" A lawsuit claiming a transgender city councilwoman tried to fool voters by running as a female was dismissed today, clearing the way for a runoff that will decide her political fate. A judge dismissed the...
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" NEW YORK (AP) -- As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand them...
This Canadian citizens was wrongly convicted in a case of miscarriage of justice. Now he has filed a case against judicial verdict based on a wrong pathology report. " A Canadian man wrongly convicted of raping and murdering his 4-year-old niece filed a C$13-million...
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"by Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-PicayuneWednesday October 01, 2008, 8:34 PM Since Hurricane Katrina, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now has fought to make sure that displaced New Orleanians can...
Just because it's done over the Internet, doesn't mean that no law covers it. This applies to fraud, too, of course. This sort of thing is still in the news because malware companies continue to profit on users' lack...
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New York City has decided to crack down -on smuggling, and sue smoke shops on an Indian reservation in Mastic. Eight shops are accused of selling tax-free cigarettes to bootleggers. Only 279 people live...
Doctor John Patterson of Kentucky is being sued after amputating a cancer patient's penis, and is defending his action by saying it was medically necessary to perform the surgery."In a written statement in answer to...
Colorado-based footwear company Crocs Inc. has been under a lot of heat recently after a four-year old boy injured his foot in an escalator accident while wearing one of their products. His family has filed a lawsuit...
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"Federal Court Rules Against Federal Subversion of State Medical Marijuana Laws by ACLU Blog of Rights (03 Sept, 2008) The court battles over medical marijuana and state versus federal laws continues For the first time, a court has recognized that a concerted effort...
Could this be the first time that a product associated with JK Rowling's 'Harry Potter' global megabrand, even by name only, is allowed to exist without fear of a legal lockdown?This week an Indian court allowed the...
A federal lawsuit filed late Thursday on behalf of US taxpayers attempts to put a halt to the AIG bailout. The petition, filed in a US District Court in Albany NY, asserts that the government does not have the...
George Bush has been spying emails and other electronic data to check on the war on terror. But now an american non profit organisation Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit against President George W. Bush and other senior members of his...
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The Obama campaign today filed suit in Macomb County, Michigan to challenge what they have claimed is a GOP initiative to strike from the registered voters lists any homeowners whose homes are in foreclosure. The...
What I want to know is, why is it that no one went after her for causing so much media and reputation damage that is closed down the AVMT. And how can she say her actions did not compromise the AVMT? Has anyone...