ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -A man who blames Vioxx for his heart attack took the stand in his lawsuit against Merck & Co. on Friday, acknowledging that medical records don’t support his claim that he took the drug for two years or more.

Trial is under way in a lawsuit that alleges Mesa discriminated against one of its police officers because of his race.

LOS ANGELES - Four eyewitnesses support a man's assertion that Sean "Diddy" Combs assaulted him and his girlfriend at a post-Oscar party at a Hollywood nightclub last year, according to court papers filed by the plaintiff's attorney.

A federal judge has thrown out the claims of six of nine current and former Mesa police officers in a lawsuit alleging the city discriminated against them on the basis of race, gender and religion.

Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department again say a group of Latino plaintiffs failed to prove the sheriff or any of his deputies engaged in unconstitutional racial profiling.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Two fraternity members from a South Carolina university are suing over their appearance in the hit movie "Borat," saying they were duped into making racist and sexist remarks.

Thanks to a generous sprinkling of Democrats, Congress handed President Bush a significant political victory with passage of class-action-lawsuit reform, but it is hardly the landmark turning point in jurisprudence that backers claim. Nor will it slam the courthouse door on the little guy, as critics claim.

A nearly 2-decade-old court case over adequacy of Arizona's school programs for students learning English is at a key juncture.

NEW YORK - A New York judge has tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette school teachers who said the makers of the movie "Borat" deceived them.

A lawsuit filed against Gilbert that prompted changes in the town’s temporary-sign code this week will continue.

A lawsuit filed against Gilbert that prompted changes in the town’s temporary-sign code this week will continue.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Two unsuspecting fraternity boys want to make lawsuit against "Borat" over their drunken appearance in the hit movie.

Nine students of a helicopter flight school with operations at Mesa’s Williams Gateway Airport have sued the school and its owner, claiming they were defrauded.

NEW YORK - Top-selling rappers Kanye West and Ludacris won a copyright infringement trial Thursday when a jury concluded their 2003 hit "Stand Up" did not copy a tune by New Jersey musicians.

PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio are telling a federal judge that a group of Latinos failed to prove he and his deputies engaged in unconstitutional racial profiling.

PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers who accuse Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office of racial profiling are expected to rest their case Tuesday at a trial aimed at settling allegations over whether the lawman's immigration patrols disproportionately single out Latinos.

HOUSTON - Enron shareholders and investors will split about $7 billion from financial institutions accused of participating in the fraud that caused the once-mighty energy company to collapse.

NEW YORK - A group of music publishing companies said Monday it is joining a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google Inc.'s video-sharing site YouTube.

TUCSON - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson filed for bankruptcy Monday, becoming the second U.S. diocese to seek court protection because of the cost of clerical sex abuse cases.

In 2002, two young girls and their parents filed a federal class-action law suit against the McDonalds Corporation. It was the claim of the plaintiffs that eating a consistent diet of Happy Meals, Big Macs, fries and shakes had led to their morbid obesity, and McDonalds was responsible for this condition.