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Will redistricting action lead to suit?
This is so true that the average business has to take out insurance just in case someone decides to try their luck in what has become the "lawsuit lottery." Good business sense tells you to do all you can to avoid a costly lawsuit.
Updated: 10/17/2011 03:01P
Overstock.com Claims Victory Over Alcatel Patent Suit
Overstock.com Inc. (OSTK) said Monday it won a two-year patent infringement lawsuit filed by the US subsidiary of French telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent (ALU, ALU.FR). The online marketplace, which also goes by the name O.co,
Updated: 10/17/2011 03:01P
Target Manager Says He Was Fired 'Ironically' For Working Through Lunch
In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Jason Kellner, a former manager at the company's Oxford, Ala., store, claims he was let go after supervisors caught him "performing work activities" without being clocked in. Kellner claims the firing was
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:57P
City of SLO Wins Lawsuit Over Breach of Contract Allegations
San Luis Obispo, CA -- A jury has found that the city of San Luis Obispo wasn't responsible for a breach of contract alleged in a lawsuit by an engineering company hired eight years ago to improve the city's water reclamation facility.
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:56P
Idaho asks federal court to throw out death row inmate's lawsuit challenging
BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Correction has asked a federal judge to reject a lawsuit over the state's method of execution, saying its newly revised lethal injection policy mirrors other states whose methods have already passed muster with
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:55P
O.co Wins Patent Suit Brought By Alcatel-Lucent, Other Named Cos Had Settled
(RTTNews) - Overstock.com Inc. (OSTK: News ) Monday announced victory in its two-year patent infringement lawsuit with Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. The jury found that O.co also known as Overstock.com and co-defendant Newegg did not infringe any of the
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:55P
Agencies propose privacy training in wake of TRICARE data theft
reported the theft of a computer tape containing the health records of 4.9 million TRICARE beneficiaries from an employee's car, and four days after the filing of a class action lawsuit asking Defense to pay $4.9 billion in damages from that theft.
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:54P
Physicians and Hospitals Join Lawsuit Against ER Visit Limit
SEATTLE, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Washington State Medical Association and the Washington State Hospital Association are joining the Washington Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians' lawsuit against a state plan to
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:54P
Judge boosts ActiveVideo's award against Verizon
A federal judge has boosted the award to cloud-based TV provider ActiveVideo in its patent lawsuit against Verizon Communications to US$140 million. Judge Raymond Jackson of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia awarded ActiveVideo
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:53P
ICANN takes charge of Internet time zone master list
After a lawsuit spurred a cadre of volunteers to cede management duties of Internet Time Zone Database, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has assumed control of the master list, which is used to coordinate time across
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:53P