AUG
18
2011

Time Warner Cable buys Insight for $3bn

Time Warner Cable said Monday it is buying smaller high-speed data, voice and video provider Insight for $3bn in cash in an effort to build up its Midwest operations.

AUG
18
2011

Apple faces South Korean lawsuit

Apple is facing a lawsuit brought by 27,000 South Koreans, angry over the collection of location data on iPhones and iPads.

AUG
17
2011

HTC raises patent stakes against Apple with bid to block IPhone

HTC Corp., Asia´s second-biggest maker of smartphones, filed a patent-related complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission that seeks to block imports of Apple Inc.´s iPhone, iPad and Mac computers.

AUG
17
2011

Cargill sued over Salmonella-contaminated turkey

A Cargill Inc unit is being sued by an Oregon family who said their young daughter was hospitalized after eating Salmonella-contaminated turkey, the subject of one of the largest U.S. meat recalls ever.

AUG
17
2011

Cigarette companies file 2nd suit over warnings

Five tobacco companies filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington late Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of regulations and graphic warning labels under the 2009 law that imposed federal regulation on tobacco.

AUG
17
2011

Seeing red: McCarter, Debevoise to continue Louboutin-YSL shoe fight

Design house Christian Louboutin—represented by McCarter & English IP partner Harley Lewin—is appealing a federal judge´s decision allowing high-fashion rival Yves Saint Laurent to proceed with plans to sell red-soled shoes that Louboutin claims infringe its trademark.

AUG
17
2011

Fired associate sues Kasowitz, claims firm made promises it didn´t keep

A former Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman associate has sued the firm in New York state court, alleging that he is a victim of false promises made before he was hired that ultimately led to what he claims was his unjust termination in May.

AUG
17
2011

Big law firms are on campus -- and ready to recruit

Law firm recruiting partners have gazed into their crystal balls, and what they see is a promising future for would-be associates from the class of 2013.

AUG
16
2011

Holdout law schools to accept military recruiters

For Vermont Law School, the price of standing on principle was $500,000.

AUG
16
2011

Cleary, Wachtell lead on Google´s $12.5bn Motorola buy

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton lawyers helped guide Google toward completing the largest acquisition in the company´s history—the $12.5bn acquisition of mobile-device maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., the firm announced yesterday.

AUG
16
2011

Technology offers 50 ways to leave your lawyer

Conventional law firms charge vast hourly fees and then hand the work to underlings while the partners play golf at clubs their clients are too poor to join.

AUG
15
2011

SEC said to scrutinize S&P´s math, possible leak of U.S. rating downgrade

The Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing the method Standard & Poor´s used to cut the U.S.´s credit rating and whether the firm properly protected the confidential decision, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

AUG
15
2011

The truth about the Google-Motorola deal: It could end up being a disaster

A very interesting move by Google this morning, buying handset hardware maker Motorola for $12.5bn.

AUG
15
2011

Hosni Mubarak trial: Judge halts live TV coverage

The judge in the trial of Egypt´s deposed president Hosni Mubarak has halted live TV coverage and ordered a merger with the trial of ex-Interior Minister Habib al-Adly.

AUG
15
2011

Obama´s Health Care Reform law comes under fire with latest court ruling

President Obama´s controversial healthcare reform law remains at the center of debate nationwide, including Huntsville, Ala.

AUG
15
2011

Jordan mulls constitutional reform to weaken king, boost protections

Jordanian authorities took a key step Sunday toward enacting sweeping changes to the country´s constitution, initiatives that would decrease the king´s authority, reinforce the separation of powers and bolster civil rights.

AUG
15
2011

Brazil judge known for jailing corrupt officials, killed

Brazilian judge Patricia Acioli, known for taking a hard-line against corrupt officials and militia death squads, was shot and killed on Thursday outside of her home by two masked men on motorbikes.

AUG
12
2011

Germany releases Thai prince´s impounded plane

Germany has released a plane belonging to the Thai crown prince in exchange for a 38-million-euro bond. The plane was impounded after a business dispute between a German company and the Thai state reached new heights.

AUG
12
2011

Doctor admits prescription ´inappropriate´

A junior doctor has told a coroner she was responsible for up to 90 patients on a busy night when she prescribed an inappropriate drug to a man who later died.

AUG
12
2011

´$1 a day´ deal puts Vodafone in court

Vodafone is back in court charged with misleading customers over internet pricing plans for mobiles - just days before the telco expects to be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for a similar offence.

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