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Disney Resort Reviews Safety Policies After Child Killed by Gator
It's an unwritten rule for Florida residents: Keep your kids away from ponds and lakes because alligators are everywhere. But after a gator killed a 2-year-old Nebraska boy at a Walt Disney World ...
Orlando Victims See Sandy Hook Case as Gunmaker Lawsuit Template
A case in Connecticut state court could help victims from mass shootings -- including the recent massacre in Orlando -- sue manufacturers of military style assault rifles used in the attacks, despite ...
Family Cites ‘Colossal Miscommunication’ in Lawsuit Over Fatal Amtrak Crash
A lawyer filing suit over a fatal Amtrak crash near Philadelphia blamed a "colossal miscommunication" for the deaths of two rail workers killed when a train traveling 106 mph struck a backhoe on the ...
Judge to Uber: Did You Encourage a Private Investigator to Lie?
A federal judge wants to know whether Uber Technologies Inc. encouraged a private investigator to lie as part of a probe of a customer who sued over how the ride-hailing app sets fares. Connecticut ...
Arab Bank Settlement Over Militant Attacks Linked to U.S. appeal
Arab Bank Plc's agreement to settle litigation brought by Americans who accused it of facilitating militant attacks in Israel is linked to the outcome of an appeal of a jury's 2014 verdict finding it ...
SCOTUS Surprises Force Companies to Rethink Class Action Strategy
Lawyers for companies trying to fend off costly class action lawsuits are rethinking longstanding legal strategies after businesses lost two key U.S. Supreme Court cases as well as their staunchest ...
Suit Alleging UBS Liable for $2B in Mortgage Bond Losses in Judge’s Hands
UBS AG urged a U.S. judge on Friday to reject claims that it should be held liable for $2 billion in losses that investors incurred on mortgage-backed securities issued before the collapse of the ...
Lawsuit Alleging Facebook Tagging Violates Biometric Privacy Moves Forward
Facebook Inc. users who say the social network's facial scanning flouts their privacy rights won the first round of a court fight. A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday rejected Facebook's ...