Pearl widow abandons bank lawsuit
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The wife of murdered US journalist Daniel Pearl drops a lawsuit against one of Pakistan's largest banks.
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Suzanne Nora Johnson, who as vice chairwoman is the highest-ranking woman at Goldman Sachs, is retiring from the firm.
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A senior banker who claimed she was victimised by her bosses yesterday won her legal action for unfair dismissal against the American investment bank Merrill Lynch.
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A US woman who drowned her five children has had her murder convictions quashed on appeal.
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Two former Citigroup executives won dismissal yesterday of a lawsuit in which the government accused them of keeping tens of millions of dollars for the bankâs asset management arm that should have gone to reduce mutual fund fees.
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The widow of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl has withdrawn a lawsuit seeking damages against al-Qaida, a dozen reputed terrorists and Pakistan's largest bank.
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The subcontractor accused of mistreating workers at an iPod factory in China dropped its libel suit against two reporters and the news organization they work for in Shanghai.
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The widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against al Qaeda, other radical groups and Pakistan-based Habib Bank Ltd over the 2002 abduction, torture and murder of her husband.
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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against a state judge who barred anyone from saying "rape" or "victim" during a criminal trial, ruling Tuesday that the accuser failed to prove that he should intervene.
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One of the most senior women bankers to work in the City of London yesterday saw her record Â£7.5m sex discrimination claim thrown out by an employment tribunal.
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A Chilean appeals court on Friday dropped corruption charges against former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet's widow and four of his children, who had been accused of misuse of state funds related to multimillion-dollar overseas bank accounts.
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A judge on Thursday dismissed a  hit-and-run case against pop star Britney Spears after her  lawyer revealed an out-of-court settlement was reached with the  person whose car she struck in a parking lot.
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A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit filed by former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband against Vice President Cheney and top administration officials over the disclosure of Plame's name and covert status to the media.
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A former executive at the London offices of Merrill Lynch fails in her Â£7.5m sex discrimination case against the US investment bank.
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A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a key element of insurer Geico&#39;s trademark infringement case against online search engine Google.
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A federal judge in Alexandria, Va., dismissed a crucial claim yesterday in the trademark infringement suit brought against Google by Geico, the auto insurance company owned by Berkshire Hathaway.
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A judge threw out a $10 million civil assault lawsuit Monday filed against Liza Minnelli by her estranged husband, David Gest, who claimed she beat him so badly during alcoholic rages he had to be hospitalized.