Intellectual Property Law

DOJ sues DC Transit Authority for religious discrimination
The Religion Clause Blog reports that the Justice Department has filed a Title VII complaint against the DC Transit authority for refusing to hire a woman whose religious beliefs required her to wear long skirts...

Chicago Transit Authority to add "DriveCams" to reduce accidents
The Chicago Transit Authority will add driver monitoring cameras on some local bus routes to monitor the driving behavior of its drivers. The CTA hopes that the presence of the cameras will result in fewer bus accidents and personal injury claims from injured bus passengers...

Chicago L-Station Nightmare
Chicago IL: Rush hour, downtown Chicago, on a Friday afternoon - the perfect setting for a major truck accident. And that's just what happened on Friday, April 25, 2008, when a renegade tractor-trailer rig plowed into the Cermak/Chinatown Chicago Transit Authority L-station killing two women and injuring a further 21 innocent bystanders.

RTA Says Chicago Transit Authority Should Do More to Prevent Train Accidents
The Regional Transportation Authority is reporting that Chicago Transit Authority trains are safe to ride but that the CTA is not doing enough to identify and take immediate action to fix hazardous conditions that could lead to railroad accidents...

Baltimore Teenagers Implicated in Bus Beating Case Plan to Sue Maryland Transit System For Damages
The lawyers for two Baltimore students that were implicated in the beating of a passenger on a transit bus say their clients are going to sue the Maryland Transit Authority, the Baltimore school system, and the bus driver...

Seniors line up for free transit rides beginning in March
Illinois state officials say about 4,000 senior citizens have pre-registered for a new program that will allow the elderly to ride public transit for free. During a news conference in downtown Chicago, Governor Rod Blagojevich says response has been so...

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
$2.3 million settlement reached in wrongful death lawsuit.

Chicago Golf Course
101 Year Old Owner Must Get $25 Million for Property

Amazon
Teen Sues over Lost Homework

Exploding iPod Touch
Mother of Injured Boy Sues Apple

Grand River Dam Authority
Faces Class Action over Flood Damage

Chicago's Metra Transit
Settles Suit fo $11 Million