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  • January 22, 2026

    Pizzeria Owner Can't Beat 8-Year Sentence For Forced Labor

    The First Circuit on Wednesday refused to vacate a Boston-area pizzeria chain owner's forced labor convictions and an 8½-year prison sentence, finding adequate evidence to back the jury's findings and no error in how the court calculated his sentence.

  • January 22, 2026

    Yale Hospital Wants Infant Death Verdict Reduced By $30M

    Yale University and Yale New Haven Hospital on Thursday asked a Connecticut judge to reduce a $32 million infant death verdict to just $2 million, saying damages for the loss of enjoyment of life cannot be awarded in addition to damages for the infant's death itself.

  • January 22, 2026

    Prosecutors Seek Retrial In Killing of NBA Star's Grandfather

    The state of North Carolina has asked a state appeals court to undo the acquittal of two men who were found to have been wrongly convicted of murder and robbery in the death of the grandfather of NBA star Chris Paul in 2002, arguing the men should instead be given a retrial.

  • January 22, 2026

    CTA's Vax Mandate Was An 'Impossible Dilemma,' Jury Hears

    The Chicago Transit Authority put a former employee into an "impossible dilemma" and forced him to choose between honoring his Christian faith or receiving a COVID-19 vaccine when it flatly rejected his vaccination exemption request and later fired him for mandate noncompliance, Illinois federal jurors heard Thursday.

  • January 22, 2026

    Payday Lender Tells 2nd Circ. Atty's Conflict Marred Trial

    A former payday lending executive and race car driver convicted of running a fraudulent $2 billion lending scheme urged the Second Circuit on Thursday to grant him a new trial, in light of his trial counsel's criminal exposure stemming from another client's blackmail scheme.

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