Real-estate agents may be forced to charge home buyers less, thanks to a new $1.8 billion verdict

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Beyond the eye-popping damages, a recent verdict against the National Association of Realtors and the country's biggest brokerages could also fundamentally change how we buy and sell homes.

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On Tuesday afternoon at a courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri, the collective nightmare of the real-estate industry became reality.

3 passengers sued Alaska Airlines for emotional distress over off-duty pilot accused of trying to turn off the engines mid-flight

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An Alaska Airlines plane in flight.
Alaska Airlines said it was reviewing the complaint.

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Google reportedly paid Apple a whopping $18 billion in one year to keep its search engine the default on iPhones

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Google paid Apple $18 billion to stay as the default search engine on the iPhone in 2021.

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Panera Bread hit with lawsuit alleging a college student went into cardiac arrest and died after drinking its 'Charged Lemonade'

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Panera Bread has been hit with a lawsuit over its viral Charged Lemonades.

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An American Airlines passenger says he got severe injuries after being 'scalded' by hot coffee during a flight, a lawsuit alleges

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An American Airlines plane; George Latorre's "damaged" tattoo.

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Companies won't hire these women to drive trucks because of their gender, a new lawsuit says.

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Trump and NY AG Letitia James are fighting hard over one short but incriminating quote from his NY fraud trial

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Donald Trump at his civil fraud trial in Manhattan on Tuesday.
Donald Trump at his civil fraud trial in Manhattan on Tuesday.

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Elite investor John Paulson claims in a new lawsuit that his ex-business partner duped him out of millions to fund Louis Vuitton shopping sprees and Las Vegas parties

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FILE - John Paulson attends a meeting of the Economic Club of New York in New York, on Nov. 12, 2019. Ten years after receiving it, New York University publicized a $100 million gift from the hedge fund leader Paulson. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson.

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How an alleged scammer sold fake airplane parts to United, Delta, and more — and fooled a whole industry

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Delta Air Lines Technical Operations facility
US airlines have been flying with uncertified engine parts for years after a London distributor sold fake components as new with forged documentation.

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Grimes is asking for physical custody of her and Elon Musk's 3 kids in parental rights lawsuit

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Grimes, left, and Elon Musk attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 7, 2018.
Grimes, left, and Elon Musk attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 7, 2018.

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