Federal and state governments recovered $18.3 billion between 2008 and 2012 from lawsuits and criminal cases claiming health-care companies overbilled.
Read More »Missouri picks new lethal drug as execution looms
Missouri plans to use the new execution drug in less than a month.
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Read More »Foreclosure cases use Dodd-Frank defense
Lawyers who oppose nonjudicial foreclosure believe they have found a weapon buried within the federal Dodd-Frank Act.
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Read More »Hearing Wednesday could lead to settlement in Schnucks cases
Attorneys for another group of plaintiffs in a different case in the same matter will try to stop the “outrageous” settlement in court tomorrow.
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Read More »Federal judge’s footnote revives the debate over arbitration
“Today, it appears that the arbitration dockets may be more congested than the dockets of most federal district courts.”
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Read More »Twitter has dearth of patents compared to tech competitors
Profits aren’t the only thing lacking at Twitter Inc. ahead of its planned initial public offering.
Read More »Commentary: How the Internet is changing the real estate industry
Real estate marketing is adapting from a traditional face-to-face connection between a real estate broker and a customer.
Read More »LinkedIn hacking suit goes to judge with internet privacy focus
A lawsuit alleging LinkedIn Corp. hacked into subscriber e-mail contacts without their consent was assigned to a U.S. District Judge who is known for what Google Inc. called her “novel” approach to Internet privacy.
Read More »Jackson prosecutor to review Maryville rape allegations
The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office has been appointed to renew an investigation of an alleged sexual assault in Maryville.
Read More »JPMorgan said to have reached $13 billion U.S. mortgage deal
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a tentative resolution of all civil mortgage-bond related matters with the U.S. Department of Justice under which the nation’s largest bank will pay a record $13 billion.
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Read More »Federal judge allows whistleblower suit over post-firing SEC complaints
A fired employee who complained about his employer’s alleged violations of the securities laws could sue the employer pursuant to the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
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