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Schneider Bids for Software Firm
Spanish engineering and renewable-energy company Abengoa SA agreed to sell its 40% stake in Telvent to Schneider Electric and some of Abengoa's managers also agreed to sell a 1.5% stake they hold in Telvent. Shares of Abengoa in Madrid were up 6.5% at
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:47A
PEOPLE v. HENNESS
1 The trial court placed defendant on probation with various terms and conditions, including that he "[t]ake all psychotropic medication as prescribed by a physician" and "[e]xecute a waiver of confidentiality form with [his] medical provider to allow
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:47A
Toromont Completes Spinoff of Enerflex
The spinoff was approved by 99.9% of shareholders voting at Toromont's special meeting on May 16 and on May 25 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved the transaction. Toromont has also received satisfactory tax rulings and opinions from the
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:47A
MAROTTA v. DIAMOND S.J. ENTERPRISE, INC.
The trial court concluded that plaintiffs Bryan Marotta and Brandi Keltner-Romanowsky "cannot establish the existence of a legal duty, breach of duty, or causation to support their claim." Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment and from the trial court's
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:47A
CREATIVE VENTURES, LLC v. JIM WARD & ASSOCIATES
The interest charges would have been lawful if the loans had been "made or arranged" by a licensed real estate broker (Civ. Code, § 1916.1), as JWA held itself out to be. As it happened, JWA was not so licensed. Upon discovering the deficiency,
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:46A
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has insisted the Government is not seeking
Publishing a motion in the Dil today, he said its purpose was “to afford the Dil the opportunity to consider the current state of play with the tribunal's work and it seeks to establish a timeframe which is reasonable for the tribunal to complete
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:46A
Feds, Edwards Argued Over Law
Federal prosecutors and John Edwards' lawyers argued in secret for months over how campaign finance law deals with gifts and third-party payments. This area of law would be at the core of a prosecution of the former senator and two-time presidential
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:46A
IN RE MARRIAGE OF BAREKET
On May 3, 2004, the trial court, via Justice Donald B. King as temporary judge, filed a stipulated judgment on reserved issues. As pertinent here, the judgment described the following issue and agreement: "The parties acknowledge that there is a
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:45A
Yes, We Can Enforce . . . As Long As Uncle Says It's Okay
As I argued in my weekend column, the Supremes did not so much endorse Arizona's regulation as rule that the federal government is preeminent in the field of immigration enforcement. Arizona's law was upheld only because Congress explicitly permitted
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:45A
Two public servants arrested
Pct. 1 Justice of the Peace, Eric Williams was arrested by the Kaufman County Sheriff's Department after a week-and-a-half- long investigation into missing computer components from Kaufman County's IT department. The Sheriff's Department got the case
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:45A
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