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Macmillan settles with the DOJ, leaving Apple alone in e-book suit #thecircuit
Macmillan settles with the DOJ: The Justice Department said Friday that it has reached a settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers, which does business as Macmillan, in a case alleging that the company, Apple and four other publishers had engaged in price-fixing … Continue reading
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Ex-directors of Satyam win ruling in U.S. class-action suit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge dismissed claims against seven former directors of Satyam Computer Services Ltd in shareholder lawsuits stemming from the massive fraud at the heart of India’s largest corporate scandal.
U.S. judge dismisses Hamas financing suit against Arab Bank
NEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit brought by a U.S. man wounded in the Middle East who sought to hold Arab Bank liable for providing material support to the…
Woman set on fire during C-section loses suit against doctor: report
(Reuters) – A New York jury has ruled that an obstetrician is not liable for his former patient’s abdomen catching fire during a Caesarean section in an incident that left her with a third-degree burn, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
University of California settles pepper spray suit for $1 million
(Reuters) – University officials in California have agreed to pay $ 1 million to settle a lawsuit over a pepper-spraying incident last year that came to symbolize law enforcement aggression against anti-Wall Street protesters, court papers filed on Wednesday showed.
New York court denies Porsche SE end to hedge fund suit
(Reuters) – A New York state court rejected a motion by Porsche Automobil Holding SE to dismiss a $ 1.4 billion-plus lawsuit brought by 26 hedge funds alleging fraud and unjust enrichment stemming from the company’s trading in Volkswagen voting … Continue reading
Kleiner bid for arbitration in sexism suit rebuffed
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California judge on Monday tentatively rejected venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC’s bid to move a gender discrimination lawsuit brought by one of its own partners into arbitration.
Republicans to press “Fast and Furious” suit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives plans to file a civil suit in federal court in the next several weeks over the Obama administration’s refusal to give Congress documents about a failed gun-running probe, House Speaker John … Continue reading
Suit against U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could force it to define limits to its authority, says banking industry lawyer
Lawsuits challenging CFPB and FSOC may shed light on consumers of their authority.
Facebook to pay $10 million to settle suit
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc has agreed to pay $ 10 million t o charity to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of violating users’ rights to control the use of their own names, photographs and … Continue reading