International Business News - Suit http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A federal appeals court upheld a $156 million judgment Wednesday against three U.S.-based Islamic groups accused of bankrolling terrorism in a landmark civil case. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/court-upholds-156m-palestinian-terror-verdict.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:22:08 EST Mississippi asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to revive a $1 billion lawsuit that accuses the city of Memphis, Tenn., of stealing its water. U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson dismissed the suit in February, saying he didn't have jurisdiction over the case because it's a dispute between two states that belongs in the U.S. Supreme Court. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/appeals-court-hears-mississippi-water-lawsuit.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:43:24 EST Black cafeteria workers at the city's newest skyscraper claim in a $200 million lawsuit that they have endured racist remarks, job discrimination and retaliatory firings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/black-food-staff-at-comcast-center-file-bias-suit.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:21:03 EST A federal judge has dismissed a challenge by Alabama Attorney General Troy King to the U.S. Department of the Interior's authority to force the state to allow an expansion of gambling on American Indian lands. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/judge-dismisses-alabama-lawsuit-over-indian-gaming.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:14:13 EST Oprah Winfrey wants a court to dismiss or order arbitration in a defamation lawsuit filed by the ex-headmistress of her girls school in South Africa. Nomvuyo Mzamane sued over remarks the media mogul made following sex-abuse complaints at the $40 million Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, near Johannesburg. A dorm matron who worked under Mzamane was charged with abusing six students last year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/181232-people-oprah-winfrey.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081124/winfrey-asks-court-to-dismiss-defamation-lawsuit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081124/winfrey-asks-court-to-dismiss-defamation-lawsuit.htm Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:13:07 EST The Alabama Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday but did not indicate when it will rule on a lawsuit that several legislators filed against the governor over as much as $183 million in appropriations for several state agencies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/ala-court-hears-suit-between-riley-legislators.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:57:30 EST A Marine who sued Rep. John Murtha for defamation urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to order the Pennsylvania Democrat to testify under oath in the case. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/177263-murtha-suit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/federal-judges-to-hear-murtha-defamation-case.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/federal-judges-to-hear-murtha-defamation-case.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:45:52 EST The U.S. Justice Department has replaced John McCain's presidential campaign as the plaintiff in a lawsuit demanding that Virginia election officials count late absentee ballots from military personnel serving outside the state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/mccain-campaign-removed-from-absentee-ballot-case.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:28:25 EST A Siberian appeal court is scheduled Tuesday to consider a ruling that could lead to the temporary seizure of Norwegian Telenor's ownership in Vimpelcom, Russia's second largest mobile phone company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/appeal-threatens-telenors-russian-stake.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:27:38 EST The city of Birmingham has filed suit accusing several large financial companies of predatory lending practices. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in state court claims corporate wrongdoing in subprime mortgages led to an increased number of housing foreclosures, and that in turn caused city tax revenues to go down. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/alabama-city-sues-over-predatory-lending-practices.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:53:16 EST A group of civil rights attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday claiming racial discrimination by the Louisiana Road Home program, an already troubled $10.3 billion effort designed to help Hurricane Katrina victims rebuild their storm-damaged homes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/lawsuit-claims-discrimination-in-katrina-recovery.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:54:52 EST Congress is on track to sign off on a deal to restore California's San Joaquin River, bringing water and salmon back to a now-dry stretch of the waterway that once nourished the state's farm fields, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/deal-reached-on-san-joaquin-river-legislation.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:39:42 EST The family of a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy is suing the operators of a Detroit foster home where they say their son starved to death. Elena Andron says she placed her son Johnny Dragomir in foster care because she had lost her job and couldn't afford to care for him. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/foster-home-sued-over-9-year-old-boys-starvation.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:35:11 EST The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to decide an amputee's lawsuit against a drug maker based on how much federal regulators knew about an anti-nausea drug's risks in the event of a botched injection. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/166768-scotus-drug-suit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/court-weighs-amputees-case-limits-on-drug-suits.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/court-weighs-amputees-case-limits-on-drug-suits.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:11:06 EST Republican John McCain's presidential campaign sued the Virginia election board Monday, claiming absentee ballots weren't mailed on time to military members serving overseas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/mccain-sues-to-force-va-to-count-military-ballots.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:58:15 EST A federal appeals court will hear arguments in a lawsuit that accuses the city of Memphis, Tenn., of stealing millions of gallons of Mississippi water. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/appeals-court-to-hear-mississippi-water-lawsuit.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:39:36 EST The Bush administration and a drug maker urged the Supreme Court on Monday to throw out a multimillion dollar verdict to a Vermont musician who lost her arm because of a botched injection to relieve nausea. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/166082-scotus-drug-suit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/court-hears-amputees-case-on-limits-of-drug-suits.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/court-hears-amputees-case-on-limits-of-drug-suits.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:22:46 EST The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to decide an amputee's lawsuit against a drug maker based on how much federal regulators knew about an anti-nausea drug's risks in the event of a botched injection. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/166045-scotus-drug-suit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/court-weights-amputees-case-limits-on-drug-suits.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/court-weights-amputees-case-limits-on-drug-suits.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:49:45 EST The NAACP on Friday resumed efforts to force Virginia to put more voting machines in minority polling places, setting up a court hearing 15 hours before voters head to polls in the battleground state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/civil-rights-group-renews-va-election-lawsuit.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:16:42 EDT A federal judge blocked the city Friday from requiring all new taxicabs to be fuel-efficient hybrids, hampering Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ambitious goal to make all yellow cabs green by 2012. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/164787-taxicab-suit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/ny-judge-gives-red-light-to-green-cabs.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/ny-judge-gives-red-light-to-green-cabs.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:49:31 EDT