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Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal From Former Gitmo Detainees

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Last Monday, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by four former Guantánamo detainees from a lower court decision dismissing their case....

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There's a Suit for That: AT&T Drops Suit against Verizon Ads

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

AT&T is this country's largest phone company, but that did not stop it from crying foul when the smaller but scrappier Verizon wireless went after it with...

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To the Mattresses: Godfather of Spam Gets 51 Months

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Spam can get you in real trouble. No, not the food poisoning kind, the wire fraud kind. After a three year investigation headed by the FBI and involving...

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Texas District Court Rules In Favor of Merck & Co. in Vioxx Suit

By Minara El-Rahman | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Reuters reports that Merck & Co. was granted a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by the Texas Attorney General's office against...

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Scared to Death: Man Convicted for Woman's Heart Attack

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The verdict sounds like a punch line, but two lives are over as a result. Not guilty of murder, but guilty of scaring a grandmother to death, 20 year-old Larry...

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Court Upholds $6 Million McDonald's Strip Search Verdict

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

McDonald's will have to serve up $6.1 million to plaintiff Louise Ogborn, and an additional award to former assistant manager Donna Summers, according to...

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