Skiers who hurt themselves as the result of negligence by Utah ski resorts can sue for damages, even if they sign agreements waiving any right to damages.
More than two years after DuPont agreed to pay $12 million and clean up 600 homes in order to settle a lead paint lawsuit brought by the state of Rhode…
Updated:: The SEC filed civil and criminal cases today against a partner at Mayer Brown, accusing him of helping one of the world’s biggest commodities brokerages hide from investors information…
The attorney general of Kansas, who has been embroiled in a sex scandal that also raises significant legal ethics issues, announced today that he will resign from office effective at…
A legal secretary who warned a major Maine law firm that the senior partner for whom she worked was apparently mishandling funds now plans to file a whistle-blower suit, contending…
Eastern Michigan University has agreed to pay a $2.5 million settlement to the family of a murdered student apparently slain in her dorm room, in an unusual case related to…
Rock legend Mick Jagger’s ex-wife has been evicted from the rent-stabilized New York City apartment she has called home for 20 years, potentially allowing the landlord to up the ante…
A $30 million payday is pending for a Virginia company that owns a patent on the “Buy It Now” mechanism that allows online eBay auction bidders the alternative of purchasing…
A former prosecutor and judge is squaring off in federal court with the creator of the Sopranos television series, contending that he is entitled to compensation for coming up with…
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