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Ben & Jerry’s sued over Chunky Monkey trademark Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s was sued for trademark infringement by the daughter of the designer of the Chunky Monkey cartoon character used to promote a flavor bearing the same name. ...

Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty will end his time as deputy attorney general this summer. Photo by Chris Kleponis/Bloomberg News The resignation of Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty may give Democrats a further opening to embarrass the Bush administration ...

Oasis Legal Finance, a company providing lawyers with loans to bring cases on a contingency-fee basis, was accused of violating a California law that prohibits non-attorneys from sharing in lawyer fees. James Gillen, a personal injury lawyer, sued Oasis on ...

A lawsuit challenging the admissions policy of a private Hawaiian school system that admits only children of native ancestry was settled before the U.S. Supreme Court could decide whether to hear the case. The case had been appealed to the ...

U.S. wins $103.5 million verdict in bid-rigging suit The U.S. Justice Department won a $103.5 million verdict against construction companies accused of rigging bids for an American-financed project in Egypt. A Washington jury Monday awarded $34.5 million in damages to ...

In a session full of tensions between the Legislature and judiciary, it was unlikely that a massive bill full of judiciary-related items could pass through the Missouri House without comment. The House considered a proposal Wednesday night to do away ...

Attorney Brian Niceswanger says his client is an eggshell plaintiff. His client, a 72-year-old diabetic woman, claims a fish dinner contaminated with salmonella eventually led to the amputation of both her legs just above the knees. “It’s one of those ...

Almost a year after John Triggs died from a bicycling accident with a cement truck, the cyclist’s family is suing the truck driver and the company he worked for. Triggs, an avid bicyclist, was riding eastbound on 12th Street on ...

Third ACORN worker pleads guilty to voter fraud The third of four Kansas City voter-registration workers who were the subject of controversial indictments for voter-registration fraud just before the November 2006 election has pleaded guilty, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for ...

Two Democrats called for a no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, while a leading Republican predicted he would step down after a congressional investigation is completed. Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer, of New York, and Dianne Feinstein, of California, said ...

MySpace refusal to give up sex data ‘inexcusable,’ state says MySpace’s refusal to disclose data on sex offenders who had set up profiles on its Web site without a subpoena is “inexplicable and inexcusable,” Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said. ...