In a victory for NBC Universal, the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a couple cannot recover the cost of text messages they sent in order to play along…
A class action suit claiming the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs isn’t doing enough to prevent suicide or providing adequate medical care for vets is scheduled for trial today in…
The Roman Catholic Church is considering unspecified changes to canon law in order to deal more effectively with cases of sex abuse by members of religious orders.
The fallout from revelations that the one-time King of Torts was involved in a judicial bribery scandal continues this week with news that a Jackson, Miss.,…
A husband and wife legal team have been awarded $218 million in fees for helping lay the groundwork for Florida tobacco litigation even though their class action suit was later…
Documents unearthed in lawsuits against the painkiller Vioxx show the drug’s maker, Merck, wrote article drafts about the drug’s performance but found outside physicians to be listed as authors.
Until it did $35,000 worth of damage to his boat, Lawrence Turner says, he had no idea that the ethanol-laced fuel sold at California marinas could erode fiberglass fuel tanks.…
An Internet site about a federal lawsuit that 38 Duke University men’s lacrosse team players on the 2006 team filed against the school and the city of Durham,…
It’s too late to make the case for extra damages for some 1,500 people who died when the Titantic sank 96 years ago, just before midnight on April 14, 1912.
More securities class actions, as well as increased efforts to obtain redress abroad, were predicted today by experts from the PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting firm. They also said that the growing presence…
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