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Judge blocks Sprint's access to key AT&T files
s lawsuit attempting to unravel AT&T Inc.'s proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA may have suffered a blow Monday when a federal judge blocked access to AT&T files. Attorneys were in federal court this week in Washington offering arguments on
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:24P
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LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis judge has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to agree whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:23P
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LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis judge has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to agree whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:23P
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LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis judge has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to agree whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:23P
Appeals Court Rules Bougainville Residents May Pursue Genocide Claims In U.S.
According to the lawsuit, this resulted in the exposure of dangerous chemicals to local residents, dispossessing them of their ancestral lands and destroying their culture. The case was originally filed on September 18, 2000.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:22P
Appeals court revives human rights case vs Rio Tinto
Oct 25 (Reuters) - A US federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit seeking to hold Rio Tinto Plc responsible for human rights violations and thousands of deaths linked to a Papua New Guinea copper and gold mine it once ran.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:19P
Belleville surgeon sued by woman over carpal tunnel procedure
Eileen Peton-Thorton filed a lawsuit Oct. 11 in St. Clair County Circuit Court against Dr. Robert E. Schultz Sr. and MSA Alliance LLC, doing business as Neurological Surgery of Southern Illinois. SLIPS Inc., formerly known as Southern Illinois
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:16P
Trial in lawsuit against ex-AG Kline delayed
(AP) — The trial of a sex discrimination lawsuit against former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline has been delayed as attorneys finalize a settlement. The lawsuit stems from Kline's 2007 firing of Jacqie Spradling when he was serving as Johnson
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:15P
Appeals Court Rules Bougainville Residents May Pursue Genocide Claims in US
According to the lawsuit, this resulted in the exposure of dangerous chemicals to local residents, dispossessing them of their ancestral lands and destroying their culture. The case was originally filed on September 18, 2000.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:15P
Black Lawmakers Challenge Republicans on Redistricting
Black state lawmakers said today they have been meeting with voting rights experts to begin laying the groundwork for a possible lawsuit challenging the redistricting plan that Republicans are developing in secret. The black lawmakers complained that
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:14P