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Replace my name with yours and my “name” with the ridiculous name of your choosing, and tell me you did not have this exact conversation at some point in your early teenage years:
Tim: I hate my name. It’s stupid. I don’t want to be called Tim anymore.Mom/Dad/Gramma/Buddies: Well, what do you want to be called?Tim: [...]

A while back, Exxon lost a lawsuit over the notorious Valdez spill (shocker), and a jury said they had to pay $500 million to compensate the plaintiffs, and $5 billion in punitive damages. Yesterday, the Supreme Court said that award was excessive, and reduced the punitive damages to $500 million, equal to the actual [...]

The latest decision in Wal-Mart’s ongoing legal battles with its employees is in, and this one is probably going to increase the legal flies the retail giant will be swatting at in the near future.
A Pennsylvania judge has tacked $49 Million in attorney’s fees onto a $141 Million judgment for unpaid overtime against the nation’s [...]