Litigation

NEW YORK -- New York state's attorney general plans to sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America over alleged violations of a national mortgage settlement reached last year. Atty. Gen. Eric Schneiderman's office said Monday it intends to sue the banks for...

The Chicago Cubs downplayed Chairman Tom Ricketts’ threat this morning to move the team if his renovation plan is not passed, but warned the rooftop owners not to threaten a lawsuit. “The question was asked, ‘What would you do if the...

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is lashing back at Monster Beverage Corp. with his own lawsuit a week after being sued by the Corona energy drink maker. The root of the legal barbs: Herrera’s attempts to curb caffeine content in Monster...

The main prosecution witness against Johnny Borizov faced another four hours of cross examination Tuesday as the murder trial of the Willow Springs man moved into its second week in DuPage County. Jacob Nodarse, who says Borizov persuaded him to kill...

The Woodlands Homeowners Association has threatened to sue one of its residents, a self-proclaimed "loudmouth" who has a website about the going-ons within the community. An attorney for the law firm Becker & Poliakoff sent Sharon Aron Baron a letter...

A hearing has been set in Casey Anthony's Chapter 7 bankruptcy case next month, when two people suing the infamous former murder defendant for defamation will continue their fight to salvage their lawsuits. The suits, brought separately by Zenaida...

As a teenager in the mid-1990s, he moved with his parents to the United States from Pakistan. The family sought and received political asylum. They settled in Baltimore County and operated a gas station. The boy attended Owings Mills High School. His...

SOUTH BEND Bradley Co. announces the following additions: Rudy Yakym III is vice president. He will be responsible for building continuity of the brand and business culture strength among all current and future offices. Yakym received a bachelor's...

On his way to work one spring morning 20 years ago, Laszlo Nemeth struck something on Dania Beach Boulevard. It was a monkey, and it was dead. As he went to move the carcass off the road, Nemeth suddenly was charged by five screeching monkeys who...

A subsidiary of SunTrust is suing the Lake Mary solar company BlueChip Energy LLC, saying the company has no money and that its assets should be liquidated by a court-appointed manager. The company's proposed solar farm in Sorrento — which would...

Momence police Chief Timothy Swanson, formerly the police chief in the suburb of Countryside, filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Tribune on Friday in response to articles about a police helicopter program he spearheaded. Swanson, of Bourbonnais, is...

A former Newport Beach police dispatcher claims in a lawsuit that she was sexually harassed by the police chief, discriminated against and wrongfully terminated. As is common, the city and Police Department are also named as defendants in the suit,...