Lawsuit

Three-Judge Panel Hears Challenge To Hillary Clinton's Eligibility To Serve As Secretary of State

Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judicial Watch, Hillary Clinton, Constitution, Lawsuit, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Politics News

A three-judge panel is hearing a case Wednesday morning that challenges Hillary Clinton's "constitutional eligibility" to serve as the government's Se...

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God Sues Congress

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mark Sanford, Human, Lying, Wiley Drake, Congress, Jim Demint, Coast Guard, God, Lawsuit, Uppity, Baptist Pastors, Cnn, George Carlin, Steven L Anderson, 10 Commandments, Lindsay Graham, Joe Wilson, Hypocrisy, Iphone, Baptists, Westmoreland, Comedy News
Maggie Van Ostrand

"I decided to sue when My communications to humans were ignored by the few whose personal agendas were believed by the many," God said.

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Chevron's 'Dirty Tricks Operation' in the Amazon

Han Shan | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Corruption, Video, Corporations, Big Oil, Oil, Chevron, Corporate Greed, Film, Indigenous People, Lawsuit, Amazon, Green News
Han Shan

Unfortunately for Chevron, the truth has a way of bubbling to the surface, like crude in the steamy jungles of Ecuador.



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NFL's Redskins Sue Season Ticket Holders Who've Lost Their Jobs

washingtonpost.com | James v. Grimaldi | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Daniel Synder, Redskins Season Ticket Holders, Nfl, Pat Hill, Multi-Year Season Ticket Contracts, Washington Redskins, Lawsuit, Business News

On Oct. 8, the Redskins sued Hill in Prince George's County Circuit Court for backing out of a 10-year ticket-renewal agreement after the first year. ...

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Water Utilities Lack Proper Filters For Weed-Killer

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Iowa, Herbicide, Indiana, Epa, Ohio, Utilities, Filtration, Lawsuit, Syngenta, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Atrazine, Filter, Kansas, Weed-Killer, Tillery, Water, Missouri, Illinois, Drinking Water, Green News

Results from a federal drinking water monitoring program show that many public water companies are ineffective at removing a widely used weed-killer f...

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CRUDE: The Film Chevron Doesn't Want You to See

Han Shan | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Corporations, Big Oil, Oil, Chevron, Corporate Greed, Film, Indigenous People, Lawsuit, Amazon, Green News
Han Shan

This documentary chronicles the epic legal battle to hold Chevron accountable for its systematic contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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Welcome to the Facebook Law Suit Sweepstakes (You May Have Already Won!)

eSarcasm | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Myspace, Elvina Beck, Starlets, Digital Images, Bebo, Actress, Facebook Privacy, Twitter, Facebook, Lawsuit, Comedy News
eSarcasm

Five Southern Californian Facebook users are suing Facebook, charging the social network with violating their privacy by allowing them to use Facebook.

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SBA Goes to Federal Court of Appeals to Withhold Phone Records

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Long Island Business Journal, Small Business, Abuse, Mike Stamler, Federal, Economy, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Lawsuit, Government, Fraud, Barack Obama, Phone Records, Contracting, Procurement, Purchasing, American Small Business League, Legal Battle, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Anytime you want to look at what the Small Business Administration is doing, you have to go to federal court to get it. Clearly they have something to hide.

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Diane Schuler Was OK At Restaurant Before Taconic Crash: Police

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 09.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Car Crash on Taconic, Schuler, Irving Anolik, Michael Bastardi, Civil Suit, Mcdonald's Schuler, Lawsuit, Mcdonalds, Jackie Hance, Taconic Crash, Warren Hance, Taconic Driver, Homicide, Car Crash, Guy Bastardi, Diane Schuler Toxicology, Westchester Car Crash, Schuler Car Crash, Diane Schuler Pot, Westchester, Blood Alcohol Level, New York News, Taconic State Parkway, Car Crash Taconic, Drunk Driving, Taconic Car Crash, Murder, Diane Schuler, NY Wrong-Way Crash, Taconic Crash Alcohol, Diane Schuler Alcohol, Taconic Drunk, Fast Food Schuler, Bastardi Family, Taconic Car Accident, Car Crash on the Taconic, Diane Schuler Marijuana, Taconic, Taconic Accident, Diane Schuler Accident, Schuler Accident, New York News

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Police investigating a head-on highway crash that killed a suburban mother and seven other people said Friday she was fine a...

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Taconic Drunk Driver Diane Schuler Was Diabetic, May Have Suffered Stroke, Says Lawyer

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 09.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Westchester, Guy Bastardi, Taconic Car Accident, Car Crash on the Taconic, Murder, Bastardi Family, Jackie Hance, Blood Alcohol Level, Car Crash Taconic, Diane Schuler Marijuana, Taconic State Parkway, Car Crash on Taconic, Taconic Crash Alcohol, Diane Schuler Toxicology, Taconic Driver, Michael Bastardi, Diane Schuler Alcohol, Schuler Car Crash, Westchester Car Crash, Car Crash, Taconic Car Crash, Taconic Crash, NY Wrong-Way Crash, Homicide, Irving Anolik, Drunk Driving, Warren Hance, Diane Schuler Pot, Diane Schuler, Civil Suit, Lawsuit, New York News, Schuler, Taconic Drunk, Addiction & Recovery, New York News

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — She couldn't have been drunk and stoned. Her husband had never seen her intoxicated before. And there were absolutely no mar...

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Bastardi Family To Sue In Diane Schuler Taconic Car Crash [UPDATE]

Posted 09.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Diane Schuler Pot, Irving Anolik, Michael Bastardi, Westchester, Civil Suit, Blood Alcohol Level, Taconic State Parkway, Lawsuit, Taconic Crash, Jackie Hance, Murder, Drunk Driving, Taconic Car Crash, Diane Schuler, NY Wrong-Way Crash, Warren Hance, Taconic Driver, Car Crash, Homicide, Taconic Crash Alcohol, Diane Schuler Alcohol, Guy Bastardi, Bastardi Family, Car Crash on the Taconic, Diane Schuler Toxicology, Diane Schuler Marijuana, Westchester Car Crash, Taconic Car Accident, Car Crash on Taconic, Car Crash Taconic, Schuler Car Crash, New York News

UPDATE 8/5, 4:33pm: The lawyer for the family of Michael and Guy Bastardi, two of the three victims in the car struck by Diane Schuler on the Taconic ...

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Birther Conspiracy Reaches the Mainstream

Mike Papantonio | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birther, Air America, Birth Certificate, Pap Attack, Ufo, Mike Papantonio, Lou Dobbs, Bigfoot, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Barack Obama, Elvis, Alien, Autopsy, Ring of Fire, Lawsuit, Alive, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

Fringe Democrats looked ridiculous when they suggested McCain wasn't eligible to be president because he was born in Panama. The grown-ups in Democratic leadership put a quick end to that.

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Denny's Culinary Crime Spree

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Sodium, Denny's, Lawsuit, Cspi, Living News
Michael F. Jacobson

Is Denny's actually trying to kill off its best customers? In all likelihood, no. After all, the company wants to continue selling Moons Over My Ham...

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Swooning for Saudis

Mike Papantonio | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Air America, Pap Attack, Mike Papantonio, 9/11, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Terrorist, Oil, Barack Obama, Royal Family, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, George W Bush, Attack, Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Ring of Fire, Lawsuit, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

U.S. relations with the Saudi royal family trumped the importance of 3,000 9-11 murders. That was the opinion of the U.S. State Department during the...

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Hospital Manager Who Says Cops Searched Him 21 Times Settles For $25K

newsday.com | Rocco Parascandola | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Nypd, New York, New York City, Lawsuit, New York News

The Brooklyn hospital manager who accused police of targeting him for subway bag searches because he looks Middle Eastern has settled his federal case...

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Why Google Bothered to Appeal a $761 Small Claims Case (and Won)

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Sued Google, Google, Online Advertising, Googl, Suing Google, AdSense Lawsuit, Google AdSense, Technology, Aaron Greenspan, Google Lawsuit, Lawsuit, Business News
Aaron Greenspan

There is no law explicitly stating so, but there was no need for Google to behave in as draconian a manner as it did throughout the entire process of investigating the circumstances surrounding my AdSense account termination.

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The Real Modern Pirates? MNCs Beyond the Rule of Law

Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 06.24.2009 | World

Read More: Southern District, Corporate Responsibility, Corporations, Nigeria Oil, Nigeria, International Law, Royal Dutch Shell, Shell Oil, Corporate Power, Sdny, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Lawsuit, Niger Delta, Atca, Ats, World News
Terra Lawson-Remer

The most common modern pirates are multinational corporations operating beyond the rule of law. The U.S. can and should take firm measures against this kind of piracy, just as we have against the Somali pirates.

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Woody Allen and Dov Charney: Who's the Mensch?

Michael Wolff | Posted 06.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dov Charney, Michael Wolff, Settlements, American Apparel, Lawsuit, Woody Allen, New York-New York, Entertainment News
Michael Wolff

The entire tussle, while ostensibly about rights of publicity -- American Apparel used an unauthorized image of Woody Allen in an advertising campaign -- is about who's grosser.

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Secrecy in the Courts: How to Get Judges, Lawyers and Sharon Stone to Follow the Rules?

Peter Scheer | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secrecy, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Government Secrecy, Celebrity Gossip, Sharon Stone, Courts, Lawsuit, Politics News
Peter Scheer

California has long had judicial openness rules that are exemplary -- on paper. The time has come to insist that they be followed.

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If the AP Has the Right to Do What It's Done, Then So Do I

Shepard Fairey | Posted 05.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Shepard Fairey, Lawsuit, Barack Obama, Ap, Media News
Shepard Fairey

If AP photographs that do nothing but depict other artists' work are protected by fair use, then my work has to be, too. The AP can't have it both ways.

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David Caruso's Ex-Girlfriend Sues For Money, House

AP | ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Posted 05.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Caruso Sued, Liza Marquez, David Caruso Ex-Girlfriend, Lawsuit, David Caruso, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — David Caruso's ex-girlfriend is seeking more than $1.2 million and a house she says the "CSI: Miami" star promised her. Liza Marq...

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Why I Sued Google (and Won) [Updated]

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 06.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Google, Google AdSense, Online Advertising, Lawsuit, Technology, Suing Google, AdSense Lawsuit, Google Lawsuit, Sued Google, Aaron Greenspan, Googl, Business News
Aaron Greenspan

With a single click, a faceless Google employee decided that my company's membership in the AdSense program "posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers," and the account was disabled with no warning.

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Joe The Plumber Sues Over Privacy Violation

AP | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ohio, Joe the Plumber, Privacy, Lawsuit, Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, Helen Jones-Kelly, Politics News

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A conservative group has filed a lawsuit on behalf of "Joe the Plumber," accusing three former Ohio officials of violating his ...

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Sam Stein

Unions File Complaint To Strip Anti-Labor Group's Tax Status

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Irs Lawsuit, Berman Center for Union Facts, Rick Berman, Irs Lawsuit Tax Status, Union Lawsuit, Afl-Cio, Marcus Foundation, Change to Win, Bernie Marcus, Lawsuit, Politics News

Two of the nation's largest unions have filed a joint complaint with the IRS, urging the agency to revoke the tax-exempt status of two organizations f...

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Bizarre Lawsuit: Batman, Turkey vs. Batman, the Movie

Harut Sassounian | Posted 01.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Comic Books, Entertainment Tonight, Turkey, Amusing, Warner Bros., Batman: The Dark Knight, Turks, Armenian Genocide, Batman, Lawsuit, Movies, Delaney, Entertainment News
Harut Sassounian

The mayor of Batman, a small city in southeastern Turkey, is planning to sue Christopher Nolan, the director of The Dark Knight, and Warner Brothers studios for royalties.

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