Wal-Mart’s $640 Million Sneeze

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2008 Wal-Mart will pay as much as $640 million to settle 63 lawsuits around the country alleging that the retailer had exploited its workers. The payout could add up to less than 0.1 percent of the company's revenues this year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John McCain Battles Jackson Browne in Court

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2008 This is the story of how Jackson Browne's 30-year-old song "Running on Empty" became the unlikely catalyst for the singer's lawsuit against Sen. John McCain -- and what Yoko Ono has to do with McCain's response. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CBS Partners With YouTube

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2008 While sister company Viacom is still suing YouTube for $1 billion, CBS is hoping to get some cash out of the Web video mecca a more polite way. The Tiffany Network has had some success online, and currently has one of the more popular YouTube channels, but the eyeball business isn't as straightforward as it used to be. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jackson Browne Sues Team McCain, Republican Party

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2008 Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne is not thrilled that his song "Running on Empty" was co-opted by the Ohio Republican Party and used as an anthem for a commercial that Browne believed made it seem as though he supported John McCain's presidential campaign. Au contraire, Ohio GOP. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hedges, Klein Join The Nation, ACLU in FISA Lawsuit

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2008 Following Thursday's announcement that Congress had passed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, there were some who weren't willing to take the news sitting down. In fact, Congress' capitulation sparked a legal response from the ACLU and The Nation magazine and two of its key contributors -- Chris Hedges and Naomi Klein -- in the form of a lawsuit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wal-Mart Employees Are Restless

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2008 Wal-Mart may be fined by a Minnesota judge for violating the state's employment laws. The fines are for ''contractual violations," a fancy way of saying that Wal-Mart denied rest breaks to workers at least 1.5 million times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wounds Heal in Red Cross Dispute

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2008 After coming to its public relations senses, medical firm Johnson & Johnson has decided it wouldn't be wise to proceed with a lawsuit against the Red Cross charity over a trademark agreement made in 1895. The initial case was brought by the firm after the Red Cross began to sell safety kits to fundraise for its many disaster-relief campaigns. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Cutting Edge of Backward Thinking

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Apr 29, 2008 Senate Republicans are determined to join with the Supreme Court to keep women on the losing end of discriminatory pay. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The High Price of Diplomacy With China

The Center for Investigative Reporting Apr 24, 2008 Two investigative reports uncover the Bush administration's efforts to suppress legal proceedings against high-ranking Chinese officials -- former Trade Minister Bo Xilai and Beijing's Olympic Organizing Committee President Liu Qi -- accused of torturing religious group members. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Clinton Wins Nevada Amid Confusion Over Delegates

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2008 Hillary Clinton won more support among Nevada caucus-goers on Saturday, but the Obama campaign will likely end up with more actual delegates. Clinton drew significant support from Latino caucusers, despite a controversial lawsuit that was rejected by a court Thursday. Defended by both Hillary and Bill, the suit had tried to make it more difficult for casino workers, many of them Latino, to caucus. Updated Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bill Clinton Scolds Reporter

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2008 The lawsuit that prompted this tongue-lashing from the former president has since been dismissed, but on the ground in Nevada, tensions remain high over the effort to keep casino workers from caucusing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rather’s $70M Suit Still On

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 Dan Rather himself once warned, "Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek," but he's still staring down CBS' toothy maw and refusing to budge in his $70-million lawsuit against his former host network. On Wednesday, a New York Supreme Court justice ruled that (at least for now) Rather's suit could go forward despite CBS' bid to have it dismissed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )