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Iran Operating Advanced Centrifuges at Underground Site: IAEA

Iran has begun operating advanced centrifuges at an underground section of its primary nuclear enrichment facility, the UN's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday.

AMD, Advanced Micro Devices

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2011, file photo, AMD chips are displayed at the Micro Center computer store in Santa Clara, Calif. AMD is buying processing platform developer Xilinx in an all-stock deal valued at $35 billion. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Emoluments Suit Against Trump Advanced by Full 4th Circuit

The en banc Fourth Circuit cleared the way Thursday for two states to claim that President Donald Trump rakes in prohibited emoluments from foreign and domestic governments.

Rush Limbaugh Has Advanced Lung Cancer

Right-wing radio shock jock Rush Limbaugh says he's been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.

Sex-Trafficking Suit Against Harvey Weinstein Advanced

Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein made little headway Wednesday in their bid to nix sex-trafficking claims against the disgraced movie mogul.

Iran’s Beef Over US Asset Seizure Advanced by UN Court

The International Court of Justice ruled Wednesday it has jurisdiction to entertain most of Iran’s claims the United States violated a decades-old treaty in seizing $2 billion in assets from state-owned entities.

Immigrants Claims Over Ankle-Bracelet Fees Advanced

A company that bails undocumented immigrants out of detention must face class action claims it intimidates vulnerable people into making exorbitant monthly lease payments on ankle trackers by falsely implying they can be arrested if they fall behind on payments, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. 

Russia Hints it May Provide Advanced Air Defenses to Syria

The Russian military indicated on Wednesday it will supply the Syrian government with a sophisticated air defense system following Moscow's condemnation of the missile attack launched by the United States, Britain and France earlier this month.

Student’s Challenge of College Free-Speech Zones Advanced

A California community college student who found support from the U.S. attorney general in a complaint against his college’s free-speech policies will get his day in court, after a federal judge rejected the school’s motion to dismiss the suit.

Investor Claims Advanced Against Brazilian Bank in Bribery Soup

Senior executives of Brazil's third largest bank will have to face a securities class action after a federal judge found that investors supplied enough information to accuse the lender of concealing its involvement in a sweeping corporate corruption scandal.

Blacklist of Border-Wall Contractors Advanced in California Senate

A Southern California lawmaker’s effort to punish companies that build President Donald Trump’s $21 billion border wall narrowly cleared its first hurdle Tuesday, amid concerns it could inject politics into the state’s lucrative bidding process.

Claims Over Chip-Card Rollout Advanced

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Major credit card companies must face claims that they conspired to use the rollout of chip card technology to push billions of dollars in fraud liability onto small businesses, a federal judge has ruled. Lead plaintiff B & R Supermarket, a Miami retailer, sued four major credit card networks — Visa,

Upstart’s Antitrust Suit Against PG&E Advanced

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — After many attempts, a small California-based natural gas provider’s antitrust claims against Pacific Gas & Electric gained traction in Federal Court on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg allowed United Energy Trading’s claims that PG&E is engaging anticompetitive behavior to move forward by denying the giant utility’s motion to dismiss on Thursday. United

Berkeley Protesters’ Free Speech Case Advanced

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss claims that Berkeley and Hayward police violated the First Amendment rights of demonstrators and journalists during a December 2014 protest. However, the judge rejected state law and supervisor liability claims against Berkeley and Hayward, dismissing the allegations with leave to amend. Lead plaintiff

Feud on D.C. Metro Cell Service Work Advanced

WASHINGTON (CN) – Several charges in a lawsuit against four top cellphone carriers were dismissed by a federal judge, who wrote that the subcontractor suing them did not prove it was misled. Telecommunications firm Intelect sued Verizon Wireless, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile, seeking $1 million in unpaid labor and equipment costs. The money stems from an

Auschwitz Case Against Hungary Advanced

(CN) – The United States’ peace treaty with Hungary after World War II does not bar Holocaust survivors from seeking the return of property taken from them when they were sent to Auschwitz, the D.C. Circuit ruled. Fourteen Holocaust survivors sued Hungary, claiming that nowhere was the Holocaust “executed with such speed and ferocity as it

Fight Over Super-Strong Bike Helmet Advanced

SAN DIEGO (CN) – A case involving a British bike helmet inventor and American investors accused of making false promises to bring the revolutionary bike helmets to the United States via Wal-Mart has moved forward in Federal Court. U.S. District Court Judge William Hayes denied a request by defendants Robert Miller, Kenneth Strong, Kranium Sports and

Schizophrenic Shooting Case in NJ Advanced

(CN) – New Jersey police must face claims that they delayed treatment for a black man they fatally shot and kept handcuffed while comatose, a federal judge ruled. The shooting occurred on May 25, 2011, miles from a home in Bridgeton, N.J., that Willie Gibbons was not supposed to enter because of a no-contact order taken

Case Over Heroin Baggy Choke Advanced in NJ

(CN) – New Jersey police officers blamed for the choking death of a man who swallowed a bag of heroin failed to upend federal civil claims against them. Jorge Rivera was on a street corner in Camden, N.J., on April 22, 2009, when three officers with the local drugs task force allegedly saw him trying to

Case Over No-Fly List Ordeal Advanced in NJ

(CN) – A JetBlue contractor must face claims from a Muslim family kicked off a plane because their baby’s name was supposedly on a no-fly list, a federal judge ruled. Ramsey Abdallah and Ghadeer Abbasi say the nightmare began when they checked in at the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport with their baby, Riyanna, on May 10, 2012,

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