WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will consider whether to keep alive the largest job discrimination case in U.S. history, a lawsuit against Wal-Mart that grew from a half-dozen women to a class action that could involve billions of dollars for ...

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PITTSBURGH — A Philadelphia law firm used nonlawyers to file untold numbers of mortgage foreclosures across the state and fraudulently collected attorney’s fees that caused people to lose their homes in cases which should be legally nullified, a Pittsburgh lawyer ...

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to allow snowmaking by using treated wastewater at a northern Arizona ski resort. The ruling dealt a blow to environmentalists in their latest effort to ...

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Sirius XM Radio Inc. has filed a civil suit against two of its former employees, claiming they embezzled at least half a million dollars between 2005 and 2008. The New York-based satellite radio company, formed by the 2007 merger of ...

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A widow can pursue a wrongful-death claim against Amtrak because the trial judge failed to tell jurors that assumption of risk is no defense in the case of a railroad worker killed on the job, Maryland’s top court ruled Wednesday. ...

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The National Football League has made curtailing helmet-to-helmet hits a priority, increasing fines and threatening suspensions for blows to the head as part of a midseason crackdown. But the league takes a different position when it comes to retired players ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to referee a $290 million dispute between Microsoft Corp. and a Canadian technology company over complaints that a tool used in the popular Microsoft Word program violated patent protections. The high court on ...

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The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether plaintiffs alleging negligence under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act must prove proximate causation. The case stems from hand injuries suffered by a railroad engineer when he used the railroad brake during switching ...

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The neurologist who established the Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center is suing the university for $25.5 million, claiming it continues to accuse him of unethical behavior despite “overwhelming factual evidence” to the contrary. Dr. Douglas Kerr, who left Hopkins this ...

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The Baltimore outerwear company famous for its wrap-behind-the-head ear warmers has filed suit against a well-known retailer for allegedly ripping off its flagship product. In a suit filed last week in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, 180s Inc. and a ...

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