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Plan Commission Chair Sued over Traffic Incident
By Dan Campana A 66-year-old Wasco woman has filed a lawsuit against St. Charles Plan Commission Chairman Todd Wallace stemming from a June traffic incident downtown, court records show. Darlene Mitson claims 36-year-old Wallace was negligent when he
Updated: 01/06/2012 06:55A
ACLU Files Suit On Same Sex Benefits Ban
The American Civil Liberties Union has announced its filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Kalamazoo couple and three other same-sex partners over the State's ban on partner benefits for governmental employees. Kalamazoo voters approved the benefits
Updated: 01/06/2012 06:45A
North Dakota company sues Iowa over $140M contract to manage part of Medicaid
According to The Des Moines Register (http://dmreg.co/zDVqj4), Noridian's lawsuit says Accenture's bid proposal includes costs that are $23 million higher than those in Noridian's proposal and that Accenture's bid is "overly vague" in some areas.
Updated: 01/06/2012 06:41A
Major Free Speech Victory
The plaintiffs' lead attorney, Joel H. Siegal, a San Francisco-based lawyer, “focuses on the areas of personal injury, labor and employment and family law,” according to his website litigateforjustice.com. Siegal is a Brooklyn-born Jew whose late
Updated: 01/06/2012 06:37A
The New Croatia: Removing Nationalist Tools for Regional Progress
by Anes Alic Croatia's newly elected moderate government has indicated that for the sake of improving regional relations and EU standing, it would withdraw a genocide lawsuit against Serbia – a move that could easily have been made by previous Croatian
Updated: 01/06/2012 06:36A
GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. AUSTIN POWER INC.
Appellant GEICO General Insurance Company challenges the trial court's summary judgment in favor of Austin Power on a breach of contract claim relating to an insurer's duty to defend. Because we find that the pleadings in the underlying lawsuit allege
Updated: 01/06/2012 06:35A
Wiz Aside, Here's a Classic That WAS Lifted!
Scott Mervis makes an excellent point in his PG story about the complexities of the Max Gregory Warren lawsuit against Wiz Khalifa over authorship of "Black and Yellow." "My Sweet Lord" aside, it's indeed difficult to prove a song was plagiarized from
Updated: 01/06/2012 06:33A
CHAPA v. OWENS
Paul Michael Chapa, Texas prisoner #1557144, appeals the district court's dismissal of his 42 USC § 1983 lawsuit, asserting that Texas parole procedures violated his rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, as well as the Separation
Updated: 01/06/2012 06:32A
UDOEWA v. Plus4 CREDIT UNION
Plaintiff-Appellant Henry Udoewa, a former employee of Plus4 Credit Union, brought a lawsuit against Defendants-Appellees Plus4 Credit Union and two of its officers, Vladimir Stark and Patricia Collins, asserting claims under 42 USC § 1981 for race
Updated: 01/06/2012 06:31A
1538 CAHUENGA PARTNERS, LLC v. FABE
The Commissioner notified Cahuenga of Fabe's claim, and one month later, Cahuenga and its principal, Ron Hacker, sued Fabe for legal malpractice and other claims (the malpractice lawsuit). Fabe then filed a discrimination complaint with the
Updated: 01/06/2012 06:30A
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