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Apple Threatens Lawsuit Over Steve Jobs Action Figure
By Barbara E. Hernandez Not surprisingly, less than a week after Chinese toymaker In Icons began promoting a Steve Jobs action figure, Apple is threatening a lawsuit, claiming the Cupertino, Calif. company owns Jobs' likeness.
Updated: 01/05/2012 08:59P
Bill making sex abuse suits easier advances in Trenton
Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, R-Morris, voted against, saying the bill's language makes charities and churches easy lawsuit targets, even for actions by rogue members. But that component is of significant value, countered state Sen.
Updated: 01/05/2012 08:54P
FOX Carolina 21Retired racehorses' group sues donor's rep in NYC
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against New York City lawyer Frederick Terry, an executor of the estate of philanthropist Paul Mellon. A $7 million endowment from the estate provides about 12 percent of the
Updated: 01/05/2012 08:13P
Gregoire to bypass McKenna, seek ruling on tax voting
Some Democratic lawmakers have signed on to a lawsuit filed this summer that argues the law is unconstitutional because it prevents the state from meeting its obligation to schools. Initiative promoter Tim Eyman says the lawsuit pokes a finger in the
Updated: 01/05/2012 08:12P
Tillery seeks raw water data from IEPA to support claims; Defense says
BENTON - Two years after Stephen Tillery filed suit alleging weed killer atrazine contaminates Greenville's drinking water, he has begun to look for proof. In December, he told US Judge Phil Gilbert that he submitted a freedom of information request to
Updated: 01/05/2012 07:49P
Settlement reached in Fresno officer shooting case
(AP) — The City of Fresno has reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit involving an unarmed man shot by a Fresno police officer. The Fresno Bee reports that a $1.3 million settlement between the family of Steve Vargas and the city was reached
Updated: 01/05/2012 07:35P
Appliance giant Gome sues ex-chairman
A Beijing court on Thursday heard a lawsuit filed by a leading Chinese home appliance retailer against its former chairman over his allegedly "misleading" media interview that the company claimed "seriously damaged the firm's reputation and business
Updated: 01/05/2012 07:34P
Couple says defective recalled J&J med killed son
"His liver enzymes were three times the normal level," Messa said, noting that extensive medical literature states that the cause of such high enzymes is ingestion of medication, not another ailment. The lawsuit, filed last Friday in Philadelphia's
Updated: 01/05/2012 07:15P
WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Air Force suspends work on
(AP) - The US Air Force has halted work on a $354 million contract for light air-support turboprops after Hawker Beechcraft Corp. filed a lawsuit claiming its own aircraft was wrongly excluded from the selection process. The contract was awarded Dec.
Updated: 01/05/2012 06:55P
KCTV 5Air Force suspends work on contract after lawsuit
(AP) - The US Air Force has halted work on a $354 million contract for light air-support turboprops after Hawker Beechcraft Corp. filed a lawsuit claiming its own aircraft was wrongly excluded from the selection process. The contract was awarded Dec.
Updated: 01/05/2012 06:54P