A recent arbitration hearing over allegations that Starbucks wrongly terminated a contract with Kraft Foods Group resulted in an order for the coffee giant having to pay $2.76 billion to the food company.

California customers of Bank of America may have heard that the financial institution asked a federal court to toss out two government lawsuits that accused BoA of defrauding its investors during the financial crisis.

A federal judge denied a motion by the NCAA on Oct. 22 to dismiss a lawsuit that may become a class action on the part of college athletes from California and throughout the United States. The 4 1/2-year-old business fraud case alleges that the NCAA and video game creator Electronic Arts used the names and likenesses of college athletes without their permission.