WASHINGTON — Two things set first-year law student Stephen Shapiro apart from his classmates at American University in Washington. At 55, he’s old enough to be a father to most of his classmates. And today a lawsuit he filed will ...
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Read More »WASHINGTON— A U.S. citizen who claims American officials falsely imprisoned and tortured him for several months in Africa can’t sue the FBI agents involved because the conduct took place overseas during a terrorism investigation, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. ...
Read More »The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against a Gates-Chili Central School District elementary school for refusing to permit a student with disabilities to attend school with a service dog unless accompanied by a separate handler provided by ...
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Read More »NEW YORK — An appeals court has upheld a lower-court’s rejection of a lawsuit challenging the Seneca Indian Nation’s right to operate a casino in Buffalo. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Manhattan ruled Tuesday. It rejected ...
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Read More »A lawsuit is being reinstated against a Buffalo law firm that collected money from a former employee who had stolen from it and was then stealing from a subsequent law firm employer to make the repayments. The Appellate Division, Fourth ...
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Read More »ITHACA (AP) — A federal jury will decide whether Cornell University and the City of Ithaca must pay millions of dollars to the family of an 18-year-old Cornell student who jumped to his death from a bridge over a gorge ...
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — Constitutional lawyers backing a planned House Republican lawsuit against President Barack Obama told a congressional committee Wednesday that the action is justified because Obama has exceeded his powers in carrying out his health care law. Attorneys allied ...
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Read More »Ontario County is about to be dropped from a lawsuit against New York state and five of its counties for allegedly failing to provide attorneys for poor defendants in criminal matters, in violation of the state and federal constitutions. The ...
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Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will consider how strict deadlines should be for people to sue the federal government for negligence. The justices agreed Monday to hear two cases where lawsuits were filed too late. In both cases, ...
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Read More »CINCINNATI (AP) — A former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader should not have been allowed to sue an Arizona-based gossip website over online posts about her sexual history, an appeals court ruled Monday in a case watched closely by Internet giants including ...
Read More »A company acted negligently in selling the weapon used in a Christmas Eve shooting that left two New York volunteer firefighters dead, a lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges. The semi-automatic rifle used by William Spengler Jr. on Dec. 24, 2012, during ...
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Read More »ALBANY (AP) — State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said New Yorkers charged illegally high interest rates by three Internet lenders his office sued last year can file refund claims. The lawsuit claimed Western Sky Financial LLC, CashCall Inc. and WS ...
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