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  • August 2007

    • Muslim Donut Franchisee Fights Pork

      Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 1, 07 4:49 PM CDT

      Muslim Donut Franchisee Fights Pork

      (Newser) - The owner of two Chicago-area Dunkin' Donuts is locked in a legal dispute with the company over conflicts between his religious beliefs and his breakfast menu, the Chicago Tribune reports. A franchisee since 1979, Walid Elkhatib has never served pork products; it wasn't until 2002 that Dunkin' Donuts insisted he toe the line or lose stores. More »

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  • July 2007

    • Frustrated Cities Take Gangs to Court

      Associated Press  |  Jul 30, 07 1:00 PM CDT

      Frustrated Cities Take Gangs to Court

      (Newser) - San Francisco, Fort Worth, and other cities are suing gangs in an effort to curb violence, winning injunctions forbidding members to ride in cars together and even talk to each other on the street. Courts have struck down citywide measures after critics argued they unfairly target minorities, but injunctions against specific gangs or members have held up, the AP reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • crime  • Los Angeles  • San Francisco  • violence  • gangs  • gang violence  • Fort Worth

    • Judge Mulls Second Suit Against Facebook Founder

      Red Herring  |  Jul 26, 07 5:22 AM CDT

      Judge Mulls Second Suit Against Facebook Founder

      (Newser) - The former Harvard friends who unsuccessfully sued Facebook's founder two years ago for stealing their idea are trying again. They filed another suit in Massachusets federal court earlier this year; yesterday the judge said he'll rule in two weeks on whether to dismiss it. More »

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      Internet  • lawsuit  • Facebook  • social networking  • website  • Harvard  • Mark Zuckerberg  • ConnectU

    • $54M Pants Party Helps Pay Legal Fees

      Associated Press  |  Jul 25, 07 12:40 PM CDT

      $54M Pants Party Helps Pay Legal Fees

      (Newser) - A guard stood watch over the most expensive pair of pants in the world at a fundraiser yesterday evening in Washington. Guests sipped cocktails, nibbled appetizers, and took photos with the notorious garment, which was so important to its original owner that he sued his dry cleaners for $54 million. He lost, but the cleaners still have legal bills. More »

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      lawsuit  • law  • lawyer  • fundraiser  • pants  • dry cleaners  • Chungs  • tort law reform

    • Texas Woman Sues 'Predator' Over Suicide

      Dallas Morning News  |  Jul 24, 07 12:33 PM CDT

      Texas Woman Sues 'Predator' Over Suicide

      (Newser) - The sister of an alleged Texan pedophile who committed suicide when police and and an NBC camera crew tried to catch him in a sex-predator sting is suing the TV network for $105 million. Louis Conradt Jr., who was a local district attorney, was ambushed in his home when he failed to appear at a rendezvous that adults posing online as children had set up for an episode of To Catch a Predator. More »

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      lawsuit  • suicide  • media criticism  • sexual predator

    • Injured Veterans Sue US

      Reuters  |  Jul 24, 07 4:53 AM CDT

      Injured Veterans Sue US

      (Newser) - Two veterans groups representing troops who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan are suing the US government for "shameful failures" in medical treatment, Reuters reports. The Department of Veterans Affairs is swamped with a backlog of 600,000 health claims and is "abandoning" soldiers returning home, the class-action suit contends. More »

    • Pearl Sues Al-Qaeda in Husband's Beheading

      Reuters  |  Jul 19, 07 7:45 AM CDT

      Pearl Sues Al-Qaeda in Husband's Beheading

      (Newser) - Mariane Pearl, widow of the Wall Street Journal reporter who was beheaded in 2002, has filed a suit in New York against Al-Qaeda for Daniel Pearl's "senseless kidnapping, torture and murder." Habib Bank—one of the biggest banks in Pakistan, which is linked to charities supporting terrorist groups—was also named in the lawsuit. More »

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      Pakistan  • terrorism  • lawsuit  • kidnapping  • Wall Street Journal  • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed  • beheading  • Daniel Pearl

    • Children of Holocaust Survivors Sue Germany

      Der Spiegel  |  Jul 16, 07 8:29 PM CDT

      Children of Holocaust Survivors Sue Germany

      (Newser) - An Israeli group is about to file a class action lawsuit against Germany on behalf of 15,000 children of Holocaust survivors in need of psychological treatment. The children suffer from depression and other problems stemming from being raised in dysfunctional homes. The suit, to be filed Sunday in Tel Aviv, is the work of the Fisher Fund, an Israeli charity. More »

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    • LA Cardinal Apologizes to Abuse Victims

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 16, 07 4:51 AM CDT

      LA Cardinal Apologizes to Abuse Victims

      (Newser) - Cardinal Roger Mahony publicly apologized yesterday to the 508 plaintiffs in a sexual-abuse lawsuit the archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to settle for a record $660 million. Mahony, who met privately with many of the victims abused by clergy, said he wished their lives were like a videotape—"we could put the tape in and delete these years of difficulty and misery." More »

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    • Suit Forces AOL to Let Users Log Off

      Associated Press  |  Jul 12, 07 3:00 PM CDT

      Suit Forces AOL to Let Users Log Off

      (Newser) - AOL paid a $3 million settlement to frustrated users ensnared by Byzantine cancellation procedures, and made it easier to cancel accounts, in a bid to avoid wider litigation yesterday. Customers attempting to ditch the service had met unending conversations with reps who were allegedly paid bonuses of up to $3,000 for each cancellation they averted. More »

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      Internet  • lawsuit  • AOL

    • Food Critic Grilled Over Steak Review

      Associated Press  |  Jul 3, 07 4:00 AM CDT

      Food Critic Grilled Over Steak Review

      (Newser) - A miffed chef is suing the restaurant critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer after he reviewed a $15 slab of steak as "miserably tough and fatty." But the suit could be even more of a raw deal than expected for writer Craig LaBan, who was ordered to give a video deposition that could jeopardize his cover. More »

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      lawsuit  • restaurant  • free speech  • First Amendment  • chef  • libel  • critic  • deposition  • Philadelphia Inquirer

  • June 2007

    • Chefs Get Into Food Fight

      New York Times  |  Jun 27, 07 4:46 PM CDT

      Chefs Get Into Food Fight

      (Newser) - Rebecca Charles, chef/owner of the famed Pearl Oyster Bar in Manhattan, is taking her former sous-chef to court, claiming he knocked off her menu and decor for his own New York eatery. Lawyers for Charles, who is seeking unspecified financial damages, said that the owner of Ed's Lobster Bar had stolen her intellectual property, the New York Times re