Millions of Target Corp. customers whose credit card data and identifying information was stolen by hackers face the prospect the retailer owes them nothing for their ensuing troubles, and they may have the government to thank for it.
Read More »NCAA’s concussion settlement draws judge’s skepticism
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s bid for preliminary approval of its proposed $75 million plan to settle nationwide litigation over head injuries met with skepticism from a federal judge.
Read More »Appeals judge sees gay-marriage bans in tradition of racism
Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban follows in the tradition of discrimination against blacks and is based on hate, said the only Republican appointee on a three-member appellate panel in Chicago considering the issue.
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Read More »Lawyers spar over gay-marriage in four-state debate
Prohibitions on gay marriage or recognizing them in four Midwest states may turn on whether may turn on whether opponents of same-sex unions convinced appeals court judges the bans are justified by the states’ interest in promoting heterosexual marriage and child-rearing.
Read More »Gay-marriage opponents seek redemption in Cincinnati court
Gay-marriage opponents, having lost two dozen rulings in courts across the country over the past year, argued Wednesday to reverse the tide before a federal appeals court in the U.S. heartland.
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Read More »GM ignition suit lawyers drive for consolidation in California
General Motors Co. wants to return to a New York courtroom to fight at least 90 ignition-switch defect lawsuits while some car owners are driving for the cases to be heard by a California judge seasoned in auto litigation.
Read More »Kentucky ordered to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriage
Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages sanctioned by other states, a federal judge ruled, addressing a question that’s also before courts in Louisiana and Missouri and may reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read More »U.S. fights terrorism lawyer’s access to secret papers
Federal prosecutors will fight a judge’s decision to let a defense lawyer see secret foreign intelligence papers that may have led to evidence against his client, the first such ruling in a U.S. terrorism case.
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Read More »Abbott Laboratories accused of hiding AndroGel dangers
Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc., the company it spun off last year, hid the dangers of using the testosterone replacement drug AndroGel, five men claimed in lawsuits.
Read More »Beanie Baby maker’s tax evasion warrants jail, U.S. says
H. Ty Warner, the billionaire creator of Beanie Babies plush toys, should go to prison for tax evasion, U.S. prosecutors told a federal judge.
Read More »NSA phone program probably unconstitutional, judge says
The National Security Agency’s program of collecting telephone metadata is probably illegal, a federal judge ruled.
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