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Federal appeals court to hear NASCAR drug case
A federal appeals panel is set to hear arguments in former racecar driver Jeremy Mayfield's lawsuit against NASCAR over his suspension for failing a random drug test. Mayfield is asking the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate his lawsuit.
Updated: 01/24/2012 03:44A
Ballard Spahr | Mediation Costs Not Recoverable by FDCPA Plaintiff, 11th
A consumer who prevails in a lawsuit under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cannot recover the expenses of a court-ordered mediation, a federal appeals court has ruled. The January 10 decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Nicholas v.
Updated: 01/24/2012 03:43A
WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Woman who returned adopted Russian
_ Gingrich sweeps to win in South Carolina, scrambling GOP race More>> SHELBYVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - A March trial date has been scheduled in a child support lawsuit against an American woman who sent her adopted son back to Russia alone on a plane
Updated: 01/24/2012 02:59A
Feds seek to dismiss lawsuit over secret IRA tapes
By AP NEWTON - A judge will hear arguments in a bid by federal prosecutors to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two men trying to block US authorities from turning over interviews of former Irish Republican Army members to police in Northern Ireland.
Updated: 01/24/2012 02:55A
Olympus shareholders lodge $2.9mn damages suit
(Tokyo, JPN) - A group of Japanese shareholders have filed a lawsuit against disgraced Olympus, demanding $2.9 million for investment losses after a huge accounting scandal depressed the firm's shares. The 220-million-yen claim was filed Tuesday with
Updated: 01/24/2012 02:19A
Olympus shareholders lodge $3.6 million damages suit
TOKYO (AFP) - A group of Japanese shareholders have filed a lawsuit against disgraced Olympus, demanding US$2.9 million (S$3.6 million) for investment losses after a huge accounting scandal depressed the firm's shares. The 220 million yen (S$3.6
Updated: 01/24/2012 02:18A
In Brief 01/24/12
CHIPPEWA FALLS - Former Barron County highway patrol superintendent Gene Anderson was awarded $175000 by a jury Saturday in a lawsuit he brought against the county. Anderson and Highway Commissioner Brian Mattison were accused in fall 2007 of telling
Updated: 01/24/2012 02:07A
Judge rejects suit over cliff-jumping death
CHIPPEWA FALLS - Chippewa County Judge James Isaacson has rejected a lawsuit filed against Chippewa County and the town of Lafayette over the accidental death of a 16-year-old boy who died in July 2010 while jumping off a cliff into Paint Creek.
Updated: 01/24/2012 02:06A
Minn. appellate court revives gay marriage lawsuit
Article by: AP MINNEAPOLIS - A lawsuit challenging the state's law against gay marriage was revived Monday by the Minnesota Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel ruled that a Hennepin County district judge didn't sufficiently consider claims that the
Updated: 01/24/2012 01:02A
Wikileaks cables suggest iiNet was specifically chosen for lawsuit
The cables suggest endorsement by the US Embassy in Canberra of the lawsuit by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the international Motion Picture Association (MPA) as being a strategic move to take on an ISP in a country with similar
Updated: 01/24/2012 12:55A