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Ssangyong Motor emerges from bankruptcy
Lee was a Ssangyong manager when the company was under court-led bankruptcy protection. Ssangyong Motor's announcement comes as Mahindra & Mahindra said yesterday that “it has completed all formalities related to the acquisition of a majority stake in
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:00A
Georgia high court hears arguments on hotel taxes
ATLANTA - Atlanta attorneys asked Georgia's top court Monday to find that online travel companies have shortchanged the city on hotel and occupancy taxes, saying that Atlanta is owed millions of dollars in fees from Hotels.com and other online travel
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:00A
Police: DWI Parked on West Creek Drive
Police responded to the scene, identified the woman as Kahn and found her to be intoxicated. None of the defendants have been convicted of a crime, but were charged with the above offenses. They are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:59A
FDIC Proposes Rule To Pay Creditors Of Failed Financial Firms
The government hasn't had a plan to wind down "too big to fail" firms such as Lehman Bros., which filed for bankruptcy in September 2008. The law gives priority to debts incurred after the government seizes a company. The FDIC as receiver of a failed
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:57A
NBA referee Bill Spooner reportedly suing Timberwolves writer for bad call tweet
According to the lawsuit, Rambis hotly disputed a foul called against his team in the second quarter of the January 24 game between the Timberwolves and the Houston Rockets. He then asked Spooner how his team was supposed to get the two points back the
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:57A
Federal court rules in favor of atheists
The Atheists feel this practice violates the Constitutional prohibition on government establishment of religion. By Jennifer Hancock Jennifer is unique in that she is one of the few people in America who was actually raised according to humanist
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:57A
Guatemalans Sue US Over Syphilis Experiments
The lawsuit comes after shocking revelations that scientists who were studying the effect of penicillin in treating syphilis deliberately infected about 700 Guatemalan prisoners, mentally ill patients, soldiers and orphans without taking their consent.
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:57A
Social Media Faux Pas: Defamation Lawsuits
This lawsuit was finally tried in court last week. A jury found in favor of Moore, directing Hoff to pay $60000 in damages to Moore. Hoff has vowed to appeal. According to court documents and Johnny Northside, the trouble started when Hoff reported
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:56A
Foley Lardner LLP > Florida Government and Politics Weekly Update
Paige Kreegel and Ronald “Doc” Renuart argued that the proposal should only ban the dispensing of specific drugs, while Rep. Ari Porth argued that the proposal attacks the problem in the wrong way by punishing good physicians.
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:55A
U of T to offer professional law degree
By Macleans.ca | March 15th, 2011 | 9:55 am A unique master's degree program combining law and business is set to launch at the University of Toronto this fall. In creating the Global Professional Master of Laws program, the university says it is
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:55A
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