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Royal Caribbean case highlights mediation
While noting that arbitration has become a popular way to settle business disputes, Mase said he thinks the jury is still out when it comes to handling personal injury cases. "We most respectfully believe the panel erred," he said.
Updated: 05/24/2011 04:01P
Judge: Plutonium lab project can carry on
ALBUQUERQUE, May 24 (UPI) -- A New Mexico judge has ruled work on a proposed Los Alamos plutonium lab can continue, dismissing a lawsuit by environmental activists. The suit has sought to halt the project while new environmental studies are completed,
Updated: 05/24/2011 04:01P
EDITORIAL: Redistricting: So far, so good for Pee Dee
That's our very general verdict after studying the new congressional district map issued by the South Carolina House of Representatives last week. It's part of a federally mandated process through which new districts are drawn following a census.
Updated: 05/24/2011 04:00P
Gold Stocks Offer Protection
Can you give us an idea of what you think people should do with their financial investments now in order to protect their assets? What changes do you see, and what do you think now in light of what's happened since January? Ian Gordon: I think things
Updated: 05/24/2011 04:00P
Jury: Plane maker not at fault in crash that killed Yanks' Lidle
The Manhattan jury returned its verdict Tuesday after a one-month federal trial. The jurors began deliberations Tuesday morning after closing arguments were completed and they were instructed on the law. Lawyers for Duluth, Minn.
Updated: 05/24/2011 04:00P
Kraft to pay $8.1M to settle contamination suit
(Crain's) — Kraft Foods Inc. has been ordered by a federal court to pay $8.1 million to 124 families in Attica, Ind., following a class-action lawsuit alleging that one of the foodmaker's factories contaminated air and water inside their homes.
Updated: 05/24/2011 04:00P
New Jersey Motorsports Park to emerge from bankruptcy in July, two months
Merrill Lynch will hold a minority interest in the operations, along with hits $20 million restructured secured loan. However, park operators said in the statement they'll use their court-approved financial advisor, the Brownstein Corporation of
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:59P
New Jersey Motorsports Park to emerge from bankruptcy in July, two months
Merrill Lynch will hold a minority interest in the operations, along with hits $20 million restructured secured loan. However, park operators said in the statement they'll use their court-approved financial advisor, the Brownstein Corporation of
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:59P
Imprisoned Russian Businessmen Declared 'Prisoners of Conscience'
Today's verdict makes it clear that Russia's lower courts are unable, or unwilling, to deliver justice in their cases.' 'The Supreme Court offers the last possible hope for justice. Their convictions must be overturned and the two men released on the
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:59P
Cirrus Design Cleared by Jury in Crash That Killed Yankees Pitcher Lidle
Cirrus Design Corp. won a jury verdict in a case filed by the widow of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, who died when his plane slammed into a Manhattan building in 2006, the aircraft-maker said in
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:59P
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