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A law amended last year by the state Legislature is partially unconstitutional and violates the rights of sex offenders, a Missouri judge ruled. Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce ordered that the state could not force convicted offenders out of ...

BP must face trial in November on claims it reneged on settlements with three victims of the deadly explosion at its largest refinery, a Texas judge said. Judge Susan Criss in Galveston, Texas, on Friday refused to end a lawsuit ...

Qualcomm infringed three patents on mobile-phone technology owned by smaller rival Broadcom Corp. and should pay at least $19.6 million in damages, a jury ruled. Qualcomm, the world’s No. 2 maker of chips that run mobile phones, used Broadcom’s technology ...

Roche owes $2.62 million for man’s illness, jury says Roche Holding must pay $2.62 million to an Alabama man who blamed his inflammatory bowel disease on the company’s Accutane acne medicine, a jury ruled in the first trial of 400 ...

Kansas court advances benzene suit against PepsiCo PepsiCo, Sunny Delight Beverages Co. and energy drink-maker Rockstar failed to convince a Kansas federal court to dismiss a complaint that alleged cancer-causing benzene was found in some of their drinks. The May ...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is not responsible for pay discrepancy based on two decades of gender discrimination, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The court split 5-4, ruling the 1964 Civil Rights Act gave a Goodyear worker 180 days ...

The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a 60-year-old ruling in granting public workers the right to bargain collectively with employers on Tuesday. The ruling for three employee associations, which sued the Independence School District five years ago, reverses a 1947 ruling ...

Illinois courts can’t exercise jurisdiction over a St. Louis-area orthopedic center based on its marketing to Eastside residents, the Illinois Appellate Court ruled last month. The April 24 decision arises from a 2002 suit filed by Alvin Howard of Illinois, ...

The St. Louis federal court was wrong to rule in favor of a health insurance company in a case about revoking coverage after an expensive medical procedure, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Stephen ...

Illinois courts can’t exercise jurisdiction over a St. Louis-area orthopedic center based on its marketing to Eastside residents, the Illinois Appellate Court ruled last month. The April 24 decision arises from a 2002 suit filed by Alvin Howard of Illinois, ...

Securities and Exchange Commissioners Paul Atkins, left, and Roel Campos listen during an open SEC meeting Thursday in Washington, D.C. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Bloomberg News The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last month granted Tenet Healthcare Corp. an unusual break: ...