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A Hampstead, Md., man has filed suit against several out-of-state pharmaceutical companies, claiming that a drug he took to treat Parkinson’s disease caused him to develop a pathological gambling addiction. The suit, filed last week in federal district court in ...

In one of the few states that still allows a claim for alienation of affection, a North Carolina judge ordered “the other woman” to pay $500,000 to a man’s wife for breaking up her marriage. The verdict has fueled the ...

A lawsuit that accuses the Baltimore Police Department of creating a system of “perverse incentives” for officers to make “illegal arrests” has been removed to federal court at the request of the defendants. A spokeswoman for one of the plaintiffs, ...

Some towns have welcomed and embraced the use of wind power as an alternative energy source; others have not. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York said, similar to the Don Quixote story, these towns might ...

Rhode Island raises penalty for refusing alcohol testing Rhode Island Gov. Donald L. Carcieri earlier this month signed legislation raising the penalties for drivers who refuse to submit to a chemical test for alcohol, according to The Providence Journal. Officials ...

A McDonald County woman has settled her lawsuit stemming from a fiery crash that left her with severe and permanent injuries. Arla Lawrence of Anderson agreed to a $120,000 settlement Tuesday evening with the driver who struck her vehicle in ...

The smell of your favorite aftershave or perfume, the latest trend in yoga, the clothes on your back. Soon all these things could be copyrighted. So hinted intellectual property lawyers speaking last week at a copyright update sponsored by the ...

An agreement by an attorney to share fees with a nonlawyer is unenforceable, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held on July 18. Attorney Howard Marker had represented Dean Abbott in a medical malpractice claim, which settled for $570,000. According to ...

Eighth Circuit Judge Gerald W. Heaney, 88, who wrote every appellate opinion in the St. Louis desegregation case since 1980, will retire Aug. 31, bringing to an end a 39-year judicial career. The implementation of the voluntary city-county transfer plan ...

A Florence, S.C., woman could not be held liable for her son’s auto accident under the family purpose doctrine, even though the truck he was driving was titled to her, and she had the right to use the vehicle, the ...

Three leaders of a Baltimore drug ring will get a new trial after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that U.S. District Judge Andre M. Davis “affected the fairness, integrity, and public reputation of judicial proceedings” by repeatedly ...