Bavaria’s migration-skeptic Prime Minister Horst Seehofer said Saturday that he would file a lawsuit in Germany’s Constitutional Court if Chancellor Angela Merkel fails to restore contol over Germany’s borders. Authorities in the southern German state of Bavaria threatened in October to take the federal government to court if it did not manage to curb the record inflow of refugees into the... 

Goldman Sachs, the Great Vampire Squid that helped oligarchs and corrupt politicians hide the debt central bankers say the Greek people owe, faces legal action over the role it played in the financial crisis. The investment bank worked behind the scenes to ensure Greece followed strict Maastricht rules for eurozone membership, according to a former Goldman banker who advised indebted governments on... 

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has flouted the advice of his own attorney general and scores of legal scholars by signing a bill which blocks a levee board’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies, who are accused of destroying the state’s coast. “This bill will help stop frivolous lawsuits and create a more fair and predictable legal environment, and I am proud to sign it into law,”... 

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales Bolivia’s President Evo Morales plans to file legal action against the US president for crimes against humanity, condemning Washington’s intimidation tactics after it denied Venezuelan presidential jet entry into US airspace. “I would like to announce that we are preparing a lawsuit against [US President] Barack Obama to condemn him for crimes against humanity,”... 

Search engine Yahoo has won a court case to release NSA records and potentially prove it resisted handing over customer data to US authorities. The ruling could clear Yahoo’s name following allegations it collaborated with the NSA to spy on citizens. The US Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Court ruled that data, pertaining to a 2008 order for Yahoo to hand over customer information to US authorities,... 

Alaska’s capital city of Juneau A group of Russian Orthodox activists have filed a lawsuit against Washington aimed at taking back the state of Alaska from the US and returning it to Russia as the latter country’s sovereign territory. The ultraconservative religious group Pchyolki (Bees) filed the complaint in a Moscow arbitration court, in response to US President Barack Obama’s support for... 

Toyota, the third largest carmaker in the US market, has settled a US lawsuit that blames the company for defects in the speed control system in its vehicles. The class action has been the biggest safety crisis in the Japanese company’s history. The key accusation is that millions of Toyota cars accelerate unintentionally, with the proposed settlement set to cover economic losses from possible safety... 

The Supreme Court won’t hear a Michigan man’s attempt to challenge the use of full body scanners at airports. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by Jonathan Corbett, who wanted to challenge the Transportation Security Administration’s use of full body scanners and/or enhanced pat-downs at airport security lines. Federal courts in Florida refused to hear his lawsuit,... 

Unless Tehran retracts its lawsuit over Moscow’s refusal to deliver S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, Russia will take a tougher stand on the Iranian nuclear issue, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Friday. “We have already made it clear to Iran that lawsuits are not helping the development of our relations,” the newspaper quoted a Russian presidential administration source as... 

Facebook users in California have filed a lawsuit against the social network seeking damages for invasion of their privacy and improper tracking. The suit consolidates 21 related cases filed in more than a dozen states in 2011 and early 2012 alleging that Facebook tracked internet use of its members even after they logged out of their accounts. Lawyers in the suit seek up to USD 10,000 for each Facebook... 

Civil rights leader the Rev. Joseph Lowery is among the plaintiffs, who claim the state circumvented the typical legislative process in creating “super-majority white neighborhoods.” Suit says ‘super-majority white neighborhoods’ were created. The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus filed a lawsuit Monday against the state of Georgia seeking to dissolve the city charters of Dunwoody, Sandy... 

The Texas attorney general has opened an antitrust investigation into how Google ranks search results, the first United States case to strike at the heart of the company’s main search business. The issue at hand, referred to as search neutrality, is whether Google manipulates results to thwart competitors and advance its own businesses. Some companies worry that Google has the power to discriminate... 

Mexico has jumped on the surreal bandwagon and is suing Arizona over their decision to enforce federal immigration law. Mexico on Tuesday asked a federal court in Arizona to declare the state’s new immigration law unconstitutional, arguing that the country’s own interests and its citizens’ rights are at stake. Lawyers for Mexico on Tuesday submitted a legal brief in support of one of five...