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Allianz, Europe’s biggest insurer, failed to overturn a court ruling that allowed policyholders to sue a U.S. unit as a group, lawyers for the customers said. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal by Allianz in a ...

A cofounder of NETeller, a payment processor for gambling Web sites, pleaded guilty to conspiracy one week after an ex-partner admitted illegally transferring billions of dollars to overseas gambling companies. “My client is here to plead guilty today,” said Vincent ...

Seven Networks Inc., whose e-mail software is used in Alltel Corp. and AT&T Inc. mobile phones, said it agreed to license patents from rival Visto Corp. to end more than three years of litigation. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. Last year, ...

President George W. Bush ordered two former aides not to answer questions from Congress about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. The White House conveyed the directive in letters to lawyers for former Counsel Harriet Miers and ex-political director Sara ...

Former Utah and Washington employees of Phillips Petroleum Co. are due benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held in a class action case. The total amount of benefits ...

A convicted murderer on death row got a reprieve of sorts Friday, when the Missouri Supreme Court said he should get another penalty phase trial. The 4-3 ruling affirms the decision of Callaway County Judge Gary Oxenhandler, who said Travis ...

Retiring Judge Ronnie L. White left the Supreme Court in part because he didn’t want to become involved in a contentious retention fight and portrayed as the poster child for judicial activism, he said. White, whose last day on the ...

Polsinelli adds three to its Chicago office A Kansas City-based law firm recently hired three attorneys to work out of its Chicago office. Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus, which ranks as one of the nation’s top 10 fastest-growing firms, according to ...

On Monday, Brian Wimes received the promotion that eluded him less than a year ago. The Jackson County Drug Court commissioner is the county’s newest circuit judge after Gov. Matt Blunt appointed Wimes’ to Division 18. Wimes, who was not ...

U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald may be called to testify about his prosecution of former vice presidential aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said. Leahy and Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican on the panel, indicated they wanted ...

Former justice becomes partner in St. Louis firm