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Oklahoma Court Favors Church in Syrian Torture Lawsuit

A man from Syria who says he was tortured in his home country after converting to Christianity has no legal recourse against an Oklahoma church that published his name and baptism online, the state’s highest court ruled on Wednesday. The former Muslim, identified in the lawsuit only as “John Doe,” says that after his baptism in 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Tulsa he returned …


Judge Unimpressed With Madonna’s Housing Lawsuit

Like a salesman . . . ooh. A no-nonsense state Supreme Court judge said superstar Madonna is no different than a college kid, a jailbird or even a door-to-door peddler when it comes to the scales of justice. ​The singer is suing her 1 W. 64th St. co-op over a strict residency requirement that says her children and domestic …


Yelp Warns California Lawsuit Could Scrub Critical Reviews

Yelp.com is warning that a California lawsuit targeting critical posts about a law firm could lead to the removal of negative reviews and leave consumers with a skewed assessment of restaurants and other businesses. Lawyer Dawn Hassell said the business review website is exaggerating the stakes of her legal effort, which aims only to remove from Yelp lies, not just negative statements, that …


Private Client Resources & Chicago Clearing Corporation Announce New Partnership

PCR aggregates all assets for ultra-high-net-worth investors and their advisors from hundreds of custom-built electronic data feeds. This new partnership automates a proprietary CCC discovery process that identifies recovery opportunities in the data streams of PCR’s clients and alerts advisors of potential actions. The advisor can then delegate the entire claims process to CCC, from the …