SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Boeing Co subsidiary prevailed on Wednesday against a lawsuit alleging it had helped the CIA illegally transport prisoners to secret facilities overseas, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Also tagged a-federal-appeals, cia, had-helped, helped-the-cia, illegally-transport, prevailed-on-wednesday, wednesdayHOUSTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court judge on Friday denied bail for former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling, according to a court document.
Also tagged chief, court-document, court-judge, denied-bail, domesticnews, enron, enron-corp, for-former, friday, jeffrey, judge-on-fridayNEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court has restored part of a nationwide class-action lawsuit accusing dozens of insurers and brokers of conspiring to rig the insurance market.
Also tagged court-has, domesticnews, insurance-market-, insurers-and, lawsuit-accusing, nationwide-class-action, yorkNEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a retaliation lawsuit by a former employee of the drugmaker Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Also tagged a-former-employee, court-on-wednesday, domesticnews, drugmaker, former-employee, new, the-drugmaker, wednesday, wyeth, wyeth-pharmaceuticals, yorkA federal appeals court has denied actor Wesley Snipes’ claim that his three-year prison sentence for tax evasion was “unreasonable.” Go here to see the original: Appeals court upholds Wesley Snipes’ sentence
Also tagged appeals, court-has, court-upholds, denied-actor, for-tax, his-three-year, original, see-the, three, wesley-snipesAP – Auto parts supplier Visteon Corp. cannot terminate its retirees’ health and life insurance benefits without following certain procedures under bankruptcy law, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. Visit link: Ruling on Visteon retiree benefits overturned (AP)
Also tagged a-federal-appeals, bankruptcy-law, following-certain, health-and, life-insurance, retiree-benefits, ruling, tuesday-visit, visteonA federal appeals panel on Thursday upheld a district judge’s order to block the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more: Federal appeals panel denies government bid to reinstate drilling ban
Also tagged a-district-judge, appeals-panel, block-the, deepwater-drilling-, denies-government, district-judge, federal, gulf, mexico, mexico-read, panel-on-thursday, reinstate-drilling, six-month-ban, thursdayNEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in Chicago threw out a 30-day jail sentence and contempt citation for television pitchman Kevin Trudeau.
Also tagged 30-day-jail, a-30-day-jail, chicago, contempt-citation, domesticnews, for-television, kevin, kevin-trudeau-, new, sentence-and, threw-outNEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in New York said an employer’s failure to investigate a bias complaint does not constitute retaliation for filing the accusation.
Also tagged a-bias-complaint, accusation, bias-complaint, constitute-retaliation, does-not, domesticnews, filing-the-accusation, for-filing, new, the-accusation-, yorkSAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A landmark sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc may proceed as a class-action case, a federal appeals court said, dealing the retailer a major blow and exposing it to billions of dollars of potential damages.
Also tagged a-federal-appeals, a-major-blow, and-exposing, court-said, dealing-the-retailer, domesticnews, lawsuit-against, may-proceed, retailer, san