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Cloud Computing: Bankruptcy Court Says SCO Can Sell Its OS Assets
The bankruptcy court in Delaware ruled Monday that SCO can sell its homegrown OpenServer interests and the UnixWare business - that a federal court in Utah decided SCO bought from Novell - to UnXis, the odd venture involving Stephen Norris,
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:37A
Judge approves Ohio jail's stun-gun deal with feds
The county that includes Columbus made the deal with the federal government last month after a lawsuit alleged that jailers routinely used stun guns on inmates who pose no threat, including some who are disabled, pregnant or under the influence of
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:37A
BC-US--People-Charlie Sheen, 1st Ld-Writethru,1084 Sheen strikes custody pact
Earlier Thursday, Sheen filed a $100 million lawsuit against Warner Bros. and the executive producer of "Two and a Half Men," making good on a promise to do something "big" in retaliation for his firing from the program. The breach of contract suit is
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:37A
Killer of BC artist-skateboarder won't get new trial: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The man who killed Vancouver artist and skateboarder Lee Matasi won't be getting a new trial. The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the conviction of Dennis Robert White in a 6-3 ruling. White was convicted of shooting the 23-year-old dead in
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:36A
Charles Taylor trial closes
By RFI The trial of Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor closed on Friday, with prosecutors urging a guilty verdict for "horrific crimes". Taylor is accused of arming Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF), who allegedly paid him in illegally
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:33A
Feds accuse trustee of misusing $16 million in funds
US attorney's office, Miami Defendant: Benedict P. Kuehne and Susan Dmitrovsky, Law Office of Benedict P. Kuehne, Miami; Alan Edward Weinstein, Miami Beach, Fla. (Reporting by Chip Giambrone, Westlaw Journal Bankruptcy)
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:32A
Feds accuse trustee of misusing $16 million in funds
US attorney's office, Miami Defendant: Benedict P. Kuehne and Susan Dmitrovsky, Law Office of Benedict P. Kuehne, Miami; Alan Edward Weinstein, Miami Beach, Fla. (Reporting by Chip Giambrone, Westlaw Journal Bankruptcy)
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:32A
Asset transfers conditioned on transferor's bankruptcy: beware!
There is another reason to doubt the survival of a transfer conditioned on the transferor's bankruptcy: such a transfer conflicts with the fixation principle, one of the core principles of Dutch bankruptcy law. Under this principle, all legal
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:32A
Asset transfers conditioned on transferor's bankruptcy: beware!
There is another reason to doubt the survival of a transfer conditioned on the transferor's bankruptcy: such a transfer conflicts with the fixation principle, one of the core principles of Dutch bankruptcy law. Under this principle, all legal
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:32A
Businesses take texting precautions
Common sense should prevail when deciding whether or not texting on a construction job site is a good idea, said personal injury attorney Paul Scoptur of Aiken & Scoptur SC, Milwaukee. While that is not always the case, he suggested a black-and-white
Updated: 03/11/2011 11:29A
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