GlaxoSmithKline PLC has agreed in principle with the U.S. government on a $3 billion settlement of investigations into the company’s sales and marketing practices, the drug maker said Thursday. The agreement is expected to be completed next year, and the …
Oklahomans who drive drunk or fail to stop for a school bus loading or unloading children will face stiff new penalties beginning Tuesday. Nearly 200 new Oklahoma laws are scheduled to take effect, ranging from sweeping changes to the way …
Toymaker Henry Gordy International Inc has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.1 million over a dart gun set linked to three deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said Friday. Its Auto Fire Target Sets were sold …
A civil lawsuit filed in Pepin County by three children who lost their mother in a traffic crash has been settled out of court. Records show Michelle Nelson’s children will receive a total of $450,000 from Countryside Cooperative Transport of …
The father of three children who drowned in upstate New York when their mother drove her minivan into the Hudson River is suing a city and county for $40 million each. The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports Jean Pierre has …
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted a housekeeper in a “violent and sadistic attack” in his hotel suite in Manhattan in May, a civil lawsuit filed Monday alleges. The lawsuit, which follows criminal charges against the Frenchman, repeats the …
A state judge has ruled against the city of Meridian in its civil lawsuit against the construction company hired to build the new city hall. Judge Ronald J. Wilper also ruled Wednesday that the city is responsible for $1.8 million …
Evangelist Tony Alamo, who is serving a 175-year sentence in federal prison for taking young girls across state lines for sex, faces a civil trial starting Tuesday that he ordered the beating of two of his former ministry members. In …
A federal judge in Kansas City is considering a fraud probe of Lee’s Summit and its attorneys after the city refused to pay $16 million to a former resident who spent several years behind bars for a crime he did …