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Dolan Media Newswires A study that suggests older people make more errors in recollecting details has presented lawyers with the possibility that older jurors’ impaired memories produces less reliable juries. The University of Virginia study, published in a recent issue ...

A group of 35 Bosnians refugees living in St. Louis sued federal authorities Friday, claiming government inaction unlawfully denied them U.S. citizenship. The group alleges their citizenship applications languished in the bureaucracy for up to two years. Immigration authorities should ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they might tighten the standards for securities lawsuits, questioning shareholder accusations that telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs fraudulently inflated revenue. In arguments Wednesday in Washington, several justices said a lower court decision allowing the suit wasn’t ...

In a rare turn of events, an American company recently agreed to pay a large fine to the U.S. government as penalty for an admitted payment of “protection” money to terrorist organizations in Colombia. Chiquita acknowledged that it had succumbed ...

Advertising agency loses deVries malpractice appeal The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District affirmed a jury’s decision Tuesday involving a legal malpractice claim against deVries & Associates, of Kansas City. Day Advertising, of Overland Park, hired deVries to represent the ...

SEC sues ex-Enron attorneys for covering up troubles The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued former Enron Corp. attorneys Rex Rogers and Jordan Mintz, accusing them of hiding fraud at the company. Rogers, Enron associate corporate counsel, and Mintz, general ...

BetOnSports officials are hoping to move the criminal case against it from St. Louis to Florida. The U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri last year filed charges of racketeering, conspiracy and fraud against ...

The U.S. Supreme Court limited the ability of whistle-blowers to collect damages in suits claiming fraud against the federal government, siding with Boeing Co. in a case stemming from safety issues at a Colorado nuclear plant. The court, voting 6-2, ...

Merck & Co.’s Vioxx painkiller didn’t contribute to an Illinois woman’s fatal heart attack in 2003, an Illinois jury decided, giving the company its 10th victory in a trial involving the drug. The jury in state court in Edwardsville, Ill., ...

FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, urging Congress to preserve the bureau’s power to probe terrorism. He faced hostile and skeptical questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who asked him about a ...