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The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Juan, Puerto Rico, charging the Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PRDOJ) with employment discrimination for failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

A new lawsuit is alleging that Apple's iPhone and iPad does not do enough to prevent unauthorized purchases of applications by children, allowing the company to bank millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains.

Auditor Ernst and Young LLP must face a lawsuit over its role in a $2.2 billion stock options backdating scheme at Broadcom Corp , a U.S. appeals court ruled.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is facing a suit that could cost him billions if a judge finds that the documents presented so far are genuine. So the first question is whether they are or not.

Students perceive shoplifting and digital piracy differently, despite the fact that they are both forms of theft, finds a new study.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is facing a high-powered technology law firm in a suit that may cost him 50 percent of the billion-dollar company.

The full text of the complaint filed by Paul Ceglia, claiming 50 percent ownership of Facebook.

Before the afterglow of a $315-million windfall AOL acquisition faded, Huffington Post was in the news again; this time for wrong reasons. A prominent freelance writer and trade unionist and a group of bloggers have filed a class action suit against Arianna Huffington, the HuffPost and AOL for allegedly mistreating the unpaid writers who provided content to the site in its growth years.

Tenet Healthcare Corp shares retained a takeover premium on Tuesday, a day after it lobbed a legal grenade at unwanted suitor Community Health Systems , suggesting that investors still believe a deal between the two rivals could happen.

A businessman from upstate New York claims he owns 50 percent of Facebook -- and that Mark Zuckerberg defrauded him.

A federal appeals court has ruled that former classmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg must abide by a deal they made when they fought Zuckerberg over ownership of the idea for a social networking site.

The hacktivist group Anonymous is planning a set of sit-ins at Sony stores on April 16, in response to the company's legal actions against hacker George Hotz.

Sony Computer Entertainment America and the hacker who published code that unlocked the PlayStation 3's firmware have reached a settlement in their months-long legal battle.

Following are the US stocks that were actively trading in the Monday morning session. The stocks include Global Crossing, American Medical Systems, Level 3 and Community Health Systems.

A New York state judge left intact most of a lawsuit brought by U.S. billionaire Len Blavatnik accusing JPMorgan Chase of mismanaging an investment account.

The House votes to thwart FCC's net neutrality attempts. The legislation now goes to the Senate and White House, where it is expected to not pass.

The U.S. Department of Justice and Google have proposed an agreement to allow the Internet's biggest search engine to buy ITA Software, the travel data company, for $700 million.

A shareholder with only $1,551 in stock has accused Cisco execs of misleading the market.

Shares of Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CBST) touched a new 52-week high of $30.02 on Wednesday morning. Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OPTR) said it has entered an exclusive two-year co-promotion agreement with Cubist to market Dificid in the U.S.

A federal judge has ruled that Apple can go ahead with its suit against a maker of unlicensed accessories for iPhones and iPods.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments today that could decide the future of the biotech industry, in a case over whether genes can be patented.