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  • January 16, 2026

    Security Guard Gets $5.5M Jury Win In Sex Harassment Case

    A federal jury in Atlanta said that a former security guard who alleged she was sexually harassed and assaulted by her ex-employer's vice president of operations should get $5.5 million in damages, attorneys for the ex-worker announced Friday. 

  • January 16, 2026

    Jury Convicts Contractor In $4.5M Navy Fuel Fraud

    A West Palm Beach jury has found a fuel supplier guilty of 34 felony counts including wire fraud, money laundering and forgery for his role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense of more than $4.5 million.

  • January 16, 2026

    OpenAI, Microsoft Must Face Musk Fraud Fight In April Trial

    A California federal judge on Thursday denied OpenAI Inc.'s request for summary judgment on Elon Musk's claims OpenAI duped him into donating $38 million with false promises of remaining a nonprofit, while trimming some claims against Microsoft Corp. and sending the bifurcated dispute to an April jury trial.

  • January 16, 2026

    Judge Won't Toss Google Patent Suit After Hearing No-Show

    A Manhattan federal judge has said he wasn't going to take a magistrate judge's recommendation to toss a patent infringement suit against Google due to the plaintiff defying court orders and skipping a bench trial, saying missing the trial did not amount to "failing to prosecute" the case in a manner that would warrant dismissal.

  • January 16, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Says Part Of Sunoco Butane Blending Patent Invalid

    The Federal Circuit on Friday ruled that claims in one of Sunoco's gasoline blending patents that Magellan Midstream was found to have infringed were not eligible for patent protection in the first place, but found the rest of the claims at issue passed muster.

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