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A federal judge ordered the U.S. government to stop warrantless wiretapping of international telephone calls between suspected terrorists and their U.S.-based affiliates, ruling that the eavesdropping violates the Constitution and federal law. The U.S. Justice Department said it was appealing ...

A federal judge ruled that Altria Group’s Philip Morris USA and other U.S. cigarette makers violated anti-racketeering laws by marketing low-tar cigarettes as healthier alternatives to full-flavored brands. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler, while deciding the Justice Department had proved ...

A narcotics dealer who bartered heroin for guns “used” firearms in a drug-trafficking crime, making him eligible for a mandatory five-year sentence under federal law, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found. The defendant argued that because he ...

After filing grievances and requesting transfers en masse in June, employees of the Baltimore City Circuit Court’s Jury Division staged a walkout for nearly an hour Tuesday to protest the policies of Jury Commissioner Nancy M. Dennis and her lead ...

A Baltimore County police officer who suffered epileptic seizures two years ago is suing to keep his job, saying the seizures have not recurred and do not interfere with his ability to work. Philip Crumbacker filed suit last week in ...

A New Jersey judge ordered a new trial for a postal worker who blamed his heart attack on Merck & Co.’s Vioxx painkiller, a claim rejected by jurors last November. Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee ordered a new trial in ...

A Jackson County court that helps men become better fathers has become a model for others across the country. The fathering court program, headed by Commissioner Robert Schieber in Division 43, addresses alcohol, drug, employment and mental health issues that ...

A former employee has sued a cardiovascular center in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, claiming supervisors fired her when she objected to directives ordering her to overcharge Medicare-covered patients for medical services. Darla Stevens of Wentzville handled patient ...

A man has asked the Circuit Court of St. Louis County to enter a judgment saying he is no longer required to register as a sex offender. A petition for the man, formerly a resident of Iowa, says he was ...

A software engineer won a $5.1 million verdict in federal court in Greenbelt last week against Landover-based L-Soft, developer of the Listserv e-mail list management system, and its chief executive officer. Juan Pizzorno claimed the company failed to pay him ...

The Minnesota Court of Appeals earlier this month issued a highly unusual emergency writ restraining enforcement of a District Court judge’s decision to return a 13-year-old Japanese girl to her native country against the wishes of her mother. Immediately after ...