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21
2012

Judge tells Google its disclosure doesn´t work

The technology giant´s Aug. 17 filing saying that it could not possibly list everyone who wrote something about its smartphone trial has not passed muster with U.S. Judge William Alsup.

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21
2012

CBS drops ´Big Brother´ lawsuit vs ABC´s ´Glass House´

CBS has dropped its lawsuit accusing rival ABC of copying its long-running reality TV series "Big Brother" when it created "The Glass House," which has drawn low ratings.

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21
2012

Judge dismisses Armstrong suit against anti-doping group

A U.S. federal judge on Monday dismissed seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong´s effort to block a probe into whether the retired cycling champ cheated by using performance-enhancing drugs.

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21
2012

BAA to sell London Stansted Airport

BAA Ltd., the U.K. airport operator partly owned by Spain´s Ferrovial SA, said it would sell London´s Stansted Airport, ending a four-year legal campaign to overturn an antitrust ruling aimed at creating more competition in the British air travel market.

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21
2012

US seizes $150 million from Lebanese bank in laundering scheme

U.S. authorities said on Monday that they had seized $150 million from a Lebanese bank suspected of being at the heart of international money-laundering schemes linked to the Lebanese Shi´ite group Hezbollah.

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20
2012

Gulf of Mexico operator ATP files for bankruptcy

Gulf of Mexico producer ATP Oil & Gas Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, blaming the financial fallout from the deep sea drilling moratorium that followed the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

AUG
20
2012

Judge rejects Facebook settlement over ad feature

A U.S. judge rejected Facebook Inc´s proposed legal settlement to resolve allegations that the social networking company violated its members´ rights through the its ´Sponsored Stories´ advertising feature.

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20
2012

Lawyers from suits against Big Tobacco target food makers

Don Barrett, a Mississippi lawyer, took in hundreds of millions of dollars a decade ago after suing Big Tobacco and winning record settlements from R. J. Reynolds, Philip Morris and other cigarette makers. So did Walter Umphrey, Dewitt M. Lovelace and Stuart and Carol Nelkin.

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20
2012

The auto insurance case that blew up on the internet

It isn´t often that automobile insurance becomes the subject of nationwide outrage. So when it does happen, it´s worth a peek inside all our policies to figure out how they actually work and what the insurance companies are up to behind the scenes.

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20
2012

China´s Gu Kailai gets suspended death sentence

China sentenced the wife of fallen Politburo member Bo Xilai to death on Monday but suspended her execution, setting the stage for a possible final purge of Bo himself in a scandal that has shaken Beijing ahead of a leadership transition.

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20
2012

Julian Assange row: Ecuador backed by South America

South American nations have pledged support for Ecuador amid claims of UK "threats" after it granted asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

AUG
20
2012

Novartis fights India for cancer pill patent

Novartis AG goes to India´s Supreme Court on Wednesday to seek patent protection for its blockbuster cancer drug Glivec in a case that could deliver far-reaching ramifications for multinational pharmaceutical companies operating in India.

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20
2012

Jury´s turn in Apple-Samsung trial

A federal court jury this week is set to begin tackling a question that has consumed the mobile-device market: Did Samsung Electronics rip off features of Apple Inc.´s iPhone and iPad? But there are actually many questions.

AUG
17
2012

News Corp. sued for hacking by lawyer in 2007 prosecutor affair

News Corp. and the former private investigator who hacked phones for the News of the World tabloid were sued in Britain by a criminal-defense lawyer who newspapers said in 2007 had an affair with the country´s chief prosecutor.

AUG
17
2012

Europeans express outrage over Pussy Riot verdict

European governments voiced sharp criticism of Russia on Friday over jail sentences handed down to three members of the punk band Pussy Riot, the EU foreign policy chief saying they added to a recent rise in intimidation of opposition activists there.

AUG
17
2012

Deaf man sues over lack of prison accommodations

Larry Berke, a deaf man preparing to serve time in prison for mail fraud, is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons over his assignment to a facility that he claims isn´t equipped to accommodate a deaf prisoner.

AUG
17
2012

Lawyer doesn´t remember stealing paintings

A Sydney lawyer who stole two paintings from a restaurant has a form of amnesia that caused him to think he was an art thief.

AUG
17
2012

U.S. Court says impersonating a cop to beat traffic tickets is not protected speech

The Supreme Court says the First Amendment grants the right to lie about having earned a military decoration. But a divided federal appeals court is ruling the right of speech doesn´t stretch that far when it comes to impersonating the police.

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17
2012

Apple lawyer faces ´smoking crack´ jibe by patent judge

The judge in a high profile US patent trial involving Apple and Samsung has said the iPhone maker´s lawyer must be on drugs if he thought she would accept his list of potential witnesses.

AUG
17
2012

Oracle reaches $2m settlement with SEC on FCPA probe

Oracle Corp. agreed to a $2 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, after the regulator accused the software firm of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Dow Jones Newswires reported.

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