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Delaware Court Sides With Board on Merger Case [Compliance Week]
What happens when shareholders fi le a derivative lawsuit on behalf of a company against the board and management and then those same defendants agree to sell the company, knowing it will nullify the derivative suit? That was the thorny question at the
Updated: 10/25/2011 11:27A
SD family sues BNSF Railroad after fatal train crash
The family of a rural Brandon man killed in 2009 when a train collided with his truck has filed a lawsuit against the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. By: AP wire report, West Central Tribune, Associated Press The family of a rural Brandon man
Updated: 10/25/2011 11:26A
Supreme Court won't hear Clint Black case
The Tennessee Supreme Court will not take up a lawsuit that country music star Clint Black filed against his former business manager and related entities in 2008. The court's decision is a victory for Black, who received a favorable ruling from the
Updated: 10/25/2011 11:25A
Diacetyl Popcorn Worker Lawsuit Filed over Health Problems
The popcorn lung lawsuits were filed by Helen Bahre, Kelly Brown, Diana Cole, Sabrina Falkenberry, Michelle Richards and Brenda Warchol on October 3 in St. Clair County Circuit Court in Illinois. The women allege they were exposed to the substance
Updated: 10/25/2011 11:23A
Supreme Court won't hear Clint Black case, a victory for singer
The Tennessee Supreme Court will not take up a lawsuit that country music star Clint Black filed against his former business manager and related entities in 2008. The court's decision is a victory for Black, who received a favorable ruling from the
Updated: 10/25/2011 11:21A
Lawyers blast 'frivolous' DSK immunity bid
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's claims of immunity from a civil lawsuit are "utterly meritless," lawyers for the hotel maid seeking damages for an alleged sexual assault said on Monday. Strauss-Kahn last month filed a petition seeking
Updated: 10/25/2011 11:20A
Chantix Psychiatric Side Effects Not Seen in FDA Studies
Hundreds of individuals throughout the United States are currently pursuing a Chantix lawsuit against Pfizer over serious injuries or death caused by suicide attempts or unusual, agressive behavior on Chantix. The complaints allege that Pfizer failed
Updated: 10/25/2011 11:18A
Fleischman's campaign pays aide's legal bill
Records reviewed by the Chattanooga Times Free Press showed the campaign committee paid more than $7000 to the law firm of Waddey & Patterson, which is defending John Bruce "Chip" Saltsman Jr. in a pending lawsuit against him.
Updated: 10/25/2011 11:15A
Court holds that former client waives the attorney-client privilege when it
This lawsuit involved a legal malpractice dispute between the plaintiff, Lyon Financial Services, Inc., and the defendant Vogler Law Firm as well as two other law firms that replaced the Vogler Law Firm as successor counsel for Lyon.
Updated: 10/25/2011 11:04A
Pa. school district OKs $42K in same-sex benefit deal
(AP) - A Pennsylvania school district has agreed to pay $42500 to settle an elementary school counselor's lawsuit over same-sex domestic partner benefits. The Centre Daily Times reports the State College Area School District will also pay $47000 in
Updated: 10/25/2011 11:03A