A progressive think tank has agreed to pay more than $500,000 to settle a civil claim that it improperly received Paycheck Protection Program funds by failing to disclose it was primarily a political advocacy and lobbying group, federal prosecutors have announced.
The manager of Harvard Medical School's morgue stole and sold human remains to a network of individuals around the country, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania said Wednesday, actions the school called disturbing and "morally reprehensible."
Baby products manufacturer Evenflo told a judge Monday it would be "futile" to allow consumers to amend their complaints for a second time in a multidistrict lawsuit alleging deceptive safety claims for the company's Big Kid booster seats.
A Massachusetts appeals court on Tuesday reversed part of a $17.5 million verdict in a tobacco personal injury case against R.J. Reynolds, finding that the plaintiffs had failed to link the company's advertising to a cancer victim's decision to start smoking decades ago.
A Boston federal judge on Wednesday denied a request to certify a class action for Brandeis University students who want a partial refund of tuition and fees because their classes moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.