Gerald Walpin, the former Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service whom President Obama took the unusual step of ï¬ring last month, ï¬led a lawsuit against the CNCS on Friday in U.S. District Court for the Dis…
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Gerald Walpin, Inspector General Fired By Obama, Files Lawsuit To Be Reinstated
July 20th, 2009 |
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9/11 Lawsuit Turns Into a Show Trial
July 16th, 2009 |
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You may recall that a federal court gave Saudi Arabian royals sued by the families of the 9/11 victims immunity from being sued. Not because there wasn’t any evidence of Saudi complicity in 9/11, but because it would interfere with relations with Saud…
Lawsuit Charges Amazon Kindle Has Design Flaw
July 16th, 2009 |
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On the heels of a price reduction for the Amazon Kindle 2, one user files a lawsuit claiming a design flaw in the device’s cover causes the screen to crack.
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The much publicized, much scrutinized e-reader from online
retail giant Amazon.com, the Kindle, is now under fire from one of its users,
who claimed the device is liable to break due to a design flaw in a lawsuit
filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washing…
Amy Winehouse Trashed Hotel Room; Damages Exceed $37,000
July 15th, 2009 |
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Amy Winehouse is facing a potential lawsuit after she allegedly caused $37,500 worth of damage to a hotel suite during her eight-month stay on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.
Owners of The Cotton Bay Complex, where Amy spent her extended vacation, accuse the “Back To Black” hitmaker of littering the luxurious suite with with cigarette [...]
$120M suit against Janet Jackson dismissed for want of evidence
July 14th, 2009 |
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A Bronx man who filed a 120million-dollar lawsuit against singer Janet Jackson, after he was allegedly beaten up by her bodyguards, has been told by a Manhattan judge that his petition cannot be maintained for want of evidence.
The judge dismissed the lawsuit filed in 2005 by Leonard Salati, who claimed that Jackson had ordered [...]
IBM Faces Lawsuit over Processor Patent Infringement
July 13th, 2009 |
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Patent licensing company Mosaid Technologies announces plans to file a patent infringement lawsuit against IBM for allegedly violating six of Mosaid’s microprocessor patents.
– TORONTO (Reuters) Patent licensing firm Mosaid Technologies Inc
said on Monday it was taking IBM to court for allegedly infringing on
six of Mosaid’s U.S. patents.
Mosaid said the long-running dispute was over IBM’s making and
selling of microprocessor and application specific integrated circuit…