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Universal Music Group is suing MySpace.com for copyright infringement, saying the social-networking site doesn’t prevent users from posting Universal’s videos and songs without permission. MySpace called the suit “unnecessary and meritless.” Photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News Vivendi’s Universal Music Group ...

CBS seeks court review of Jackson exposure ruling CBS Corp. asked an appeals court to throw out a U.S. Federal Communications Commission finding that the network violated indecency standards when it accidentally showed Janet Jackson’s breast during the 2004 Super ...

Attorney David DeSimone was called to jury duty but never made it to trial. Photo by Amy L. Schmitz When Scott Manuel was called to jury duty, he didn’t think he’d actually be chosen. Especially not when he learned about ...

The accident is one of the worst Todd Hilton has seen during his legal career. A runaway flatbed trailer that had become separated from the truck that was pulling it sliced through Charles Lewis’ Ford Explorer on U.S. Highway 50, ...

A Fire Department of New York fire marshal, left, and a New York Police Department detective with the arson and explosion unit look over the remains of a town house on East 62nd Street in New York on July 11. ...

Arrest made in Friday’s quadruple murder A Kansas City man who was sought for his alleged role in the shooting deaths of four people turned himself into police Monday night. Terrance Robinson, 22, was charged by Jackson County prosecutors with ...

Bank of America Corp. won reversal of a ruling that may have resulted in $1.6 billion in payments to customers charged overdraft fees on accounts that received direct deposits of Social Security benefits. A San Francisco appeals court said Monday ...

Shareholder files new suit over Los Angeles Times bids A Tribune Co. shareholder, after dropping an earlier lawsuit in Illinois, filed a new complaint in California over the publisher’s refusal to consider offers for the Los Angeles Times. The complaint, ...

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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is moving toward electronic case filing. Michael Gans, clerk of the court, estimated it would take a year to complete the process of implementing the appellate version of CM/ECF, the federal courts’ electronic ...

U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey won’t hear a $127 million proposed settlement of nine class action suits against brokerage Edward D. Jones & Co. until Dec. 12. When Autrey does hear the tentative agreement, one of the lawsuits filed against ...