Legal

A judge has given Detroit the green light to cut pensions as a way out of the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, a decision that puts the case in the laps of thousands of retirees who had hoped that the Michigan Constitution would protect them from getting smaller checks...

A federal appeals court has ruled that employers can require their workers to sign arbitration agreements waiving all rights to class action lawsuits over workplace grievances.

The judge turned down objections from unions, pension funds and retirees, which, like other creditors, could lose under any plan to solve $18 billion in long-term liabilities.

Illinois' unions don't like the proposed deal to reform the state's troubled pension system.

After the hotel's employees win a class-action law suit, a judge rules their lawyers should receive 15 percent of the common fund.

The court will be asked to decide: If companies offer stock in their 401(k) plans, are they acting prudently if the price drops steeply?