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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out a $366.2 million verdict against FedEx, in a case brought by a Black sales ...

(Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out a $366.2 million verdict against FedEx, in a case brought by a Black sales manager who said the package delivery company fired her in retaliation for accusing her supervisor of race discrimination. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the plaintiff, Jennifer Harris, was entitled to none of the $365 million of punitive damages that a Houston jury awarded her in Oct. 2022. It also reduced Harris' damages for pain and suffering, ...

A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years had his conviction and 40-year prison sentence thrown out by a federal appeals court on Friday, because the... -February 02, 2024 at 01:11 pm EST - MarketScreener

A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years had his conviction and 40-year prison sentence thrown out by a federal appeals court on Friday, because the jury instructions misstated the law. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia also ordered a new trial for Joel Smithers, 41, who has been serving his sentence in an Atlanta prison. Nearly 645,000 people died in the United States from overdoses involving opioids from 1999 to 2021, in...

A judge has rejected Abbott Laboratories effort to dismiss a New York City grandmothers lawsuit claiming it misled consumers into believing its PediaSure Grow & Gain nutrition drinks were...

A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years had his conviction and 40-year prison sentence thrown out by a federal appeals court on Friday, because the jury instructions misstated the law. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia also ordered a new trial for Joel Smithers, 41, who has been serving his sentence in an Atlanta prison. Nearly 645,000 people died in the United States from overdoses involving opioids from 1999 to 2021, incl

A federal judge on Friday said tens of millions of Apple customers can pursue a class action accusing the company of monopolizing the market for iPhone apps by banning purchases outside its App Store, leading to higher prices. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had in March 2022 refused to certify a class action, but changed her mind after the class was narrowed to include only Apple account holders who spent $10 or more on app or in-app content. The Oakland, California-based judge als...

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years had his conviction and 40-year ...

A federal judge on Friday said tens of millions of Apple customers can pursue a class action accusing the company of monopolizing the market for iPhone apps by banning purchases outside its App Store,...

A federal judge on Friday said tens of millions of Apple customers can pursue a class action accusing the company of monopolizing the market for iPhone apps by banning purchases outside its App Store, leading to higher prices. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had in March 2022 refused to certify a class action, but changed her mind after the class was narrowed to include only Apple account holders who spent $10 or more on app or in-app content. The Oakland, California-based judge also