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There is some measure of justice in Piston Group winning a permanent injunction against the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council, which has tried for three years to strip the auto [...]

Byline: Kurt Nagl One of the world's largest Black-owned automotive suppliers was wrongfully stripped of its minority certification in an apparent bid to 'destroy' and 'steal' the company, a judge [...]

Byline: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) issued a press release Thursday stating that 'The Cleveland Clinic has quietly removed all traces of the [...]

Byline: John Huetter The new dealership requirements in the Federal Trade Commission's Combating Auto Retail Scams Rule are on hold pending a legal challenge by the National Automobile Dealers Association [...]

Byline: Kevin Oklobzija Homebuyers that rely on the expertise of real estate agents could end up paying more for a house if terms of a proposed national lawsuit settlement are [...]

A trade group's racketeering lawsuit accuses a Lowell home health care company of misclassifying its workforce to avoid mandatory employer costs that its competitors have to pay. The defendant, Pinnacle [...]

Byline: Dustin Walsh Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will face antitrust litigation challenging its reimbursement rates for local anesthesiologists, a federal judge in Detroit ruled last week, a year [...]

During a brief online status conference on August 31, federal judge Alan D. Albright said he will issue a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of H B 900, Texas's controversial new [...]

Community Health Centers of Arkansas fears its members' budgets would lose a total of $1 million annually if a drug industry's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law succeeds. [...]

Washington, DC -- A three-judge U.S. Appeals Court panel hearing oral argument in the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association vs. U.S. EPA 2006 highway diesel rule case last week showed [...]

The copyright infringement case against Internet music exchange service, Napster, is discussed. Implications for other facets of music privacy are also discusssed.

Byline: Matt Scully An industry group representing the $800 billion leveraged loan market and $350 billion market for collateralized loan obligations is asking a D.C. Court of Appeals to suspend [...]

A student dispensing optician alleged to have forged signatures on her pre-qualification period tracking sheets has had her case dismissed by a General Optical Council fitness to practise committee. The [...]

Byline: Richard Crump FRC launches disciplinary hearing into conduct of Paul Newsham, a former audit partner at Worthington Nicholls auditors Sixonethreeone THE FORMER auditor of Worthington Nicholls Group is set [...]

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. -- Nearly 1,000 California restaurateurs who were sued by a law firm here for alleged violations of the state's Business and Professions Code may not have dodged [...]

An application for an extension of the interim order placed on optometrist Ricky Patel has been submitted to the High Court by the General Optical Council. The GOC made its [...]

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling addresses association codes of ethics and antitrust issues, taking the guesswork out of the Federal Trade Commission-association community relationship. It's rare that the United [...]

The city's biggest landlord organization is looking to build a winning streak in the courts as it sues the Rent Guidelines Board over its decision to enact a rent freeze. [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS US labour unions The Allied Pilots Association the US Airline Pilots Association the Association of Professional Flight Attendants Association of Flight Attendants-CWA the Transport Workers [...]

Byline: Andis Robeznieks As Congress drafted elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that would tie Medicare payments to quality metrics, the House of Representatives added a provision [...]

Byline: Kevin Wack A federal judge ordered retail trade groups Thursday to make changes to websites that seek to persuade merchants to oppose a proposed settlement over credit card swipe [...]

Byline: Kevin Wack More and more, banks and the largest credit card networks are becoming bystanders in the long-running legal wrangling over credit card swipe fees. Taking center stage is [...]

Byline: Gabe Nelson Massachusetts dealers plan to press on with a lawsuit against Tesla Motors, although a judge has denied a request for a preliminary injunction against the automaker. As [...]

Byline: KRISTI ELLIS Swipe-Fee Settlement Irks Stores WASHINGTON A large swath of U.S. retailers and several trade associations have risen up to oppose a $7.25 billion proposed settlement with Visa, [...]

A discrimination case brought against the Association of Optometrists was resolved between the parties before evidence was heard. Claimant Sama Elwakili took her case to central London employment tribunal offices [...]

The Personal Finance Society has urged the FSA to ensure it effectively polices accredited bodies to ensure they deliver 'good value and outcomes'. Accredited bodies will be responsible for providing [...]

Byline: Paul Muolo The National Association of Independent Housing Professionals is giving up - for now - on its legal battle against the Federal Reserve Board to block the agency's [...]

The National Futures Association has brought a member responsibility action effectively freezing the business of International Commodity Advisors, a Marietta, Ga.-based commodity trading adviser. The self-regulatory organization accused ICA of [...]

An Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada hearing panel has permanently banned Yves Tardif, a former mutual fund salesman at iForum Securities. An Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada hearing [...]

CTIA is suing the City of San Francisco in hopes of blocking the enforcement of the Cell Phone Right-to-Know ordinance that the city's Board of Supervisors recently passed. The ordinance [...]

NIH proposes new set of conflict-of-interest rules The National Institutes of Health has proposed an updated set of rules for reporting and managing financial conflicts of interest among investigators working [...]

Byline: Vince Galloro From London to Washington to Kansas City, Mo., HCA is facing legal actions that could have impacts measured in hundreds of millions of dollars. Last week, the [...]

HOBART, Ind. -- The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America recently filed a lawsuit against Luke Oil Co., a convenience store operator headquartered here, over the company's new logo [...]

The normally sedate actuarial world has been rocked by an ugly feud between the board of the American Academy of Actuaries and the president-elect it's trying to oust. All but [...]

GREENPEACE: PROGRESS IN SEAFOOD WASHINGTON - Greenpeace last week said it's 'seeing signs of progress' among supermarkets ranked in its annual survey of seafood sustainability practices. The environmental activist group [...]

COLUMBUS, OHIO - Ohio retailers are confronting cost increases on many fronts, including rising taxes levied by the debt-ridden state government. One such tax is the commercial activity tax, or [...]

By Ted Hearn A trade group for small cable operators had harsh words last Thursday for News Corp.'s effort to escape Federal Communications Commission competitive conditions imposed in late 2003, [...]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said Tuesday that it fined 19 broker-dealers $2.8 million for overstating their advertised trading volume to three private service providers. The federal regulator said it [...]

By Linda Haugsted Trade Group Shot Down by State Commission The Michigan Public Service Commission has rejected a formal complaint by a local programming producers trade group regarding the way [...]

There was noisy argument at last month's Inter-national Longshoremen's Association convention over dissidents' proposals for direct election of officers. But the meeting hall was pin-drop quiet when attorneys briefed union [...]

A Southfield businessman who proposed an indoor flea market with up to 3,000 tenants at the former Novi Expo Center has agreed not to do business as the Novi Trade [...]

WASHINGTON -- The National Community Reinvestment Coalition said it has filed a lawsuit against Novastar, charging the company discriminated against minorities wanting to purchase row houses and to individuals wanting [...]

TheMassachusetts Bankers Association and several other trade groups and financial companies filed a class action saying negligence by TJX Cos. in its handling of card data resulted in a massive [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Air Transport Association (ATA), a trade association for airlines in the United States, has filed a petition with the US Department of Transportation [...]