USG Corp., North American’s largest maker of gypsum wallboard, and Germany’s Knauf Group were among companies sued by Louisiana for allegedly selling and installing “defective and toxic” Chinese-made drywall in the state. More than 1.1 million sheets of drywall containing ...
Read More »Apollo settles University of Phoenix recruiting suit
Apollo Group Inc. agreed to pay $78.5 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit over the way it paid recruiters for its University of Phoenix subsidiary. The company will pay will $67.5 million to the U.S. and $11 million in attorneys ...
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Read More »Wachovia sets up customers for overdrafts, suit says
Wachovia Corp., the bank acquired last year by Wells Fargo & Co. for $12.7 billion, sets up customers for overdraft fees by posting debits faster than credits, according to a lawsuit. The suit, which alleges consumer fraud, was filed as ...
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Read More »Boeing loses appeal of canceled A-12
The U.S. was justified in canceling a contract for General Dynamics and Boeing to develop the A-12 Navy jet fighter, a federal appeals court said in a ruling that may cost the companies more than $2.8 billion. The U.S. Court ...
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Read More »White House wins appeal on lost e-mail records
The White House’s Office of Administration isn’t subject to the Freedom of Information Act and can keep from the public records of what could be millions of lost e-mails, an appeals court ruled. The unit of the president’s office performs ...
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Read More »NLRB says Federal Express drivers are contractors
Drivers for FedEx Corp.’s small-package delivery unit are independent contractors, not employees, a federal appeals court said, in a victory for the carrier over the National Labor Relations Board. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington ruled Tuesday that because ...
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Read More »Boeing wins fight against NASA over Shuttle tank
Boeing Co. is entitled to at least $16.9 million in compensation after winning a patent-infringement claim against NASA over an aluminum alloy used to build the Space Shuttle. Boeing, the world’s second-biggest commercial-plane builder, developed a lighter structure for frames ...
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Read More »Convicted diet-drug lawyers must forfeit $50M, jury says
Two Kentucky lawyers convicted of stealing from their clients in a fen-phen diet-drug injury-lawsuit settlement must forfeit $50 million, a jury said. William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. were convicted April 3 on nine counts including wire fraud and conspiracy ...
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Read More »Panel finds vaccines didn’t cause autism
Families whose children developed autism after taking vaccine combinations that contained thimerosal aren’t entitled to compensation from a $2.5 billion government trust fund, a panel of court-appointed experts ruled. Three special masters appointed by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ...
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Read More »U.S. airlines lose challenge to airport security fees
Southwest Airlines Co., AMR Corp.’s American Airlines and 20 other U.S. carriers lost a court challenge to millions of dollars in security fees imposed on them after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...
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