OCT
22
2012

Google weighs mobile-patent antitrust settlement

Google Inc. is weighing whether to settle a potential claim by U.S. authorities that it violated antitrust law in the way it handles mobile-device patents, according to a person familiar with the matter.

OCT
19
2012

Chrysler part-owner reply in Fiat suit due Nov. 5

The union-affiliated healthcare trust that is the minority owner of Chrysler Group LLC will have until Nov. 5 to respond to a suit filed by majority owner Fiat SpA, according to a court filing in Delaware on Wednesday.

OCT
19
2012

´Rebecca´ musical producers sue backer accused of fraud

The Broadway producers of "Rebecca: The Musical" have sued a Long Island, New York, man charged with concocting fictional investors and offering the prospect of $4.5 million in financing in order to collect undeserved commissions.

OCT
19
2012

Hong Kong firm to pay $14 million to settle insider case

Well Advantage Limited, a Hong Kong- based firm controlled by billionaire Zhang Zhi Rong, agreed to pay $14 million to resolve U.S. regulatory claims that it profited from illegal trades before Cnooc Ltd.´s announcement that it would buy Nexen Inc.

OCT
19
2012

Find a way to block ´robo-calls´ and win $50K from the FTC

Hate those robotic marketing calls? Have a good idea for how to stop them? If so, the Federal Trade Commission wants to hear from you.

OCT
19
2012

Avenida Brasil clash forces president to cancel rally

Brazil´s president Dilma Rousseff postpones endorsing mayoral candidate knowing new middle class will tune in for finale.

OCT
19
2012

Defense of Marriage Act struck down by New York court

A US law defining marriage as being only between one man and one woman has been struck down by a second appeal court, this time in New York.

OCT
19
2012

UN rights experts urge states to repeal criminal adultery laws

The UN Working Group on discrimination against women on Thursday urged governments around the world to repeal laws that criminalize adultery and give rise to severe penalties which include flogging, death by stoning and hanging.

OCT
18
2012

Man is charged with plotting to bomb Federal Reserve Bank in Manhattan

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man with conspiring to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, saying he tried to remotely detonate what he believed was a 1,000-pound bomb in a van he parked outside the building in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday.

OCT
18
2012

Monsanto appeals a state court ruling on intellectual property rights

Monsanto Co., the world´s biggest seed company, has suspended collection of royalties for its Roundup Ready soybeans in Brazil while it appeals a state court ruling on intellectual property rights.

OCT
18
2012

Ecuador court deals Chevron fresh blow in pollution case

Ecuadorean plaintiffs on Tuesday said an order issued by a court in the Andean country lets them seize some $200 million worth of assets belonging to Chevron in a new legal blow to the No. 2 U.S. oil company.

OCT
18
2012

Apple loses appeal over ‘not as cool’ Samsung Galaxy tab

Apple Inc. lost a U.K. court appeal ruling over whether Samsung Electronics Co.´s Galaxy tablet infringed the design of the iPad as a judge criticized divergent rulings in the global intellectual property fight between the two companies.

OCT
18
2012

Stepping Hill Hospital to pay ´£10m´ over brain damaged man

A hospital has agreed to fund lifetime care expected to cost around £10m for a man who was brain damaged after being treated for croup as a baby.

OCT
17
2012

Lawsuit accusing ABC of racial bias in ´The Bachelor´ dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by two black men who said they were rejected for the starring role of "The Bachelor" on the popular ABC reality television show because of their race.

OCT
17
2012

Florida judge sets June trial date in Trayvon Martin killing

A Florida judge set a tentative date of June 10 next year for the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch captain who killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in a gated subdivision near Orlando.

OCT
17
2012

Thud! Phone books still have 1st Amendment protection

The hefty tomes aren´t as welcome on doorsteps as they were in the pre-Internet age, but a U.S. appeals court panel rules they have the same free speech protection as newspapers.

OCT
17
2012

Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit quits

The abrupt resignation of Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit on Tuesday ended a turbulent five-year tenure in which one of the nation´s biggest banks avoided collapse with the help of a $45 billion rescue package provided by regulators, taxpayers and Congress.

OCT
17
2012

San Rafael, California bans smoking in duplexes, condos & multi-family homes

City of San Rafael is looking to start a national trend by making it illegal to light up in dwellings with as few as two units.

OCT
17
2012

Bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan wins US court appeal

A US court has quashed the conviction of Osama Bin Laden´s former driver, who had been jailed in Guantanamo Bay for giving material support to terrorism.

OCT
16
2012

´Fast and Furious´ defendant gets prison for buying guns

The first of 20 individuals indicted in 2011 on charges of buying high-powered firearms in Arizona to be used by Mexican drug gangs was sentenced Monday in San Diego federal court to 57 months in prison.

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