The hefty $7.25 billion settlement that Visa and MasterCard have agreed to, in response to a 2005 class action lawsuit over credit card swipe fees, will disadvantage retailers further and restrict consumer spending in an economy that relies heavily on credit card use and personal expenditure.
Fans of "Modern Family" who worried that salary disputes would keep the Dunphy-Tucker-Pritchett clan off the fall TV lineup can breathe easy: The adult cast members who sued to have their contracts terminated have reportedly reached an agreement and are ready to get back to work on season four.
Zong Yu Liu and Tan Mei Bai filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming that unsafe working conditions on the set of the Sylvester Stallone actioner led to the death of their 26-year-old son, Kun Liu.
Florida Republicans conspired to dampen voter turnout among African Americans, according to a former top party official currently battling criminal fraud charges.
Authorities say a Michigan man stole drugs and contaminated needles while working at a New Hampshire medical facility, leading to a rash of hepatitis C cases in the state.
Madonna defended her use of a swastika from her controversial MDNA tour while speaking for an interview on a Brazilian television station, explaining that the Nazi imagery was meant to question “the intolerance that we human beings have for one another.”
The whistleblower case between Infosys, India's second largest IT services exporter, and one of its employees in the U.S. would go to trial next month as a mediation conference Tuesday fell through.
The hits kept coming for Penn State on Tuesday when State Farm, an official sponsor of the football program, announced it would no longer sponsor the team.
Cast members of the hit ABC show Modern Family are going to war with 20th Century Fox Television, the company that produces the show. The Associated Press is reporting that Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara have filed a lawsuit today in Los Angeles Superior Court to void their contracts.
In the first half of this year, 15 states managed to pass almost 40 laws that restrict women's reproductive rights.
U.S. companies have been finding it much easier to deliver earnings beats, or profits that are higher than expected, as analysts on Wall Street continue to trim their forecasts for earnings growth. However, they might have also come to realize that beating earnings expectations alone is not enough to help their stock prices.
The Department of Justice is investigating whether Pennsylvania's new voter identification law discriminates against minorities, according to a letter released on Monday.
Both Bristol Palin and Willow Palin -- daughters of Republican lightning rod Sarah Palin -- have been criticized for their homophobic remarks in the past, and it appears Bristol's son Tripp has picked up on the habit.
Mojang, developer of the enormously popular independent video game Minecraft, announced Saturday it is being sued for patent infringement. Because of the nature of the claim by a small company based in Plano, Texas, and named Uniloc USA Inc., it is believed by some that Uniloc may be a patent troll.
How rude! Jodie Sweetin is heading to court after filing a lawsuit against Clark Taylor Savros, the driver who struck her car in Los Angeles over a year ago.
Kristen Saban, the daughter of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, who apparently inherited her father's short temper, has finally responded to the civil lawsuit filed by Sarah Grimes, her fellow sorority sister at University of Alabama, for beating the living snot out of her on a Saturday night in 2010.
Tom Cruise is lashing out via his attorney, Bert Fields, yet again. TMZ reports that Fields is outraged over Life & Style's latest cover story, which alleges that Cruise has neglected his 6-year-old daughter, Suri.
The top after-market NYSE gainers Wednesday were Emulex Corp, New York Times, Tempur-pedic International, International Business Machines and Titan International. The top after-market NYSE losers were Greenhill & Co, Convergys, Whiting USA, Stryker Corp and Diana Shipping.
Relatives of U.S. citizens killed by drone strikes in Yemen have filed a lawsuit against senior members of the Obama administration, the latest legal challenge to the president's aggressive use of armed drones.
President Barack Obama's reelection campaign has sued Ohio over a law restricting early voting, arguing that the law discourages some Ohioans from being able to cast ballots.
Wallerand de Saint-Just, a lawyer for the National Front, told the European press that legal action would be filed later this week, adding that projecting such an image of Marine Le Pen with a swastika implies that she is a Nazi.
Rapper DMX was hospitalized with a concussion Saturday after losing control of his ATV in South Carolina.
