Feds Duck Challenge Over Hedge Fund’s Collapse
The Second Circuit booted a lawsuit Tuesday by the owner of a Wall Street hedge fund whose billion-dollar business was bankrupted by a government crackdown on insider trading.
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PA’s Ex-Governor Corbett Clears Suit by ‘Computergate’ Target
Rejecting prosecutorial-abuse claims from a former legislative staffer snared in Pennsylvania’s 2009 Computergate scandal, the Third Circuit cleared a host of officials Monday including Tom Corbett, the state’s former attorney general and governor.
Read moreWinklevoss Twins Claim Defamation in Failed Pot-App Deal
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, twins best known for claiming they created Facebook only to have Mark Zuckerberg steal it from under them, now say a New York businessman smeared them after a deal to buy his shares in a marijuana-delivery startup fell through.
Read moreWoman Sues Cops After Court Overturns Shaken-Baby Conviction
A former day care worker who was freed last year after spending almost a decade in prison on charges that she killed a baby claims police and a state’s witness fabricated a report finding that the baby died of shaken-baby syndrome.
Read moreLawyers Duck Blame for Case Brought in Bad Faith
Thermal imaging company FLIR Systems may have brought a trade secrets case against two of its former executives in bad faith, but that doesn’t mean its lawyers are to blame according to California’s highest court.
Read moreClass Blasts Baltimore Police for Arrests at Arts Festival
Protesters arrested after blocking traffic on a highway that runs through downtown Baltimore last year during an arts festival filed a class-action lawsuit claiming they were detained on bogus charges and subjected to atrocious conditions.
Read morePA Officials Rapped on Overdose-Immunity Law
Rushed to the hospital for a heroin overdose, a Pennsylvania woman claims in a federal complaint that officials flouted a year-old overdose-immunity law by trying to prosecute her.
Read moreEx-Death Row Inmate Blames Conviction on Gay ‘Witch Hunt’
Former death row inmate Kerry Max Cook, wrongfully convicted of a brutal rape and murder in East Texas decades ago, claims in a federal lawsuit that it’s time for police officers who investigated the case to pay for their extreme misconduct, including fabricating evidence and coercing witness testimony.
Read moreCalifornia Justices Consider Bad Faith in Malicious Prosecution Case
No lawyer wants to find themselves being sued for malicious prosecution simply for doing their job, but Latham & Watkins – accused of bringing specious trade secrets claims against a client’s former employees – says they’re protected because their clients still won an important ruling, even though they ultimately lost and were later found to have brought their case in bad faith.
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Man Says Chicago Police Cost Him His Future
An Illinois man claims his life was ruined by Chicago police when officers, despite having no evidence he was guilty, charged him with a felony while he was a high school student with a full-ride scholarship to Cal-Berkeley.
Read moreDusting Off Espionage Charges, Physicist Sues FBI Agent
His life turned upside down by now-withdrawn espionage charges, a Temple University physics professor lobbed a federal complaint against the FBI agent he says fabricated the entire controversy.
Read morePennsylvania Grandma Accuses Police Chief of Vendetta
Taking aim at a local police chief embroiled in a department-harassment scandal, a Pennsylvania grandmother claims in a federal complaint that the chief’s abuse of his office landed her behind bars.
Read moreTexas Dad Says Police Overreacted to Son’s Call
A Texas teenager called police on his dad for scolding him about his long phone conversations and two officers used a stun gun on the father until he fell face-first into a wall and then arrested him, the man claims in a civil-rights lawsuit.
Read moreTrump Protester Says Police Brutalized Her
An Illinois mother sued two Chicago police officers, claiming they beat and arrested her without cause at a Donald Trump protest in front of her 13-year-old daughter.
Read moreCase Over NJ Sex-Scandal Prosecution Advances
New Jersey prosecutors could be liable, a federal judge ruled, for bringing charges against a high school vice principal who failed to report a student-teacher sexual liaison.
Read moreOil Firm Accused of Fraud Points Finger at Citibank
Now-defunct oil company Oceanografia says Citibank used it as a scapegoat to deflect inquiries into multi-million dollar fraud at Citibank’s Mexican subsidiary, Banamex.
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Man Says 911 Call Triggered Police Shooting
A black man shot fives times by Chicago police officers after he angered them by calling 911 sued the city for excessive force, claiming the officers weren’t disciplined until months after a police oversight board found his shooting unjustified.
Read morePardoned Man Says Cops Forced Murder Confession
An Illinois man who spent 30 years behind bars and has since been pardoned sued Peoria and a group of police officers Wednesday, claiming they coerced a double-murder confession out of him decades ago.
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