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Apple Settles Embarrassing False Advertising Case

While you were gawking at the new kind-of-better-in-some-ways-I-guess Macbook Pro at this week's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple's law team was quietly paying out a settlement to a Australian government...

June 13, 201231

2 minutes

Settlements

$1.5 Million to Family of Biker Slain by Drunk Policeman

The City of Indianapolis has agreed to a $1.5 settlement with the family of a young motorcyclist who was killed by a drunk driving cop.

June 8, 20122

3 minutes

Settlements

Melissa Etheridge Gives Up Half Her Royalties in Divorce Settlement

Turns out gay divorce is pretty much just as acrimonious as straight divorce. In 2010, Melissa Etheridge, a singer/songwriter, split from her longtime actress wife Tammy Lynn Michaels. The two...

June 6, 2012

2 minutes

Settlements

NYC Transit Workers Allowed to Wear Religious Head Coverings

Fear is a powerful motivator, and as such the government sometimes responds poorly to the irrational fear of its citizens. In 1942, due to a fear of all things Japanese...

May 31, 2012

3 minutes

Settlements

Snitches Get Riches

Remember the landmark $25 billion federal foreclosure settlement from February? The one which has provisions to help prevent foreclosure on homeowners, provisions most states are ignoring? Which doesn't yet seem to...

May 30, 2012

2 minutes