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An annotated federal-court decision in which a law clerk hid names of Talking Heads songs

Beyond the Underground: 2010

On Tuesday, two Knightstown, Ind., homeowners who were foreclosed on filed a federal-court lawsuit against Bank of America, claiming they were deprived of their property because of "perjured" affidavits.

Regulator for Fannie Set to Get Litigious Nick Timiraos 2010

J.P. Morgan and Ms. Almonte agreed in April to settle her federal-court suit, which alleged she was fired after telling her bosses that nearly half the 23,000 accounts in a $200 million credit-card debt sale were missing proof of court judgments the bank claimed it had won.

Lender Drops Pursuit of Debt Jessica Silver-Greenberg 2011

A State Department spokeswoman said the federal-court ruling acknowledged that classified information provided "substantial support" for keeping the MeK on the terror list.

Banned Terror Group Seeks U.S. Rebirth Keith Johnson 2011

In a federal-court lawsuit filed last year against J.P. Morgan in San Antonio, a former assistant vice president at the bank who worked on sales of delinquent credit-card loans, alleged that employees known as "attorney liaisons" signed "multiple stacks of affidavits" filed as part of credit-card lawsuits without "looking at any accounts at all."

Lender Drops Pursuit of Debt Jessica Silver-Greenberg 2011

Instead of the $12 million estate listed in her application, the insurer alleged in a federal-court civil suit, Ms. Adler had assets of less than $100,000, relied on Social Security checks for income and had sought help from a program that helps pay for medicine.

Insurers, Investors Fight Over Death Bets Leslie Scism 2011

In a federal-court lawsuit filed Tuesday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission accused the traders of running a simple, but effective, scheme in early 2008 that reaped more than $50 million.

Traders Accused in Oil-Price Plot Dan Strumpf 2011

"We are confident the federal-court judges will follow the convincing argumentation of the lower court and confirm their ruling," Mr. Thuer said in a written statement.

Google Plans to Challenge Swiss Ruling on Mapping Katharina Bart 2011

In a federal-court lawsuit in New Jersey, emails show that an employee at an AIG unit expressed concern in 2006 about issuing a $10 million estate-planning policy that the insurer now is seeking to void.

Insurers, Investors Fight Over Death Bets Leslie Scism 2011

Dow Jones & Co., The Wall Street Journal's parent company, filed a lawsuit earlier this year seeking to overturn a 1979 federal-court injunction barring the release of Medicare physician information.

Access to Widen on Medicare Data John Carreyrou 2011