In his famous speech at the March on Washington in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. described the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence together as a promissory note to every American — a promise of life, liberty and the pursuit ...
Read More »Drugmakers lose as top court allows suits
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that patients can sue drugmakers for failing to provide adequate safety warnings, upholding a $7 million award to a musician who lost her arm after being injected with Wyeth’s Phenergan nausea treatment. The justices, voting ...
Read More »FedEx lawyer says drivers should have known job terms
FedEx Corp.’s contract ground drivers, who claim the company is denying them overtime pay and treating them like full-time workers, agreed to the terms of the job when they signed up, a lawyer told a Washington state jury. “The bottom ...
Read More »Rich donors may be undeterred by tax caps on gifts
House Republican Leader John Boehner calls President Barack Obama’s proposal to limit high earners’ charitable tax deductions a “sharp blow to charities at a time when they are hurting during the economic downturn.” Not necessarily, say tax and philanthropy experts. ...
Read More »Krispy Kreme, former execs settle SEC inquiry
Former Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Chief Executive Officer Scott Livengood and two other executives agreed to pay more than $783,000 to settle U.S. regulatory claims they misled investors about profits in 2004. The company resolved a related complaint without fines. Livengood, ...
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Sigoloff remembered for generosity, willingness to help
Read More »Massey case prompts High Court to weigh restrictions on judges
U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they may use a case involving Massey Energy Co. Chairman Donald Blankenship to require that judges disqualify themselves from cases involving major campaign supporters. Hearing arguments Tuesday in Washington, the high court considered whether West ...
Read More »Bankruptcy filings surged 37% in February
Bankruptcy filings in the U.S. surged 37 percent in February from a year earlier, with more Americans seeking protection from their creditors as the economy sank into its deepest recession in at least a quarter century. Total filings for individuals ...
Read More »Crawling through the courts
The concept of a pub crawl is familiar to many, but the idea of a court crawl may be entirely new. The event to be held at 4 p.m. March 12 will have area lawyers traveling from the Thomas F. ...
Read More »Missouri tells Stifel to buy back more auction-rate securities
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan told Stifel Nicolaus Inc. to increase its buyback of auction-rate securities so investors can sell their holdings and recover more money. Stifel’s brokerage unit said Feb. 11 it intends to buy back about $40 ...
Read More »Madoff to appear in court in possible lawyer conflict
Bernard Madoff, who is accused of defrauding investors of $50 billion, will appear in Manhattan federal court today so a judge can find out whether he will waive his lawyer’s possible conflict of interest. U.S. District Judge Leonard Sand is ...
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