Law & Society

A federal judge on Friday said the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp's lawsuit accusing billionaire Ira Rennert's Renco Group Inc of trying to evade pension obligations of its RG Steel unit should go to trial.

With a nod to ongoing U.S. racial tension and attempts to limit voting rights, President Barack Obama declared the work of the Civil Rights Movement advanced but unfinished on Saturday on a visit to the Alabama bridge that spawned a landmark voting law.

A federal judge in New York on Friday dismissed a $40 million lawsuit by art collectors against the foundation of late painter Keith Haring, which has said about 80 works owned by the collectors were fakes.