SETTLEMENT

The New Jersey governor's attorney general nominee, Chris Porrino, had a personal financial stake in Exxon.

The entertainer will stand trial over sexual assault charges stemming from an alleged 2004 incident, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Univision didn’t air the Miss USA pageant after Donald Trump’s comments about Mexicans, so he sued for breach of contract and defamation.

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.

"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.

Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas have entered a settlement agreement with Transocean for millions in compensation for BP's 2010 oil spill.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering new rules so customers can get their day in court over credit cards and checking accounts.

The state initially sought $8.9 billion for environmental damage, but the amount was reduced to $225 million.

"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.

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.

The proposed settlement would end an 11-year lawsuit aggressively pursued by three prior administrations.

Citing an "unfair" process, New Jersey senators say FEMA needs to extend settlement talks to additional Hurricane Sandy victims.

Erstwhile industry leaders like IBM, Microsoft and Qualcomm see intellectual property rights as their not so secret weapon.

About 60,000 employees filed the class action in 2011 claiming the companies adopted the “no poaching” policy to avoid a salary war.

Visa and MasterCard win an approval to resolve complaints over high swipe fees.

Electronic Arts has settled a lawsuit pertaining to the use of college athlete's likenesses for video games.

One of the settlements set a record as the largest ever reached in an insider-trading case: $601,747,463.22.

Classified court documents have revealed a settlement reached by Sylvester Stallone and his half-sister, Tori-Ann Filiti, over two decades ago. The settlement was over abuse allegations made by Filiti and Stallone agreed to a $2 million payment as well as six tapes that were to be destroyed as part of the agreement.

A Netherlands-based nonprofit organization is seeking volunteers for a possible mission to Mars. Mars One has released its requirements for astronauts, and those who want "to boldly go where no one has gone before” can sign up.

Rig contractor Transocean Ltd agreed Thursday to pay $1.4 billion to settle charges over BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, admitting that its crew on the Deepwater Horizon was partly responsible.

Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay up to $1.4 billion to settle U.S. lawsuits for sudden acceleration, according to court filings made public Wednesday.