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AFSHAR v. MOURSHAKI
The parties agree the judgment does not comply with the statutory requirements for oral stipulations for settlement because they did not themselves personally acknowledge the settlement to the trial court. (See Code Civ. Proc. § 664.6.
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:59A
Kraft Foods to pay $8.1m in pollution lawsuit
Kraft Foods has said it will pay $8.1m to settle a class action lawsuit over air and groundwater pollution from an Attica, Indiana facility, which was caused by the site's former owner. In a 2009 lawsuit,
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:59A
2G scam: Alagiri's wife Kanthi meets Kanimozhi
NEW DELHI: With tears rolling down her eyes, Union Minister MK Alagiri's wife Kanthi today met her jailed sister-in-law Kanimozhi at a trial court here and consoled her. Kanthi, who arrived here this morning, went to the court along with her son Durai
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:58A
Third Circuit upholds dismissal of hazardous-waste tort claims as time barred
In 1987, General Electric (GE), RCA's corporate predecessor, was named as a potentially responsible party (PRP) in a CERCLA lawsuit seeking cleanup of the landfill. In 1991, GE filed a contribution action against several parties.
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:58A
Jairam Ramesh slams faculty of IITs, IIMs
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh termed as "most unscientific approach" former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court AP Shah's reported remarks that the Jaitapur nuclear power project would be a catastrophe if all the safety concerns were not addressed.
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:58A
Nigeria: Kaduna ACN Disowns Candidate Over Poll Verdict
Kaduna — The Kaduna state chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has dissociated itself from the statement of one of its candidates who described the recent elections in the state as free and fair. In a telephone interview with Daily Trust
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:57A
PEOPLE v. CAVE
After the trial court denied defendant's Romero 2 motion requesting the dismissal of the strike priors, defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate term of 25 years to life in state prison, with the trial court imposing the one-year prison prior but
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:57A
Satyam posts loss, hit by U.S. settlement charges
MUMBAI (MarketWatch) -- Satyam Computer Services Ltd. on Monday posted a net quarterly loss that was weaker than the market expected, with the software maker's results hit by a $125 million payment to settle a US class action lawsuit.
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:57A
PEOPLE v. TELLEZ
The trial court then found that, as to counts 2 and 3, defendant had a prior driving under the influence conviction, and defendant had a prior conviction that constituted both a strike prior (Pen. Code, §§ 667, subds. (c), (e)(1)) and a prison prior
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:57A
PEOPLE v. RAM
For the count 2 attempted sodomy, the trial court imposed two years consecutive, based upon one-third the midterm being doubled. For the count 3 burglary and the count 5 robbery, the trial court imposed the midterm and then stayed the sentences
Updated: 05/23/2011 06:57A
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