As more distressed borrowers enter bankruptcy with arbitration clauses in their financial agreements, judges are weighing whether such disputes can proceed before arbitrators or remain under the court’s control.
The Trump administration’s bid to rewrite how catastrophic plans are structured under the Affordable Care Act is raising legal and actuarial questions, even as some policy professionals applaud the creativity aimed at solving rising premiums.
Taxpayers are asking the Supreme Court to decide if they have the right to a jury trial when facing IRS penalties, a decision that could upend tax enforcement and signal to the wealthy that evasion will be easier.
A $190 million settlement that prevented Mark Zuckerberg from having to testify at trial over claims stemming from the Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal may get final approval this week in the Delaware Chancery Court.
As auditor enforcement stalls in the US, investors harmed by fraud are clinching financial payouts and notching courtroom wins in a pair of class action suits that are typically difficult to bring against accounting firms.
New York’s lawsuit against TikTok could have a ripple effect on other states looking to hold social media companies accountable for addicting children, if the state is able to convince a Manhattan appellate court it has standing to sue on behalf of its young residents.
Companies seeking to stem the tide of wiretap lawsuits targeting their use of data analytics tools like tracking “pixels” from Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC are looking to a relatively new way of handling information they collect from consumers.
Year-to-year shifts in law school rankings—even including Stanford overtaking Yale—don’t mean much, but they should still be a factor for prospective students deciding where to attend.
Stanley-brand thermal cup maker Pacific Market International beat three class action lawsuits after a federal court ruled the suits failed to establish a risk of harm from lead sealed inside the base of the company’s once-viral tumblers.
A Denver couple who tried to blame each other for scheme to steal millions from defense contractor National Air Cargo using phony invoices lost their appeals Monday to undo their convictions.
A federal court in Milwaukee has upheld the first-of-its-kind conviction for a state judge who tried to help a migrant evade federal officers.
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