The California Department of Corrections failed to convince a state appellate court to overturn a former sign language interpreter’s $1.5 million jury award for claims she was harassed and discriminated against based on her interactions with deaf inmates.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. must face claims that a Florida resident was a victim of sex trafficking in one of its hotels, a federal district court decided.

Two former Bio Defense Corp. officers failed to convince the First Circuit that a lower court was wrong to side with the SEC in a case alleging the pair violated federal securities laws when soliciting foreign investors.

FirstEnergy Corp.'s directors and officers must face a shareholder derivative suit stemming from their alleged involvement in a bribery, racketeering, and pay-to-play scheme with Ohio politicians, after a federal court in that state found enough support Tuesday for allegations of false or misleading statements or omissions.

The conviction under Virginia law of a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel for directing the n-word toward a clerk and fellow customer at the Marie Corps Exchange in Quantico was vacated by the Fourth Circuit Tuesday on free speech grounds.

Walgreen Co. violated the False Claims Act by falsifying patient records in order to improperly receive millions of dollars worth of Hepatitis C medication payments from Tennessee’s Medicaid program, federal prosecutors and Tennessee say in a new complaint filed in federal court.