were illegally charged for excessive overdraft fees. Furthermore, a federal judge gave final
Updated: 12/15/2011 02:50P