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Teva Pharmaceuticals Settles Tarceva Lung Cancer Drug Lawsui
Shares of Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA) are down after Bloomberg reported that the generic drug maker agreed with an Astrellas Pharma subsidiary to settle a pending patent-infringment lawsuit for the Tarceva lung cancer drug. Pfizer (PFE) and Genentech
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:38P
Governor Jan Brewer and State of Arizona Sued Over "Day of Prayer" Proclamations
Two attorneys and several area residents, all members of the national Freedom From Religion Foundation, filed a lawsuit in federal court this week in hopes of ending proclamations for state prayer days. They want a federal judge to issue an injunction
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:38P
Former minister Wagle convicted
A division bench of Chief Justice Ram Prasad Shrestha and senior most Justice Khil Raj Regmi today passed a verdict concluding the nine-year-old high profile graft case. Besides jail term, the bench has also imposed a fine of Rs 20.3 million and
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:36P
Deere Accused of Systematic Sex Bias in Hiring in Lawsuit
Holly Artis, who sued last year in San Francisco federal court, filed an amended complaint today seeking class-action, or group, status for her lawsuit on behalf of female applicants denied jobs. Artis, 33, said she was denied a job at John Deere
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:36P
Jonathan Rhys Meyers sued by airline worker over assault claims
Kathryn Williams, a United Airlines customer services director, has filed a lawsuit against the Irish actor in the Supreme Court in Queens, New York. The airline worker's lawyer, Jeff Berson, said Rhys Meyers' representatives have already been in touch
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:35P
NY mosque project site faces legal challenge
A lawsuit by a New York firefighter who survived the attacks in 2001 seeks to overturn a decision by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission last August denying landmark status to the Lower Manhattan building, clearing the way for the 16-storey,
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:34P
U.S. government countersues KBR
Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc. has a lawsuit against the government pending in the US Court of Federal Claims. Justice officials allege in a release KBR managers received kickbacks from a dining facility subcontractor retained through KBR's
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:34P
Rebuttal Brief Filed in US Supreme Court in Arizona Public Funding Case
The US Supreme Court will hold oral arguments in this case on Monday, March 28. This is the lawsuit over whether extra public funding for some candidates who have well-financed privately-funded opponents violates the US Constitution.
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:33P
Fairpoint Horses Helping Vermont Broadband Deployments
Fairpoint's trying to make a comeback, recently exiting from bankruptcy and trying to adhere to merger conditions that require they deliver DSL to 87% of their phone customers in the state. Several readers have sent in this interesting report by
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:33P
Assistant county attorney receives MADD award
Merkins isn't alone in her DWI caseload. The entire Becker County Attorney's Office is kept busy with DWI prosecutions throughout the year. In 2010 it pursued 160 felony and gross misdemeanor cases and many more first-time misdemeanor cases.
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:32P
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