JUN
14
2012

Trayvon Martin shooter´s wife arrested on perjury charge

Florida prosecutors filed a perjury charge against the wife of neighborhood watchman and murder suspect George Zimmerman on Tuesday, alleging she lied about the family´s finances during her husband´s bond hearing.

JUN
14
2012

JetBlue sued by passengers on flight diverted by pilot´s meltdown

A group of passengers from a JetBlue flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in March after the pilot suffered a midair meltdown filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against both the airline and the pilot, according to court papers.

JUN
14
2012

Supreme court asked to reopen Julian Assange appeal

Submission by lawyers for the WikiLeaks founder states that justices ruled against him on legal point not argued in court.

JUN
13
2012

Wal-Mart review includes India, South Africa

Lawyers hired by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to evaluate its anticorruption policies have recommended adding India and South Africa to a review that includes Mexico, Brazil and China, said a letter to the company from congressional Democrats.

JUN
13
2012

New York City files derivative suit vs. Wal-Mart

New York City´s pension funds on Monday became the latest group to file a derivative lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc based on reported allegations of bribery in Mexico and a possible cover-up by Wal-Mart officials.

JUN
13
2012

Apple successful in barring HTC from using patents in lawsuit

The USITC - US International Trade Commission ruled on Monday that HTC could not use five patents that it obtained from Google last August in its case against Apple.

JUN
13
2012

FINRA to launch new program for large arbitrations

A pilot program that will give parties more flexibility in securities arbitration cases involving $10 million or more in claims will launch on July 2, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority executive said on Tuesday.

JUN
12
2012

Sky unit may face TV sports-clip price curbs, court aide says

Sky Deutschland AG and broadcasters with rights to sports events such as UEFA Europa League soccer games may face curbs on fees they charge other channels for showing clips of the action on news programs, according to a European Union court aide.

JUN
12
2012

Deloitte settles Bear Stearns shareholder lawsuit

Deloitte & Touche agreed to pay $19.9m to settle litigation brought by former Bear Stearns Cos shareholders who claimed they were misled about the investment bank´s deteriorating health by its former auditor.

JUN
12
2012

LinkedIn defends reaction in wake of password theft

Service says it doesn´t think any accounts were hacked after password theft.

JUN
12
2012

French publisher group strikes deal with Google over e-books

Even as a dispute over Google´s digital book project deepens in the United States, the company said Monday that it had reached an agreement in France that could bring back to life thousands of out-of-print works.

JUN
12
2012

Top court rejects Padilla torture lawsuit appeal

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a citizen who said he had been tortured at a military jail in South Carolina and who sought to hold former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other officials accountable.

JUN
11
2012

Lax security at LinkedIn is laid bare

Last week, hackers breached the site and stole more than six million of its customers´ passwords, which had been only lightly encrypted. They were posted to a Russian hacker forum for all to see.

JUN
11
2012

U.S.´s Holder names two prosecutors to lead leak probes

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder named two federal prosecutors to investigate possible leaks of classified information by the Obama administration.

JUN
11
2012

J&J said to pay $2.2 billion to end Risperdal sales probe

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay as much as $2.2 billion to settle U.S. probes of the marketing of its Risperdal antipsychotic drug and other medications, two people familiar with the negotiations said.

JUN
11
2012

Federal judge cancels Apple-Motorola patent trial

A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Apple against smartphone rival Motorola.

JUN
11
2012

Brazil: a Bric to build with

Brazil now has a larger total GDP than the UK and has something other nations look for in vain: sustained leadership.

JUN
6
2012

Panel OKs bill upping fines for texting, phoning at the wheel

The New Jersey Senate Law and Public Safety Committee on Monday recommended increased fines for texting or talking on a cell phone while driving.

JUN
6
2012

Nevada Supreme Court upholds life sentence for teen killer

The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that a life prison term without parole was not excessive for a Las Vegas teen who shot and killed the manger of a furniture store in a failed robbery.

JUN
6
2012

Brazil´s Odebrecht sues Florida over Cuba, Syria law

The U.S. subsidiary of Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht has filed a lawsuit challenging a recently signed Florida law barring local governments from hiring companies that do business in Cuba or Syria.

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