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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether patients injured by faulty medical devices can pursue product liability claims against the device manufacturers. A decision would affect numerous lawsuits against Minneapolis-based Medtronic Inc., including one filed last year in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave companies, labor unions and interest groups more power to run broadcast ads before elections, limiting the reach of a federal campaign finance law. The 5-4 ruling today marks a shift for the court, ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has limited the power of taxpayers to challenge government actions as unconstitutionally promoting religion, throwing out a suit Monday aimed at President George W. Bush’s faith-based initiatives office. The justices, voting 5-4, said a group of ...

Federal prosecutors urged a judge to dismiss charges against 12 of 16 former KPMG LLP partners accused of selling illegal tax shelters, dealing a blow to the largest tax fraud case in U.S. history. Prosecutors in New York told U.S. ...

Dry cleaner wins in $54 million pants suit Three Korean immigrants who own a Washington dry cleaner won’t lose their shirts for allegedly misplacing a pair of pants belonging to a local judge, after a court rejected his $54 million ...

The legal battle over a Missouri city’s illegal immigration ordinances has extended to the federal court level. A suit has been filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, even as the original lawsuit challenging Valley Park’s ban on hiring ...

Terry A. Berger runs a Web site that links users to membership pages of all states with online bar directories. Photo by Eric Stocklin/Dolan Media Newswires Solo practitioner Terry A. Berger occasionally finds himself speaking with an opponent who displays ...

An Overland woman has accused Bella Villa’s police chief of illegally strip-searching her by photographing her pelvic tattoo after a 2005 arrest. Jami Neco Schmidt, 22, filed a federal suit against Chief Edward Locke Jr., 28, and the south St. ...

Lens maker Carl Zeiss sues former executive U.S. lens maker Carl Zeiss Meditec is suing a former executive for allegedly handing over confidential information to competitor Optovue, where the manager is working. Optovue has also sued Carl Zeiss. Carl Zeiss ...

Attorneys for American Family Mutual Insurance are pushing a Jackson County Circuit judge to toss out a $17 million verdict. American Family attorney David Oliver said on Thursday that he planned to argue motions for a new trial, judgment notwithstanding ...