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An Ohio federal jury found Thursday that Fifth Third Bank owes no damages for a $444 million breach of contract claim brought against it for allegedly charging its Early Access Cash Advance loan program customers a higher annual percentage rate than it advertised and giving inaccurate summaries of those loans to borrowers.

A former director of nursing at a New Jersey assisted living facility has accused her ex-employer of terminating her for suffering from long COVID-19 despite more than 15 years of consistently praising her work and no prior disciplinary measures.

The Sixth Circuit stood by a lower court's dismissal of a retired sports marketing company worker's suit against two of his fellow shareholders in which he claims he "got screwed" when they took more than $700,000 from the company, ruling that his suit came too late.

The Sixth Circuit reversed a trucking company's early win for a second time in a case brought against it by the victims of a driver's crash following a heart attack, writing in its opinion that the lower court "ignored" its prior reversal on remand.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that New York cannot compel New Jersey to stay in the states' joint policing compact over their shared, historically crime-ridden port, concluding that the compact's silence on withdrawal means either party can end the collaboration unilaterally.

The Sixth Circuit stood by a lower court's refusal to vacate an arbitration award in Morgan Stanley's favor for a financial adviser who sought $15 million over unfair discipline, ruling Monday that the district court properly followed the Federal Arbitration Act's review standards.

Marriott Hotel Services Inc. slammed a data management company's suit over the hotel firm demanding payment under a large-scale conference contract even after the event was canceled, stating in its Friday early win bid, "If ever a case warranted summary judgment, this is it."

The New Jersey Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct recommended the state's high court publicly reprimand a civil court judge for telling family court litigants that he knew nothing about their case or the relevant laws, but asked for his other ethics charges to be dismissed.

New Jersey's new gun nuisance law should not have been blocked by a lower court's injunction, the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey argued in a Thursday amicus brief to the Third Circuit, taking the Garden State attorney general's side against a gun group.

A New Jersey judge declined to fully throw out any of investors' claims that Bausch Health Cos. Inc. fraudulently transferred its vision care assets to Bausch & Lomb, its subsidiary, and began to spin the unit off to complicate recovery efforts for prior securities fraud litigation.