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Accenture Verdict on Theft of Partner's Work Upheld by Judge
US District Judge Keith P. Ellison upheld a Houston federal jury's May verdict that consulting giant Accenture stole key components of Wellogix Inc.'s proprietary “purchase to pay” software and used it without compensation. “Wellogix presented evidence
Updated: 10/17/2011 07:06P
Paseo Del Norte bicycle fatality: Judge declares mistrial
The jury in the case against a woman accused of killing a bicyclist on Paseo Del Norte Boulevard was unable to reach a verdict, leading the judge to declare a mistrial on Monday. The jury was asked to decide of Miranda Pacheco drove reckless on Paseo
Updated: 10/17/2011 06:54P
Accenture Verdict on Theft of Software Partner's Work Upheld, Damages Cut
US District Judge Keith P. Ellison upheld a Houston federal jury's May verdict that consulting giant Accenture stole key components of Wellogix Inc.'s proprietary “purchase to pay” software and used it without compensation. “Wellogix presented evidence
Updated: 10/17/2011 06:51P
Bracewell Records Patent Victory for Overstock.com
HOUSTON, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bracewell & Giuliani LLP won a jury verdict in a patent infringement case on behalf of Overstock.com against plaintiff Alcatel-Lucent in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas--Tyler
Updated: 10/17/2011 06:50P
Judge Thomas Ruling Upheld On Tri-State Crematory Verdict
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling of Circuit Court Judge Neil Thomas on a verdict in the Tri-State Crematory case. Dr. Rondal D. Akers, Jr. and his wife, Lucinda Akers, filed suit in the case in which numerous bodies were found on the
Updated: 10/17/2011 06:05P
Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict In Pueblo Demolition Case
A man was convicted of eight felonies Monday in relation to a demolition project from 2007. Thomas K. Tienda hired homeless people to help demolish an asbestos-contaminated home in Pueblo in 2007. The State Attorney General says Tienda hired the
Updated: 10/17/2011 06:03P
Ukrainian President Dismisses EU Protest Over Tymoshenko Verdict
“The point isn't if someone likes” the verdict “or doesn't -- in Ukraine or in Europe,” Yanukovych, 61, told reporters yesterday in Kiev, the capital. “The point is that there is a supremacy of law, there is a court that decides.
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:53P
Deer Lodge man sentenced for sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl
In May a jury returned a guilty verdict for Aker for sexually assaulting the girl in December 2009. The jury delivered the guilty verdict after about 90 minutes of deliberations. Aker pleaded not guilty to the charge in June 2010.
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:49P
Colorado Woman Victim of Dangerous Pool Slide
The jury's $20.6 million verdict, returned Thursday afternoon after a weeklong trial and less than an hour of deliberation, is believed to be the largest ever awarded by an Essex County jury and one of the highest in the state this year.
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:45P
Ohio retrial in 1967 schoolgirl killing case includes more graphic description
By AP, TOLEDO, Ohio — A man accused of holding a 14-year-old schoolgirl captive for days in his basement before killing her in 1967 went on trial Monday for the second time in two months after jurors failed to reach a verdict the first time around.
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:37P