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AMR Corp.’s American Airlines and UAL Corp.’s United Airlines are among seven carriers that asked a federal judge to order the FBI and CIA to answer questions arising in a civil lawsuit over the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The airlines, ...

A whistleblower lawsuit accusing insurers of overcharging the federal flood program for Hurricane Katrina damage was halted after the U.S. Justice Department said the case may compromise a criminal investigation. The suit, unsealed Monday by a federal judge in Mississippi ...

As the number of foreclosures across the country skyrockets, attorneys are stepping in to help clients keep their homes. In most instances, something can be done to stop a foreclosure, said April Charney, an attorney with Jacksonville Area Legal Aid ...

To earn the hefty $1 million verdict he received Friday from a St. Louis jury, a St. Charles man had to prove his homeowner’s insurance company ruined his reputation in a letter denying his claim. John Johnson, a sheet-metal worker ...

Illiteracy is not a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act, so a former Normandy School District groundskeeper fired for not being able to read should not be allowed to pursue his disability discrimination suit against the district, say the ...

Julie Paleen was at her family cabin in northern Minnesota last Wednesday evening when the first news bulletins began coming in about the disastrous collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis. Paleen, director of human resources for Minneapolis law ...

A St. Louis County resident sued payday lender Advance America, Cash Advance Centers Inc. on Monday in Cole County Circuit Court. Cynthia Williams claims in her class-action suit that the Spartanburg, S.C.-based company violates Missouri law by requiring borrowers to ...

Julie Paleen was at her family cabin in northern Minnesota last Wednesday evening when the first news bulletins began coming in about the disastrous collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis. Paleen, director of human resources for Minneapolis law ...

Three former executives of Enron Corp.’s Internet unit asked a federal appeals court to reject the government’s bid to retry them on fraud charges following a 2005 mistrial. A victory for Joseph Hirko, Rex Shelby and Scott Yeager would leave ...

Web sites that encourage “vote swapping” by citizens seeking to promote so-called third parties without hurting Democratic or Republican candidates are protected by free speech rights, an appeals court ruled. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...

Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, won a reversal of a jury’s record $1.52 billion verdict in a landmark case over Alcatel-Lucent’s MP3 digital-music patents. U.S. District Judge Rudi Brewster in San Diego said in a 43-page order Monday ...