Rebecca Boone

October 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

A legal loophole in Idaho that allows parents of teens to nullify child custody agreements by arranging child marriages will remain in effect, under…

By Rebecca Boone | The Associated Press

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January 05, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Six Mexican veterinarians who say they were recruited to work at an Idaho dairy farm as animal scientists have filed a federal human trafficking lawsuit against the dairy's owners and the lawyer who arranged work visas, claiming they were instead forced to work as laborers, milking cows and shoveling manure for about a year.

By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press

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February 05, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Corrections Corporation of America will pay Idaho $1 million for understaffing the state's largest prison in violation of its contract, according to a settlement agreement announced late Tuesday.

By Rebecca Boone

4 minute read

August 24, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BOISE, Idaho AP - The latest act in a nine-year battle between Tom Hanks, his wife Rita Wilson and a high-end contractor played out before the Idaho Supreme Court on Friday.The case revolves around the couple's sprawling Sun Valley-area home, built by Storey Construction starting in 2000. Hanks and Wilson say the company's shoddy workmanship left them out more than $2 million.

By REBECCA BOONE

4 minute read

March 18, 2010 | Daily Report Online

BOISE, Idaho AP - A federal appellate court says it won't reconsider its ruling that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for misuse of the material witness statute after the Sept. 11 attacks.In a ruling published Thursday, the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted to deny Ashcroft's request amid bitter dissent by eight of its judges.

By REBECCA BOONE

1 minute read

October 02, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BOISE, Idaho AP - The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson can take the contractor of their high-end Sun Valley home back to arbitration over claims of shoddy workmanship.The unanimous high court ruling handed down Wednesday came in a long-running battle between the couple and Storey Construction, the company they hired to build their sprawling villa in 2000.

By REBECCA BOONE

3 minute read

August 27, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BOISE, Idaho AP - Joseph Edward Duncan III has been sentenced to death for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a northern Idaho boy after the federal jury deliberated just three hours.The jurors' recommendation was binding on U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge, who thanked them, dismissed them and then issued the sentence Wednesday.

By REBECCA BOONE

1 minute read

March 23, 2005 | Law.com

Workers have filed a class action against Hewlett-Packard Co., claiming the company wrongly classified them as contractors instead of employees. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Idaho, claims that the misclassification denied benefits such as health insurance, vacation and sick leave, and retirement plans to more than 3,000 H-P workers throughout the United States. The suit seeks more than $300 million in damages.

By Rebecca Boone

2 minute read

October 19, 2006 | Law.com

An Idaho teen who developed a serious blood clot problem after using a popular birth control patch has sued Johnson & Johnson and drug maker Ortho McNeil in federal court. The lawsuit over Ortho Evra is one of hundreds filed nationwide, company officials said. The plaintiff had been using the patch for just over a month when she noticed swelling in one leg that turned into deep vein thrombosis, her lawsuit says. She contends the product was rushed to market without receiving adequate safety testing.

By Rebecca Boone

2 minute read

December 16, 2005 | Law.com

A federal judge has tossed out an Idaho county's suit against local employers accused of hiring illegal immigrants -- an attempt to recoup money the county says it has spent on the workers. The judge said Canyon County's claimed higher expenses for social services were simply the costs of being a government entity. The suit marked the first time a government tried to use the federal Racketeering and Corrupt Organizations Act to demand damages from businesses for the costs of allegedly illegal employees.

By Rebecca Boone

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