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Toyota's $1.1B Recall Settlement Includes No Admission of Fault

By Andrew Lu | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Toyota has agreed to a $1.1 billion recall settlement over claims of its vehicles accelerating unintentionally. The settlement would compensate consumers for...

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Warrantless Cell Phone Location Tracking Upheld by 5th Circuit

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Warrantless cell phone tracking has been upheld, at least when it comes to "historical location data" kept by phone companies, in a federal appeals case that...

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Woman Sues Equifax, Wins $18.6M for Credit Report Errors

By Brett Snider, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

An Oregon woman who sued Equifax, the credit bureau, has won an $18.6 million jury award for credit-report errors that went unfixed for years. But the award...

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Supreme Court Sends Indian Adoption Case Back to S.C.

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court has sent a contentious adoption case back to South Carolina's Supreme Court. In a 5-4 ruling, justices reversed the South Carolina...

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Supreme Court: Prop 8 Supporters Have No Standing to Sue

By Brett Snider, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In an emotional ruling for Californians on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Proposition 8 proponents for lack of standing, clearing the...

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Walmart to Pay $110M for Environmental-Protection Violations

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Walmart has pleaded guilty to violating environmental protection laws, including the Clean Water Act, in three separate cases this week. The world's largest...

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