NY State Agrees to Settle with Buffalo Woman Wrongly Imprisoned for 13 Years
Lynn DeJac Peters, a New York woman who was wrongly convicted of her teenage daughter’s murder and forced to spend…
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Kodak Finds Financers to Bail it out of Chapter 11
On Monday, Eastman Kodak Co said that it has reached a deal with a group of financers including Centerbridge Partners,…
Supreme Court to Decide Legality of DNA Collection by Officers
On Friday, an announcement was made by the Supreme Court that it is going to determine the legality of police…
Roche Asked to Reveal Tamiflu Data
Roche, the company that makes the drug Tamiflu, has been asked by a British medical journal to release all of…
Oldest Madoff Employee Admits to Fudging Records, But Never Suspecting Fraud
On Thursday, Irwin Lipkin, 74, the oldest Madoff employee who was not a Madoff family member, pleaded guilty to falsifying…
NY Dentists Sue over Crane Collapsing During Sandy
On Friday, two dentists from New York City filed a $5 million lawsuit seeking class-action status on behalf of a…
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. Sued
The maker of 7Up, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., faced a lawsuit in early November 2012 for allegedly touting health…
Texas Truck Driver May Be Released From Mexican Prison Soon
There may be good news for a truck driver from Texas that accidentally traveled to Mexico. Well, he didn’t just…
Jury Awards $1.6 Million against LAPD Officer Using Excessive Force
On Wednesday, a jury in Los Angeles County Superior Court awarded Allen Harris, 56, almost $1.6 million after finding that…
Lawyer Fined $300,000 for Creating Child Pornography to Prove a Point
Dean Boland, an Ohio lawyer who recently abandoned representing Paul Ceglia, the man who sued Facebook for half of the…
Judge Approves Huge Settlement for ex-Bear Stearns Shareholders
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet in Manhattan really sweetened the pot for ex-Bear shareholders by approving their $19.9…
Pfizer Loses Viagra Patent in Canada
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the patent on Viagra held by Pfizer and opened the floodgates…