Supreme Court Limits Lawsuits by Shareholders
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In its most important securities fraud ruling in years, the Supreme Court placed a huge obstacle before shareholders looking to sue someone after a stock purchase turns sour.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited workers' ability to sue for pay discrimination, ruling against a Goodyear employee who earned thousands of dollars less than her male counterparts but waited too long to complain.
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Investors who lost money when the dot-com bubble burst suffered a Supreme Court setback yesterday, and the justices are poised to issue yet another important decision that could restrict shareholder lawsuits.
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The Supreme Court yesterday accepted a case that could hurt medical device manufacturers, turned down another that could have harmed pharmaceutical companies, and put off deciding on the Enron scandal.
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Parmalat can be sued by shareholders in a suit involving the collapse of its predecessor,  a US judge rules.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday debated the judiciary's role in arbitration, a timesaving alternative to lawsuits that often is used in the corporate world to settle business disputes.
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The Supreme Court set down strict guidelines yesterday for investors who want to sue company officials for fraud, another victory for business in what has been a resoundingly successful year before the nation's highest court.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited workers' ability to sue employers for pay discrimination that results from decisions made years earlier.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court dealt a blow Tuesday to Enron investors who sued major investment banks to recover money lost when the Texas energy giant collapsed amid a massive accounting fraud.
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The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris should not be decided in federal court, handing a defeat to the tobacco company.
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U.S. Supreme Court tosses out charges against banks that helped tech companies go public in the late '90s. But thwarted investors still have options.
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The Supreme Court put new limits on antitrust lawsuits, throwing out a case that accused Verizon Communications and other local-telephone companies of agreeing not to compete in each other's home territories.
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The Supreme Court ruled against the oil and gas industry Monday in a dispute over how many years into the past the government can reach to collect money for leases on federal land.
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A divided Supreme Court today ruled that workers may not sue their employers for unequal pay because of discrimination that may have occurred years earlier.
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The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Wall Street banks that allegedly conspired to drive up prices on 900 newly issued stocks.
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Arbitration policies can't stop litigation The California Supreme Court ruled this week that employees who claim they've been cheated out of overtime can sue their employer, whether or not the company's arbitration policy forbids class actions.â¦
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Philip Morris Cos. Inc. cannot move a lawsuit by cigarette smokers into federal court.