For decades, U.S. journalists have been guided by what most considered an absolute defense to libel lawsuits: If a news report is true, it can’t be libelous. But a recent decision by a federal appeals court in Boston is calling …
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction enjoining CCC Information Services Inc.’s merger with Mitchell International Inc. Following the court decision, the two claims services firms …
Strung out by liens on his house and desperate for a financial bailout, Juan Jose Luna did what any self-respecting homeowner would do: He blew up his house for insurance money. The Live Oak, Calif., man spread gasoline around the …
Oklahoma Sen. Clark Jolley has misfired on his bill to ban novelty cigarette lighters, including those shaped like a gun. Jolley, a conservative Republican from Edmond, drew bipartisan opposition in the Oklahoma Senate for his proposal to ban the sale …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that it saved or recovered $4.1 million through its workers’ compensation fraud investigations in 2008. According to the company, the $4.1 million includes: claimant fraud future savings of $2,185,170; restitution of $39,374 from claimants; restitution …
Identity theft jumped 14 percent in Tulsa, Okla., in 2008, according to a new report. The rise echoes a nationwide spike in the crime as more Americans do business online. In less than a decade, complaints of identity theft surged …
New Mexico Attorney General Gary King is warning that “Swindlers and scam artists see hard economic times as an opportunity to step up their activities.” King kicked off a campaign on the “Nuts and Bolts: Tools for Today’s Economy” on …
A judge who dismissed thousands of lawsuits against Minneapolis-based Medtronic said this week he will not remove himself from the case, despite criticism for not revealing that his son works for a law firm tied to the company. Lawyers for …
Megachurches with large audiences have long planned for emergencies, but smaller churches often aren’t ready for a crisis, experts say. First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill., where the Rev. Fred Winters was shot and killed during a sermon Sunday was …
A suit by a former oncology nurse at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Oregon says the hospital ignored her complaints of being sexually harassed by the previous director of the hospital’s dialysis program. The Gazette-Times in Corvallis, Ore., reports …