Philip Morris must pay widow 145 million USD: high court
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed cigarette giant Philip Morris's appeal of a multi-million dollar punitive damage verdict awarded to the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.
View ArticleUS Supreme Court to consider vaccination lawsuit
The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the parents of a child who suffered serious health problems after being vaccinated can sue a pharmaceutical company for compensation.
View ArticleUS Justice Dept to appeal health care reform ruling
The Obama administration said Tuesday it would appeal against a federal judge's ruling that a key provision of the landmark health care reform law was unconstitutional.
View ArticleUS Senate beats back Obama health law repeal bid
President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the US Senate defeated Wednesday a Republican push to repeal his landmark health care overhaul, likely leaving its fate in the hands of the courts.
View ArticleUS top court rejects quick health care law ruling
The US Supreme Court rejected Virginia's request Monday to immediately rule on whether President Barack Obama's sweeping health care reform is constitutional.
View ArticleUS appeals court hears arguments on health care law
A US federal appeals court in Virginia began Tuesday examining two challenges to President Barack Obama's controversial health care law.
View ArticleWinklevosses taking Facebook case to top US court
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are taking their beef against Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg to the US Supreme Court.
View ArticleUS Supreme Court allows cholesterol drug suit
The US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a class-action suit by alleged victims of the anti-cholesterol drug Baycol, which was taken off the market in 2001 by German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer.
View ArticleNo state lawsuits on generic drugs: US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court narrowly ruled on Thursday that people may not sue generic drug makers under state laws if they believe a generic drug label failed to adequately warn of side effects.
View ArticleWinklevoss twins take Facebook back to court
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are attacking Facebook on a new legal front after opting not take their California case to the US Supreme Court.
View ArticleUS top court upholds $270 million award to smokers
The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal request made by American tobacco companies on Monday in a class-action lawsuit that awarded 500,000 smokers a total of $270 million in damages.
View ArticleUS appeals court upholds Obama's health care law
A US federal appeals court in Ohio upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's controversial health care law Wednesday in the first rejection of several challenges at the appeals court...
View ArticleNigerians seek $1 billion from Shell for oil spills
A Nigerian tribal king filed a lawsuit in a US court seeking $1 billion from Royal Dutch Shell to compensate for decades of pollution that sickened his people and damaged their lands, his lawyer said.
View ArticleGPS court ruling leaves US phone tracking unclear
A US Supreme Court decision requiring a warrant to place a GPS device on the car of a criminal suspect leaves unresolved the bigger issue of police tracking using mobile phones, legal experts say.
View ArticleCourt ruling forces FBI to deactivate GPS to track suspects
A recent US Supreme Court decision is hurting the ability of federal law enforcement agencies to monitor criminal suspects with global positioning satellites (GPS), according to FBI Director Robert...
View ArticleMany US police use cell phones to track: study
Many US police departments use cell phone tracking, often without court orders, to find suspects and investigate criminal cases, according to a study released Monday.
View ArticleUS sex publisher sues Tumblr over copyright
A US sex publisher which fought a long copyright battle with Google has sued the Tumblr social networking site claiming "rampant" illegal use of its photographs, court documents showed.
View ArticleWho paid for that political ad? An app will tell you
In the nasty world of US politics, voters want to know: who is behind some of the ads they see on TV. Now, there's an app for that.
View ArticleChevron decries court refusal to block Ecuador fine
Oil giant Chevron said it was disappointed by the US Supreme Court's decision not to block an $18 billion fine sought by Ecuador for environmental damage in the Amazon.
View ArticleUS court to decide if human genes can be patented
The Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether companies can patent human genes, a decision that could reshape medical research in the United States and the fight against diseases like...
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