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Viacom, which in June lost its case seeking more than $1 billion in damages from YouTube for alleged copyright violations, on Friday filed for an appeal. The case could have major repercussions for other websites with user-generated content.

German automaker Daimler has won its appeal of a court ruling that would have required the German automaker to pay $324 million to former Daimler-Benz shareholders who claimed they weren't adequately compensated in the $36 billion merger that created DaimlerChrysler.

Just weeks after a federal appeals court upheld Wesley Snipes' 2008 three-year sentence on misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns, Snipes is again trying to avoid prison. The "Blade" actor has filed another motion in court, this time alleging judicial misconduct. Snipes' initial appeal...

Former newspaper mogul Conrad Black will get out of jail on bail as he appeals his conviction for defrauding shareholders based on the now-narrowed "honest services" statute. The bail order comes even though Black was also convicted of an obstruction of justice charge.

General Motors and Chrysler dealers slated for closure will soon learn whether their appeals to stay in business have been successful. Arbitration hearings are set to wind up Wednesday, and decisions are due by the end of next week.

Convicted fraudster Jeffrey Skilling has appealed his conviction with the Supreme Court on grounds he couldn't be expected to be honest as CEO of energy concern Enron when the entire company was dishonest. Though his argument is hard for some observers to take seriously, it's possible the court could actually rule in his favor.

In 2008, about 1.4 million taxpayers were chosen for audit. This represents about 1% of the 140 million tax returns filed -- pretty good odds. Of those, about two-thirds were correspondence, or "paper" audits, and the remaining one third were field or "in person" audits. Even though the numbers of...