WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a federal law bars lawsuits against drug makers over serious side effects from childhood vaccines. By a 6-2 vote Tuesday, the court ruled against the parents of a child ...

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WHITE PLAINS — Three northeastern states sued federal regulators Tuesday for allowing nuclear power plants to store their radioactive waste at reactor sites for up to 60 years after each plant closes down.

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BUFFALO — Days before the second anniversary of the deadly crash of a plane into a New York home, lawyers for victims’ families have been in court discussing the lawsuits pending against the flight’s operators

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GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay more than $250 million to resolve about 5,500 claims related to its diabetes drug Avandia, reports Bloomberg, citing information from two individuals close to the accords.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cosmetics magnate Ronald Perelman has ended his legal fight with ex-wife Ellen Barkin over a movie production company they started while married but squabbled over for years after divorcing, according to court records and Barkin’s lawyers.

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BUFFALO — Lawyers say a half dozen families of passengers killed in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 near Buffalo have now settled their lawsuits against the airlines.

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NEW YORK CITY — Gay civil rights groups trying to build momentum for a possible Supreme Court showdown filed two lawsuits Tuesday that seek to strike down portions of a 1996 law that denies married gay couples federal benefits.

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Several hundred more lawsuits were filed recently in the New Jersey mass tort against Roche, the maker of acne drug Accutane, alleging that the company failed to adequately warn users of the potential for serious side effects including Crohn’s disease ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court won't reconsider a decision to reinstate more than 100 lawsuits filed by women who claimed that hormone replacement therapy caused breast cancer.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal regulators have authorized legal action against more than 50 executives and directors of collapsed U.S. banks as they seek to recover about $1 billion in losses.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fallout continues from the politically tinged firings of U.S. attorneys in the administration of George W. Bush, with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to undergo questioning Monday in a civil case against the Justice Department.

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Dozens of coastal attorneys have descended on remote, land-locked Boise for a hearing in federal court to decide what to do with several hundred lawsuits arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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