Appeals court revives obesity lawsuit against McDonald's
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A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit that could put the squeeze on fast-food giant McDonald's for obesity claims by some of its customers.
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The chief executive of McDonald's  Corp. MCD.N is recuperating after another surgery, the  world's largest fast-food company said on Saturday.
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Just five weeks before Election Day, a federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit demanding that all Florida voters who use touchscreen machines receive a paper receipt, in case a recount becomes necessary.
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STRASBOURG, France  - Two activists convicted of  libeling the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's after the longest  court case in English legal history did not get a fair trial,  the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Just five weeks before Election Day, a federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit demanding that all Florida voters who use touchscreen machines receive a paper receipt, in case a recount becomes necessary...
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Appeals judges ask lower court to revisit dispute between the U.K. organization and an Illinois marketing company fighting its placement on the popular site's blacklist.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that two vegetarian activists convicted of defaming fast-food giant McDonald's did not receive a fair trial in Britain.
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A judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit against the creators of the Atkins diet, according to Dan Kinburn, who represents a Delray Beach man suing Atkins Nutritionals.
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A smoker who accused tobacco companies of jacking up cigarette prices to recoup billions of dollars they pay each year to U.S. states lost a federal court appeal on Wednesday.
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School districts in three states and the nation's largest teachers union asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a lawsuit challenging the way government-mandated programs are funded.
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Federal panel redraws 'food pyramid' to curb obesity, touching off a lobbying war.
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Millions at stake, but for whom? A US consumer lobby group has won an appeal to sue Nextel over "text messages spam" sent to customers â three years ago.â¦
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Dec. 15, 2004 - The Cleveland Clinic â-he nation&#39;s leading center for cardiac care â - decided the McDonald&#39;s restaurant in its food court just isn&#39;ta good fit with health care.
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STRASBOURG, France  - Two Britons found to have  libeled the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's after the longest  court case in English legal history did not have a fair trial,  the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.
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A federal appeals court let stand a ruling on Wednesday that reinstated a lawsuit challenging a Novartis AG  patent on the genital herpes drug Famvir.
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The U.S. Supreme Court said on  Tuesday that it would hear Exxon Mobil Corp.'s XOM.N appeal  in a case involving an estimated $1.3 billion the giant oil  company may have to pay for overcharging some 10,000 service  station dealers.
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A panel of federal judges Friday revived the last remaining lawsuit stemming from disputes over congressional redistricting after the 2000 census.