An Oklahoma newspaper publisher filed a libel suit against a competitor, after the rival publication refused to retract claims that the Tulsa World had inflated its circulation figures.
An insurance company fighting to avoid paying a claim in a fatal Houston 2007 office fire that could involve damages of $25 million is reportedly dropping its effort to apply…
Two Chinese milk producers have received death sentences for selling dairy products laced with melamine, a toxic compound that led to the deaths of at least six children.
Acknowledging some pointed criticism of its 2001 immunity decision Saucier v. Katz, the U.S. Supreme Court has nixed the ruling’s rigid two-step test for determining immunity.
A Delta Airlines flight attendant who contends she was denied opportunities to travel for free on a rival airline to her job assignments because she wasn’t dressed provocatively enough has…
As in Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme, Bradford Bleidt stole $32.6 million by persuading those with social ties to give him money to “invest.” In Bleidt’s case, his…
An insurance company for a Nevada law firm has agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle litigation claiming that by preparing financial documents, attorney David Garcia and his law firm…
Two registered nurses who blew the whistle on an alleged Medicare fraud by a major hospice provider have sparked a record $24.7 million settlement with the U.S. government by their…
After a decade of litigation, Dorsey & Whitney won a ruling (PDF) Thursday from the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that overturns earlier federal court judgments…
Updated: It won’t even be effective until Feb. 10. But a new law intended to protect children from dangerous products that contain lead or phthalates is already sending shivers down…
A former transit police officer in Oakland, Calif., has been charged with an on-duty murder in an unusual incident that was captured on a cell phone video and has sparked…
As law firms, like other businesses, struggle to stay on track in a disastrous economy, a stunning financial storm for many wealthy investors has shown a platinum lining to legal…
A former associate of Nixon Peabody has filed an employment discrimination suit against the international law firm, saying that he was fired last year because of his gender, race and…
In what city leaders describe as a first-of-its-kind judgment under a new state law that permits civil lawsuits to seek damages concerning claimed gang activities, Los Angeles has been awarded…
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