A federal judge awarded Raytheon Co $59.2m in a case against the United States to recover pension losses for government contract work associated with a restructuring begun by the defense contractor in 2000.
Katherine R. Weins died in 2006, two weeks after falling and hitting her head at the West Bloomfield, Mich., nursing home where she lived. Her daughter, Karen Waeschle, suspected foul play and requested an investigation.
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad on Monday said no current inmate convicted of murder as a juvenile would be released before the age of 74, a move prompted by a Supreme Court ruling that youths cannot receive mandatory life sentences.
A Delaware judge scolded attorneys for two large public employee retirement systems on Monday for rushing to court with lawsuits over allegations of bribery involving Wal-Mart Stores Inc.´s operations in Mexico.
Technology firm Yahoo has appointed leading Google executive Marissa Mayer as its next CEO.
America´s drug problem is shifting from illicit substances like cocaine to abuse of prescription painkillers, a change that is forcing policy makers to re-examine the long and expensive strategy of trying to stop illegal drugs from entering the United States.
Congressional investigators said Monday that the chief counsel´s office at the Food and Drug Administration authorized wide-ranging surveillance of a group of the agency´s scientists, the first indication that the effort was sanctioned at the highest levels.
After all the questions Toyota has endured about the sudden unintended acceleration of its vehicles, including those it fielded at some very high-profile congressional hearings, probably the last person it expected to ask more was Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa, ranking Republican on the judiciary committee.
France´s far-right National Front is to sue Madonna after an image at the US singer´s Paris concert showed party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika imposed on her face.
Two private investigators who impersonated reporters, Hewlett Packard board members, and their families have been sentenced to three years probation and six months electronic monitoring in the case.
Visa Inc, MasterCard Inc and banks that issue their credit cards have agreed to a $7.25 bn settlement with U.S. retailers in a lawsuit over the fixing of credit and debit card fees in what could be the largest antitrust settlement in U.S. history.
The head of collapsed brokerage firm Peregrine Financial Group Inc. admitted to defrauding clients out of more than $100 million over nearly 20 years by personally doctoring bank statements and duping auditors with the help of a post-office box, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Merck & Co.´s Schering-Plough unit must face a challenge to its pay-for-delay arrangement with would-be generic competitors for its drug K-Dur, an appeals court ruled, reversing a lower-court antitrust decision.
Research in Motion Ltd., the BlackBerry device maker seeking a comeback after falling behind Apple Inc. and Google Inc., was found liable by a federal jury for $147.2m in damages for infringing patents held by Mformation Technologies Inc.
Canada´s Supreme Court dealt a blow to artists and a benefit to telecoms and gaming companies by scrapping some fees for music downloaded via the Internet or used in videogames as part of five copyright rulings on Thursday.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office published a host of new Apple patent applications Thursday, providing us with a peek inside the minds of all the smart people sequestered at One Infinite Loop.
Barclays´ embattled former chief executive Bob Diamond is being represented by top white-collar defense lawyer Andrew Levander in a widening scandal over the manipulation of benchmark interest rates, people familiar with the matter said.
A ban on circumcision in Germany has shocked the nation´s Jews and Muslims. The right of parents to make decisions for their children is now under the spotlight.
Microsoft Inc. and Motorola on Tuesday filed a joint motion in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington asking the court to suspend three patent cases between the parties until a trial is held on a licensing disagreement.
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