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The U.S. government must pay $101.7 million to two men and the families of two others wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for a 1965 murder, a federal judge in Boston ruled. The government must pay the money to Peter Limone, 73, ...

Levi sues Polo Ralph Lauren claiming similar pocket design Levi Strauss & Co., maker of its namesake denim and Dockers pants, sued Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. claiming the clothier infringed a trademarked design for back-pocket stitches. A U.S. trademark has ...

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department will pay $100,000 to the family of a man shot by an officer in 1999, according to a “limited” settlement approved last month. The amount will be divided equally among the four children of ...

Estate of movie investor awarded $700,000 judgment The estate of Al Kerth III has been awarded a $699,360 default judgment against a Los Angeles man who once said he was planning a sequel to Easy Rider. Kerth invested $125,000 in ...

Senate Democrats sought a special prosecutor to investigate whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied to lawmakers and subpoenaed President George W. Bush’s top political aide Karl Rove to testify about the firing of U.S. attorneys. Charges by four Democratic senators ...

FBI Director Robert Mueller said he had serious concerns about the Bush administration’s terrorism surveillance program, confirming an account by a former top Justice Department official of internal dissension over the spying. Mueller, appearing before the House Judiciary Committee in ...

The U.S. government must pay $101.7 million to two men and the families of two others wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for a 1965 murder, a federal judge in Boston ruled. The government must pay the money to Peter Limone, 73, ...

Coudert Brothers, a 153-year-old international law firm in bankruptcy, can’t be sued by retired partners seeking $20 million in pension money, a judge ruled, saying an examiner should investigate their claims instead. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain in New York ...

Senate Democrats sought a special prosecutor to investigate whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied to lawmakers and subpoenaed President George W. Bush’s top political aide Karl Rove to testify about the firing of U.S. attorneys. Charges by four Democratic senators ...

One of three appellate judges — Nannette A. Baker, Patricia A. Breckenridge or Ronald R. Holliger — will become the state’s newest Supreme Court justice. Laura Denvir Stith, chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court and chair of the Appellate ...

A wrongful death lawsuit arising out of the Praxair Distribution fire two years ago has made its way to court, although it’s not certain whether the case will be tried in state or federal court. The family of Minnie Cooper ...