Colorado sheriffs planning lawsuit to block new gun laws
More than half of Colorado sheriffs have agreed to launch a legal challenge to the state’s recently passed gun restrictions. WT news feed
View ArticleRicin suspect’s home is ‘uninhabitable’ after FBI search, lawsuit alleges.
Charges against Kevin Curtis for mailing ricin-poisoned letters have been dropped, but investigators searching for ricin wreaked havoc at his house, says his lawyer, leaving his home unlivable. WT news...
View ArticleClass-action US lawsuit threatens if UN won’t own up to Haiti’s cholera...
A Boston-based human rights group said Wednesday it will sue the United Nations in 60 days if the world body does not agree to compensate Haitian cholera victims, apologize to the Caribbean nation for...
View ArticleBarclays wins dismissal of U.S. shareholder lawsuit over Libor
Barclays Plc (BARC.L), the first bank to settle with authorities over alleged manipulation of the Libor interest rate, on Monday won the dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit by shareholders who claimed they...
View ArticleEight-month erection leads to malpractice lawsuit by trucker.
“…Wherever the 44-year-old went, his condition got in the way, said Metzgar’s attorney, Michael C. Heyden. Retrieving the morning newspaper became a problem. Riding his motorcycle was, too…” WT news feed
View ArticleLawsuit seeks to put ‘Happy Birthday’ in public domain
A filmmaker is suing to make the song “Happy Birthday to You” free for everyone to use. The plaintiff, Good Morning to You Productions Corp., a New York-based company that is making a documentary about...
View ArticleAppeals court revives lawsuit challenging NSA surveillance of Americans
It’s easy to forget these days, but former President George W. Bush’s illegal warrantless surveillance program was never halted by Congress, nor by the Obama administration; it was merely legalized in...
View ArticleLawsuit: Woman Faced Illegal Body Cavity Search, Observed Bowel Movement
Federal agents wrongfully strip-searched a New Mexico woman at the El Paso border crossing, then took her to a hospital where she was forced to undergo illegal body cavity probes in an attempt to find...
View ArticleWorld Trade Center security at center of New Yorkers’ lawsuit
New Yorkers living around the rebuilt World Trade Center are fighting what they call the “fortresslike” security planned for their neighborhood. They say the $ 40 million barrier would block them in....
View ArticleGeorge Soros Drama: Ex-Girlfriend Explodes in Midst of $50 Million Lawsuit...
In an angry hallway confrontation at Manhattan Supreme Court, Adriana Ferreyr told one of the billionaire’s lawyers she was fed up with getting stonewalled in her quest for bank records, reports the...
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