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For the first time, relatives of five 9/11 victims addressed a five-judge panel and confronted a suspected al Qaeda operative in a German courtroom.

Reuters reports that the search for those who help fund al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations continues—in no small part due to litigation against defendants alleged to have supported terrorist activity.

Sri Lankan-born American and founder of the hedge fund management firm Galleon Group, Raj Rajaratnam, was found guilty in criminal court of all charges against him, including five counts of conspiracy and nine counts of securities fraud.

After multiple attempts to locate and retrieve the wreckage of Air France Flight 447, the black box data recorders from the fatal June 2009 crash have been recovered from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.

According to an article by The Associated Press, fire officials suspect that carbon monoxide poisoning led to the deaths of five this week at a private home in Oxon Hill, Md. According to the report, officials believe that a broken exhaust pipe caused the tragedy, leaking large amounts of carbon monoxide into the…

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, BP and the attorneys suing on behalf of hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster submitted a settlement to U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans for approval.

The Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) released an article titled False Claims Act May Increasingly Be Used To Target Financial Companies, Lawyers Say, citing the False Claims Act as a compelling resource.

The plaintiffs in a derivative lawsuit against Massey Energy filed an emergency petition asking the West Virginia Supreme Court to delay a shareholder vote on the proposed $7.1 billion sale of Massey Energy to Alpha Natural Resources.

Some women and their doctors are expressing concern about the safety of the contraceptive Nuvaring following mounting claims alleging this birth control method may cause life-threatening blood clots.

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a group of Massey Energy investors could not block the shareholder vote on the proposed $7.1 billion sale of Massey Energy to Alpha Natural Resources.