Rating Agencies Win Dismissal of Ohio Funds Lawsuit
The three major credit-rating agencies won the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that five Ohio pension funds lost hundreds of millions of dollars on risky mortgage debt because they relied on flawed...
View ArticleSEC Concedes Challenges in Probes of Rating Agencies
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faces hurdles proving wrongdoing at credit-rating agencies, the agency’s enforcement chief said, pointing to the complexity of the cases and the industry’s...
View ArticleJudge Blocks San Francisco’s Cell Phone Warning
A U.S. judge has blocked most of a San Francisco ordinance that required warnings about cell phone safety risks, saying it violated the First Amendment. Health questions about cell phone use grew this...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin March in Tallahassee Postponed Again Over Lack of Insurance
A planned march on Florida’s state capitol to protest the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin has once again been derailed to a lack of liability coverage. The National Christian League of...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin March to Happen After Tallahassee Waives Insurance Requirement
A march in Florida’s state capital to protest the shooting death of Trayvon Martin is being held today after city officials relented and allowed the march to precede despite a lack of liability...
View ArticleJudge Denies Kentucky Student’s Damages Claim in Free Speech Case
A federal judge has ruled that a former University of Louisville nursing student waived her free speech rights by signing an honor code and can’t collect damages after being dismissed from school over...
View ArticleCourt Finds Rating Agencies Not Liable on Toxic Mortgages
Major credit rating agencies won a fresh legal victory on Monday when a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit by Ohio pension funds that sought to recoup millions of dollars of losses on risky...
View ArticleMontana Court: Hutterites Must Pay Workers’ Compensation
A divided Montana Supreme Court says forcing a Hutterite religious colony to pay workers’ compensation insurance for jobs outside the commune is not an unconstitutional intrusion into religion....
View ArticleS&P Wins Transfer of Ratings Lawsuits by States to Federal Court in New York
Standard & Poor’s and its parent company McGraw Hill Financial Inc. on Thursday won a ruling that moves 15 lawsuits in which they were accused of fraudulently inflating credit ratings to a single...
View ArticleCourt Grants Scientific Article Authors, Publishers Broad Protection
Authors and publishers of controversial scientific articles, and the companies sponsoring those articles, won broad free speech protection from a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit...
View ArticleCheerleader Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against Gossip Website
A gossip website operator who lost a defamation lawsuit brought by a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader plans to appeal, and some First Amendment lawyers warn the verdict could adversely affect...
View ArticleCourt Says Facebook ‘Like’ Is Protected Speech for Employees
Using Facebook Inc.’s “Like” feature to show support for a candidate in an election is speech protected under the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court said, handing a victory to the social...
View ArticleJudge Weighs Alabama City’s Case Over Police Officer’s Facebook Posts
A Dothan, Alabama judge is considering whether city officials acted appropriately in upholding disciplinary action against a police officer for Facebook posts she made. Circuit Judge Butch Binford...
View ArticleJudge Keeps Alabama Newspaper from Publishing Utility’s Safety Plan
A state court judge sided with Alabama Gas Corp. and blocked the Montgomery Advertiser from publishing information about the utility’s plan for gas line safety, which the Alabama Public Service...
View ArticlePresidential Hopeful Trump Vows to Make It Easier to Sue Media
Donald Trump said Friday he will weaken First Amendment protections for reporters as president, making it easier for him to sue them. The celebrity businessman turned Republican presidential...
View ArticleWall Street Brokers Claim Fiduciary Rule Is Violation of Their Free Speech...
A group of lawyers representing insurance and securities brokerages have made a curious argument for why a federal court should kill a rule aimed at protecting retirement savers: It restricts Wall...
View ArticleRating Agencies Win Dismissal of Ohio Funds Lawsuit
The three major credit-rating agencies won the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that five Ohio pension funds lost hundreds of millions of dollars on risky mortgage debt because they relied on flawed...
View ArticleSEC Concedes Challenges in Probes of Rating Agencies
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faces hurdles proving wrongdoing at credit-rating agencies, the agency’s enforcement chief said, pointing to the complexity of the cases and the industry’s...
View ArticleJudge Blocks San Francisco’s Cell Phone Warning
A U.S. judge has blocked most of a San Francisco ordinance that required warnings about cell phone safety risks, saying it violated the First Amendment. Health questions about cell phone use grew this...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin March in Tallahassee Postponed Again Over Lack of Insurance
A planned march on Florida’s state capitol to protest the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin has once again been derailed to a lack of liability coverage. The National Christian League of...
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