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Apple Rejects Samsung Offer
These are the same technology patents Samsung is expected to use as the basis of a new lawsuit against the iPhone 5, when it debuts (expected October 2011). Currently, Samsung and Apple are suing each other in nine countries over 20 cases.
Updated: 10/05/2011 09:10A
Soros, Galleon, BSkyB, BNY Mellon, BofA, S&P in Court News
The court found Expedia had fixed the issues before the trial and ordered that it pay about 367000 euros ($484000) to Synhorcat, a French hotel and restaurant association, and two hotels that joined its claim for unfair business practices.
Updated: 10/05/2011 09:09A
The New York Fed Is Protecting Chinese Banks From A Historic Lawsuit By Gucci
A historic legal battle is going on right now over the right to subpoena foreign banks that have branches in US soil, reported by Reuters. On one side Gucci and Tiffany say they can prove that Chinese counterfeiters are running money through Bank of
Updated: 10/05/2011 09:09A
Proskauer's Longtime Female CFO Sues Firm for Discrimination
The lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, on behalf of Proskauer's longtime female Chief Financial Officer, Elly Rosenthal. Although Ms. Rosenthal had a nearly two-decade record of success at Proskauer and
Updated: 10/05/2011 09:08A
Judge suggests DMCA allows DVD ripping if you own the DVD
"UCLA is pleased that the court dismissed the plaintiffs' lawsuit challenging UCLA's practice of streaming previously purchased video content for educational purposes," said Scott Waugh, UCLA executive vice chancellor and provost.
Updated: 10/05/2011 09:04A
ACLU lawsuit says Alabama Department of Corrections should not segregate HIV
By AP HIV-positive men are only allowed to be housed at Limestone Correction Facility and are segregated from the general population. Women prisoners who have HIV are required to live in a separate dormitory at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in
Updated: 10/05/2011 09:04A
Lawsuit Filed Over Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest
The Washington, DC-based nonprofit Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has filed a federal class action lawsuit against New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, the city, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, and a bunch of unidentified cops and law enforcement
Updated: 10/05/2011 09:03A
WSET.com - ABC13Judge OKs $3.4M settlement of SW Va gas lawsuit
(AP) - More than 1800 southwest Virginia landowners will share a $3.4 million settlement of their class-action lawsuit over coalbed methane rights. The Bristol Herald Courier (http://bit.ly/pJONdu ) reports that US District Judge James P. Jones
Updated: 10/05/2011 08:59A
Lawsuit Claims Banks Cheated Veterans on Mortgage Loan Fees
AP ATLANTA -- A whistleblower lawsuit launched in 2006 and unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta claims several large banks and mortgage companies defrauded military veterans and taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in a "brazen
Updated: 10/05/2011 08:58A
Judge OKs $3.4M settlement of SW Va landowners' lawsuit against Chesapeake
More than 1800 southwest Virginia landowners will share a $3.4 million settlement of their class-action lawsuit over coalbed methane rights. The Bristol Herald Courier (http://bit.ly/pJONdu ) reports that US District Judge James P. Jones approved the
Updated: 10/05/2011 08:56A