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| Sat. |
 Florida |
RJ Reynolds told to pay wife of cancer victim $23.6bn 
| A court has ordered the country's second largest cigarette company to pay $23.6 billion to the wife of a smoker who died of lung cancer | |
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| Wed. |
 Netherlands |
Dutch state found liable in deaths of 300 men in Srebrenica massacre | The Netherlands is liable for the deaths of men who were taken from a Dutch compound in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, a Dutch court ruled | |
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| Jul. 14 |
 Melbourne |
Record payout over Australia Black Saturday fires| Survivors of one of the worst bushfires in Australian history have won a payout of almost A$500m, in the country's largest class action settlement | |
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USA |
US loses trade spat to China, India| The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has found the United States violated global trade rules when it imposed tariffs on products from China and India | |
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| Jun.20 |
Manhattan |
'Huge' settlement in NY Central Park jogger case 
Map of Central Park USA Five men wrongfully convicted in the brutal 1989 rape of a jogger in New York's Central Park have settled a lawsuit against the city for $40m
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| Jun.18 |
Washington |
Redskins team trademarks cancelled The US Patent and Trademark Office has cancelled the Washington Redskins trademarks, finding the team's name disparages Native Americans
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| Jun.16 |
Australia |
Shipwreck families sue Australia Map of Christmas Island Australia Relatives of dozens of asylum seekers who were killed in a shipwreck off Christmas Island in 2010 have launched a legal case against Australia
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| Jun.12 |
 Malaysia |
MH370 families get $50,000 payments The families of passengers on the missing Malaysian passenger plane have begun to receive initial compensation payments of $50,00
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| May.20 |
USA |
NFL players sue over painkillers
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| May.16 |
Washington |
General Motors fined $35m over recall The US government fines General Motors $35m for delays in recalling small cars with faulty ignition switches
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| May.2 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Samsung ordered to pay Apple $119.6m Samsung has been ordered to pay $119.6m (£71m) to Apple by a US court for infringing two of its patents on smartphone features
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| Mar.19 |
 Japan |
Toyota in deal over US safety probe Japanese carmaker Toyota has reached a $1.2bn settlement with US regulators after a four-year inquiry into its reporting of safety issues
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| Mar.6 |
Nevada |
'Drunk' man sues Las Vegas casino
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| Feb.25 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Asiana Airlines fined $500,000 over San Francisco crash
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| Feb.2 |
Germany |
Porsche faces 1.8bn euros lawsuit
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| Jan.2 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Facebook sued over message 'scan'
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| Nov.26 |
USA |
NHL facing 'concussion' lawsuit |
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| Nov.22 |
Wyoming |
US wind firm fined over eagle deaths
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| Nov.21 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Samsung to pay Apple $290m for copying phones
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| Nov.19 |
Manhattan |
JP Morgan in record $13bn settlement JP Morgan has agreed to a record $13bn settlement with US regulators for misleading investors during the housing crisis
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| Nov.15 |
Manhattan |
JP Morgan agrees $4.5bn settlement
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| Nov.12 |
USA |
American Airlines and US Airways settle merger suit
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| Nov.4 |
New Jersey |
Johnson & Johnson fined $2.2bn
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New York |
Hedge fund in $1.8bn fraud payout
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| Nov.2 |
Chile |
Tortured Chilean wins compensation
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| Oct.25 |
Los Angeles |
Quincy Jones sues Jackson estate
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Manhattan |
JP Morgan agrees $5.1bn settlement
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| Oct.19 |
Manhattan |
JP Morgan 'faces record $13bn fine' |
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| Sep.19 |
Manhattan |
JP Morgan pays $920m to regulators |
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| Sep.15 |
South Korea |
Henna dispute: Chinese cruise ship evacuated |
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| Sep.12 |
Geneva |
No deal on Bangladesh garment disaster damages |
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| Aug.29 |
Philadelphia |
NFL in '$765m concussion settlement'
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| Aug.27 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Facebook pays $20m for privacy flaw |
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| Aug.21 |
London |
NSA reporter files lawsuit over partner's detention |
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| Jul.25 |
Houston |
Halliburton to plead guilty on spill US company Halliburton will plead guilty to destroying evidence relating to the 2010 Gulf Of Mexico oil spill
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| Feb.4 |
New York |
US 'will sue' Standard & Poor's Standard & Poor's says it is to be sued by US government over the credit ratings agency's assessment of mortgage bonds before the financial ...
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| Jan.7 |
North Carolina |
US bank to pay $12bn settlement Bank of America has agreed to pay US government mortgage agency Fannie Mae $3.6bn to settle claims relating to residential home loans
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| Jan.3 |
Washington |
Transocean agrees oil spill fine
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| Aug.31 |
London |
Russian oligarchs end $4.75bn UK court battle
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| Aug.24 |
South Korea |
Samsung to fight court ruling for Apple Samsung plans to challenge a U.S. court ruling that recommends more than $1 billion in damages to Apple over a patent dispute
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San Francisco Bay Area |
Samsung told to pay Apple $1bn Map of San Jose USA A US jury has ruled that Samsung should pay Apple $1.05bn in damages in an intellectual property lawsuit
| It said several of Samsung's devices had infringed Apple's software and design patents
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| Jul.18 |
Washington |
Yemen drone killings prompt US lawsuit
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| Jul.2 |
USA |
GlaxoSmithKline 'guilty of fraud'
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| Jul.1 |
China |
Apple 'settles China iPad case'
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| May.13 |
Panama |
Castaway sues over rescue failure
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| Mar.2 |
Louisiana |
BP reaches $7.8bn oil spill deal BP says it has reached a deal with the largest group of plaintiffs suing the company over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig spill
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| Feb.9 |
USA |
US banks in mortgage settlement
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| Sep.1 |
Washington |
US 'to sue banks over mortgages'
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| Aug.16 |
Washington |
Tobacco firms sue over new labels
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| Aug.8 |
New York |
Hotel housekeeper suing Strauss-Kahn
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| Jul.9 |
Milan |
Berlusconi firm in damages order |
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| Apr.20 |
United Kingdom |
BP sues Gulf oil spill companies |
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| Feb.14 |
 Ecuador |
Huge fine in Amazon pollution case A court in Ecuador has fined US oil giant Chevron a reported $8bn for polluting a large part of the country's Amazon region
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| Dec.21 |
Nigeria |
Halliburton settles Nigeria bribery claims |
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| Dec.15 |
Washington |
U.S. to sue BP over Gulf of Mexico oil spill The federal government joined the dozens of lawsuits against BP and several other companies over the massive oil spill, seeking unlimited penalties
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| Aug.26 |
Chile |
Miner family suing owners |
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| Jul.23 |
Netherlands |
Firm guilty of 'exporting toxic waste' |
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| Mar.11 |
New York |
New York agrees 9/11 dust payout |
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| Dec.16 |
Switzerland |
Credit Suisse to pay $536m fine over Iran |
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| Sep.20 |
 Ivory Coast |
Firm agrees Ivorian waste payouts Trafigura, an oil trading firm, has agreed to pay $46m compensation to people in Ivory Coast who say they were made ill by dumped waste
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| Sep.2 |
USA |
Pfizer agrees record fraud fine |
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| Jun.8 |
 Nigeria |
Shell to pay $15.5 million to settle claims Royal Dutch Shell will pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit against its Nigerian subsidiary by the family of executed Nigerian environmental...
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| Nov.20 |
London |
Jackson to appear at High Court |
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| Jul.24 |
London |
Mosley wins court case over orgy |
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| Jul.17 |
European Union |
EU hits Intel with fresh charges |
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| Feb.27 |
European Union |
EU fines Microsoft record $1.4bn
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| Jan.11 |
Paris |
Cecilia Sarkozy fails to ban book |
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| Jun.4 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria sues drugs giant Pfizer |
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| Apr.10 |
New York |
U.S. files piracy complaint against China |
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| Aug.20 |
USA |
Merck to fight drug onslaught |
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| Aug.19 |
Texas |
Merck punished for faulty drug
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| Aug.10 |
Microsoft |
Microsoft in $7m spam settlement |
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| Feb.4 |
Washington |
Court rejects $280bn tobacco case |
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| Mar.24 |
European Union |
Microsoft hit by record EU fine |
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| Apr.4 |
Washington |
Microsoft loses antitrust suit Microsoft is confident that it will eventually overturn the decision by a judge that it violated anti-monopoly laws
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