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While many entrepreneurs may think that fraud is a secondary concern, Hartford Business Journal contributor Michael LaBella says that working to prevent it should be a priority.

An appeals court in Virginia has upheld a previous court ruling that an employee was entitled to workers compensation damages following a car accident that occurred after she looked at her cellphone to see if her employer was calling.

The California attorney general’s office has sued three companies for misleading consumers by claiming its plastic water bottles were biodegradable, The Los Angeles Times reports.

After 10 months of unsuccessful negotiations, a pair of companies operating in Illinois may be using their general liability coverage after they were sued for allegedly contributing to a bridge collapse.

Months following a Supreme Court ruling that saw a dismissal of a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart, the women who claimed discrimination against the retailer filed another lawsuit in California.

According to reports, popular restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse was recently sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for alleged discrimination during its hiring process.

The Department of Industrial Relations in California recently filed a lawsuit against a real estate company, claiming it failed to pay overtime wages to its employees.

The owner of a condominium complex in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, has sued an architectural firm which worked on the building over structural flaws.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced it has settled a lawsuit with a leading engineering company that agreed to pay the agency $110,000.

Business owners in California will now be strictly limited in the use of consumers’ credit reports during the hiring process after a new bill was signed into law.