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Comcast Battles With BT
The suit, aimed at BT Telecommunications, is urging a Delaware court to invalidate the patents, and comes after BT tried to add Comcast as a defendant to a separate lawsuit filed last year against Cox Communications Inc. and Cable ONE Inc. in the same
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:19A
W.Va. man sues city, Martinsburg police over Taser injuries from rental-car
The Journal (http://bit.ly/naz9yC) reports that Hale was charged with misdemeanor obstruction after the incident in May. The lawsuit claims Hale needed to be hospitalized because of concern over his heart condition. He also says he was admitted to the
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:19A
Execution and enforcement of non-compete agreements
Contractual stipulations providing that the employee will not compete with his or her former employer's business after termination of the employment contract are of doubtful validity under Argentine law - they are considered to conflict with the
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:18A
Saab lives to fight another day as it wins appeal
Swedish carmaker Saab has received approval for their proposal for voluntary reorganisation (similar to US-style bankruptcy protection) from the Court of Appeal in Gothenburg, following the initial application being rejected last week.
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:18A
Egyptian army says emergency law valid until 2012
The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) recently widened the scope of the law—restricted in 2010 to narcotics and terrorism—to include labor strikes, traffic disruption and the spread of false information. On Sunday, SCAF member Sami Enan
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:18A
Your comments: New Milford resident sues Port Authority in wake of toll hikes
Yoel Weisshaus filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking declaratory relief and saying the toll hikes are an abuse of the agency's power and the Port Authority did not give the public enough time to comment on the changes, according to a report on
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:18A
Greeks Have No Good Choices
The flip side is that still more taxes and cutbacks equally risk economic disintegration, and very likely a political crisis that would topple the government and with it the country's deal with the European Union, European Central Bank and
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:17A
Judge schedules June trial between American Airlines and reservations-system
American accuses Sabre of anticompetitive actions, including organizing travel agents to boycott selling the airline's flights. Judge Donald J. Cosby set the trial for June 12 in Fort Worth. The airline and Sabre are fighting over how information on
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:16A
Saab lives, government protection granted
Reports from Sweden this morning indicate that the Saab's desperate appeal to the Swedish government for protection from bankruptcy as they undergo a corporate reorganization has been approved – saving Saab from the jaws of the unpaid labor unions
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:15A
JPMorgan, Citigroup Ask Judge to Dismiss Lawsuit by Thornburg Mortgage
Trustee Joel Sher sued the banks for $2 billion in April, alleging they helped push Thornburg, now called TMST Inc., into a “free-fall” bankruptcy. Making “unjustified” margin calls, the banks extracted more than $700 million of margin and interest
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:14A
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