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Katrina Suit Recoveries Fall Short of Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Expectations
A team of plaintiffs' attorneys has spent roughly $16 million to sue the Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches that flooded most of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Joseph Bruno, one of ...
BlackBerry Files Suit Over Against iPhone Keyboard Maker
BlackBerry Ltd., the smartphone maker that withdrew plans to sell itself and go private last year, sued Ryan Seacrest's Typo Products LLC alleging it copied designs for a keyboard case. The company ...Appeals Court to Fast-Track BP’s Bid to Halt Gulf Oil Spill Payments
BP Plc's bid to block economic-loss payments tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill unless the claims can be directly linked to the disaster won fast-track consideration by an appeals court. The ...
Study Shows Fracking May Harm Babies
The energy industry has long insisted that hydraulic fracking—the practice of fracturing rock to extract gas and oil deep beneath the earth's surface—is safe for people who live nearby. New ...
Facebook Sued For Scanning Users’ Private Messages
Facebook Inc. was sued over allegations it systematically intercepts its users private messages on the social network and profits by sharing the data with advertisers and marketers. When users ...
NYC Sues FedEx for Illegally Shipping Cigarettes to Homes
New York City has sued FedEx Corp, accusing it of illegally delivering millions of contraband cigarettes to people's homes and seeking $52 million in fines and unpaid taxes. The lawsuit, filed in ...
Judge Dismisses Katrina Flooding Lawsuits Against Feds
Dozens of lawsuits seeking damages from the federal government for Hurricane Katrina-related levee failures and flooding in the New Orleans area are over. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. has ...Trio of European Winter Storms Cause Flooding, Wind Damage
While wind damage has been significant, most of the loss from three winter storms in Europe late last week is coming from flooding, AIR Worldwide reported Saturday. A series of three winter ...