Companies Get Weapon in Injury Suits
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Companies battling lawsuits brought by people claiming injuries caused by asbestos or silica have long contended that they are the victims of fraud, and those companies may finally have evidence.
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A Boeing subsidiary's legal woes bring to light one factor weighing on valuations for defense contractors.
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The Business Software Alliance collects out-of-court settlements from companies that violated copyright rules.
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The stun gun maker delivers a lawsuit to a would-be rival.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger's new guidelines on workplace injuries go into  effect within days, but critics threatened lawsuits on Monday  to prevent them from become permanent.
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Judges weigh IP liability A US court case that threatens to ramp-up damages against US technology companies which lose patent infringement suits has entered its final stages.â¦
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Arguments were heard today in a case whose outcome could require software companies to pay fines for patent-infringing software assembled in other countries.
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The work may have been subcontracted to another firm.
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TORONTO -- Law firms in Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary filed more class-action lawsuits yesterday against Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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Using new technology, injured or disabled workers can talk their way to productivity.
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Many employers believe the best way to avoid the danger of litigation is to treat soon-to-be former employees with respect even as they are being shown the door.
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After years of high-stakes legal wrangling, a lawsuit stemming from the gruesome deaths of four U.S. contractors in Iraq is moving behind closed doors in an action seen as an important precedent for the booming private security industry.
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Watch out when litigation trumps innovation.
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You can't tell the litigants without a scorecard. Here's a handy list of five plaintiffs searching for Google's gold.
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Five federal-employee unions announced yesterday that they will file a lawsuit next week in U.S. District Court challenging parts of the Defense Department's new personnel system.
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After an H.P. employee was raped and killed by a driver the company employed, Indiaâs highest court may force international firms to do more to guard local workersâ safety.
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A month after Merck quit selling Vioxx in the face of new evidence that its blockbuster painkiller caused heart attacks, strokes and other serious ailments, the company and plaintiffsâ lawyers are scrambling to adjust to a surge in related lawsuits.