A federal judge has rejected a settlement made by Google over its practice of scanning emails for advertising purposes. The settlement would have paid $2.2 million to attorneys but offered no compensation to users.
AJ Dellinger
Mar 16, 2017
Sex toy maker Standard Innovation has agreed to pay nearly $3 million and delete all user data collected by its connected sex toys as part of a lawsuit settlement. The main toy in question is its We-Vibe vibrator.
AJ Dellinger
Mar 14, 2017
A House bill would reform the way the courts handle class action lawsuits, but opponents say the legislation would make class action lawsuits nearly impossible.
Josh Keefe
Mar 09, 2017
A 911 caller told the dispatcher the pellet gun Tamir Rice was playing with before he died could be fake, but the dispatcher didn't relay that to the responding officers.
Josh Keefe
Feb 28, 2017
The officer involved was convicted of the crime of capturing an image of the private area of another person.
Josh Keefe
Feb 28, 2017
The officer had shot and killed a 73-year-old woman during a public demonstration in August.
Josh Keefe
Feb 23, 2017
A pharmaceutical company was fined $100 million after a lawsuit alleged that it hiked the price of a life-saving medicine by 83,000 percent.
Juliana Rose Pignataro
Jan 19, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly scheduled to give a deposition later this week as mediation between the two sides has stalled.
Pranshu Rathi
Jan 04, 2017
DeVry University and its parent company, DeVry Education Group, have agreed to pay a $100 million settlement after being accused of misleading prospective students in ads, the Federal Trade Commission says.
Denisse Moreno
Dec 17, 2016
Grindr and Beijing Kunlun Tech Co. owner Zhou Yahui is about to become a lot less rich.
Janice Williams
Sep 14, 2016
Banks have paid out more than $160 billion in fines and settlements relating to the 2008 crisis. Critics ask if that’s enough to prevent abuse going forward.
Clark Mindock
Jun 28, 2016
The New Jersey governor's attorney general nominee, Chris Porrino, had a personal financial stake in Exxon.
Clark Mindock
Jun 17, 2016
The entertainer will stand trial over sexual assault charges stemming from an alleged 2004 incident, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Abigail Abrams
May 24, 2016
Univision didn’t air the Miss USA pageant after Donald Trump’s comments about Mexicans, so he sued for breach of contract and defamation.
Adam Lidgett
Feb 13, 2016
A string of faulty product allegations against one of the world’s largest gun manufacturers is reigniting tension between consumer safety and America’s affection for unregulated firearms.
Catherine Dunn
Dec 17, 2015
"How can Jews seek to destroy a synagogue? The High Court judges must not be Jews. What Jew would tear down a synagogue?," a settler activist asked.
Michael Kaplan
Nov 04, 2015
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas have entered a settlement agreement with Transocean for millions in compensation for BP's 2010 oil spill.
Michelle Mark
Oct 29, 2015
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering new rules so customers can get their day in court over credit cards and checking accounts.
Catherine Dunn
Oct 07, 2015
The state initially sought $8.9 billion for environmental damage, but the amount was reduced to $225 million.
Adam Lidgett
Aug 25, 2015
"There seem to be more than a few items that connect it with Zichron Yaacov, with the glass factory at Tantura, and with the baron’s ships," said University of Haifa researchers Monday.
Eben Blake
Aug 11, 2015
Chris Christie’s super PAC took $50,000 from Exxon Mobil’s lobbying firm as the New Jersey governor fought for a low-dollar environmental settlement.
David Sirota
Jul 31, 2015
The proposed settlement would end an 11-year lawsuit aggressively pursued by three prior administrations.
Morgan Winsor
Mar 03, 2015