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RI Supreme Court won't take up pension case
The court announced Tuesday that it won't intervene in the lawsuit filed by public-sector unions against the state. The lawsuit now returns to a lower court. Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) and others had appealed a Superior Court ruling that pension
Updated: 11/22/2011 04:51P
Diamond faces shareholder lawsuits
At least six shareholder lawsuits have been filed against Diamond Foods, the company that wants to buy Procter & Gamble's Pringles business. The lawsuits are another complication in the San Francisco-based company's plan to purchase P&G's $1.4 billion
Updated: 11/22/2011 04:50P
LottoGopher shuts down Florida operation
Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a lawsuit Friday against the California-based LottoGopher's parent company, Engage BDR, asking a Leon County judge to ban the site from operating in Florida, The Miami Herald reported. Bondi demanded full restitution
Updated: 11/22/2011 04:50P
Travel company says judge tosses out most of American Airlines' lawsuit
DALLAS — Travelport Ltd. said Tuesday that a federal judge tossed out most of American Airlines' antitrust lawsuit against the flight-information provider and online travel agent Orbitz. Travelport, which owns nearly half of Orbitz, said the judge
Updated: 11/22/2011 04:49P
Courts rule NY State can pursue suit against inflated appraisals
The New York State Court of Appeals ruled that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman could pursue a lawsuit that accuses California-based First American Corp. and its former eAppraiseIT unit of colluding with Washington Mutual to inflate home values.
Updated: 11/22/2011 04:48P
Judge rules transfer fraudulent
Francke | 0 comments FORSYTH — A local business owner fraudulently transferred several million dollars worth of property before a trial in anticipation of a judgment against him, according to a recent ruling handed down in a Taney County lawsuit.
Updated: 11/22/2011 04:47P
FDIC sues former officers, directors of Westsound Bank
BREMERTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has filed a $15 million lawsuit against leaders of the former Westsound Bank, charging them with gross negligence. Defendants in the federal civil suit include a Who's Who of
Updated: 11/22/2011 04:46P
Retail groups file suit over debit card fee rules
The cap, which took effect Oct. 1, was initially proposed at 12 cents. The merchant groups maintain that in raising the cap, the Fed considered expenses that the law did not allow. The law is part of the financial regulatory reform passed in July 2010.
Updated: 11/22/2011 04:46P
Wandtv.com, NewsCenter17, StormCenter17, Central Illinois News-Gates back on
CITY (AP) - Microsoft's Bill Gates returned to the witness stand Tuesday to defend his company against a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit that claims the software giant tricked a competitor into huge losses and soared onto the market with Windows 95.
Updated: 11/22/2011 04:46P
Court lets pension change suit proceed
The court's decision not to hear the appeal denies one way the state government, the defendant in the case, had hoped to have the union's lawsuit thrown out. The decision means the case will return to Superior Court, where Judge Sarah Taft-Carter in
Updated: 11/22/2011 04:44P