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A sign marks a pick-up point for the Uber car service at LaGuardia Airport in New York in 2017.

Uber drivers suing for better pay lose critical court ruling

December 12, 2018 at 5:34 p.m.

Uber Technologies Inc. drivers suffered a major defeat in one of the gig economy's most closely watched labor fights with a ruling barring hundreds of thousands of drivers from suing...

Visa, MasterCard $5.7 billion pact tossed as merchants win

June 10, 2018 at 10:48 a.m.

A federal appeals court rejected a $5.7 billion settlement of claims that Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. improperly fixed credit-card swipe fees, potentially renewing years of litigation with millions of...

Controversial former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli, who bought a one-off Wu-Tang Clan album for $2 million, has been sued by an artist who says his work was used without permission.

Martin Shkreli sued over $2 million Wu-Tang Clan album

June 12, 2018 at 2:51 a.m.

Martin Shkreli, charged with securities fraud and brought before the "imbeciles" of Congress for jacking up the price of lifesaving drugs, now has another, if much smaller, problem on his...

Tobacco firms get victory in ‘light’ suit

August 21, 2021 at 11:57 p.m.

Altria Group Inc. and other tobacco companies won a decision blocking an $800 billion racketeering class-action lawsuit by U.S. smokers who claimed they were misled into thinking "light" cigarettes are...

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