Businesses and workers-rights advocates are fighting over a bill that would set uniform state standards for employees who say they...
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A federal appeals court has asked parties involved in a personal injury lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of Mississippi’s $1...
Both sides intend to appeal an Iowa jury’s decision that a television campaign ad by Democrats libeled and slandered Sioux...
An Oregon jury has awarded $25 million in punitive damages in the death of a Salem smoker whose family sued...
A San Francisco, Calif. jury has awarded $465,000 to a Muslim security guard who says his co-workers and supervisors called...
In the age of iTunes and an-app-for-everything, Joel Tenenbaum’s battle with the music industry over illegal downloading seems as relevant...
A key court ruling in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill litigation could change the landscape in the massive case...
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out part of a bellwether lawsuit against Merck & Co. over claims that its...
Plaintiff lawyers claimed a victory on Friday when a U.S. federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits against BP and others...
Relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks have asked to meet the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department to...