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- U.S. District Court, Western District of N.Y. Case Summaries: August
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Trademark Infringement Statutory Damages Multisorb Technologies, Inc. v. Impak Corp. 06-CV-0141 Judge Curtin Background: This case was brought in March 2006 by plaintiff Multisorb Technologies, Inc., against the...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Case Summaries:
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Fraud Proprietary Information Hoyle v. Diamond 08-CV-347C Judge Curtin Background: The plaintiff was a 20-something teacher in 2003 when he decided to become a Benedictine monk. Having found the...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- U.S. District Court, Western District of N.Y. Case Summaries: June
- U.S. District Court, Western District of N.Y. Personal Jurisdiction Subpoena Accurso v. Cooper Power Systems Inc. 06-CV-848S Judge Scott Background: In this gender discrimination suit, the defendant filed a motion to compel the examination of...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Bentonville man pleads guilty in investment scheme
- A Bentonville man who helped bilk more than $350,000 out of 32 investors pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville to one count of mail fraud. Leroy Hoback, who waived indictment and agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors, was one of six people involved in an investment scheme...
- Research articles 2008-05-19
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Case Summaries:
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Punitive Damages Fiduciary Duty Balta v. The Ayco Co. 04-CV-6164 CJS Judge Siragusa Background: This decision concerns a motion for summary judgment by the defendants. The plaintiffs in this diversity...
- Research articles 2008-04-18
- Justice Department Dismisses Antitrust Lawsuit Against Exelon Corp. and Public Enterprise Service Group Inc. ; Exelon Abandons Efforts to Acquire PSEG
- To: National DeskContact: U.S. Department of Justice, 202-514-2007WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department of Justice today announced that it filed a notice with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to dismiss its antitrust complaint challenging the potential acquisition of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. PSEG...
- Research articles 2006-09-28
- Judge denies bond in mob case Brothers could flee or obstruct their upcoming trials, U.S. district court rules.(News)
- Byline: Jon Davis Daily Herald Staff Writer A mob hitman-turned-witness will implicate James Marcello in the 1986 murders of Anthony and Michael Spilotro, another murder, and a fiery attempted murder whose victim miraculously survived, authorities said. That's enough to keep Marcello...
- Research articles 2005-04-30
- Three McAllen, Texas-area retailers indicted for selling 'knock-off' items.
- By Cari Hammerstrom, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 14--MCALLEN, Texas -- Three alleged female fashion accessory traffickers were arrested and then indicted in U.S. District Court Monday afternoon for their blatant disregard for the Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Cartier...
- Research articles 2004-12-14
- Rancher Fighting Federal Officials on Grazing Is Arrested in New Mexico.
- By Thomas J. Baird, Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 17--Catron County rancher Kit Laney, who with his wife Sherry has waged a decade-long court fight over the right to graze cattle in the Gila National Forest, was arrested...
- Research articles 2004-03-17
- U.S. District Court issues $4.26 billion judgment against Uzan family.
- Landmark Decision Supports Motorola Claim That Defendants 'Perpetrated a Huge Fraud' Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) has announced that the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York issued a $4.26 billion judgment against the Uzan family of Turkey...
- Research articles 2003-08-04
- The Denver Post Business Briefs Column.
- The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 24--STEAMBOAT OWNER COUNTERSUED: American Skiing Co., the owner of Steamboat ski area, has countersued Tim Mueller and his investment company, Triple Peaks, which sued American earlier this month when the resort operator backed out of a...
- Research articles 2002-04-24
- Men cleared of bribery charges
- Basic Capital Management, Inc. ("BCM") announced that Gene E. Phillips and A. Cal Rossi, Jr. have been acquitted of all charges in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Messrs. Phillips and Rossi had been indicted in June 2000 in connection with an alleged scheme to bribe union...
- Research articles 2002-03-06
- Richmond, Va.-Based Financial Services Firm Returns to Court.
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 5--Dynex Capital Inc. heads back to court Wednesday. The Richmond-based financial services firm is in litigation with a former potential suitor, California Investment Fund. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia...
- Research articles 2001-10-05
- Chapter 11 protection for Express.com.(Brief Article)
- * Express.com filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. District Court last week but continues to take orders online. "I can't say much more than that," said marketing VP Susan Daniher. British game publisher Eidos Plc said it has already written off its $55 investment in...
- Research articles 2001-03-12
- Policyholder Suit Filed Over Met Conversion.(Metropolitan Life Insurance conversion to public stock company)(Brief Article)
- A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in U.S. District Court charging that the company misled policyholders about the benefits they would receive if they approved its recent conversion to a stock company. The lawsuit was actually filed in January...
- Research articles 2000-05-22
- BNSF, CN file motions - Brief Article
- BNSF and CN filed separate stay motions in the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia against the Surface Transportation Board's 15-month moratorium on major railroad mergers. Both asked the court for a swift judicial review of their appeal.
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- Columbia, S.C.-Based Technology Firm Sues New York-Based Bank.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Apr. 20--Affinity Technology Group said Wednesday it had filed a breach-of-contract suit against Dime Savings Bank. The lawsuit claims Affinity has spent millions of dollars to tailor its indirect auto-loan processing product to Dime specifications, but the New York-based bank now apparently does not...
- Research articles 2000-04-23
- Landry's slapped with class-action suits
- HOUSTON -- Nine law firms have filed class-action lawsuits in U.S. District Court against Landry's Seafood Restaurants Inc. on behalf of purchasers of Landry's stock between Dec. 17, 1997, and Sept. 18, 1998. The suits claim the 145-unit seafood dinner-house operator issued "false and misleading public statements" about the...
- Research articles 1999-08-09
- Vitafort Secures $800,000 to Pursue Litigation Against Barbara's Bakery Inc. and New Life Bakery Inc
- LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 23, 1998--Vitafort International Corp., of Los Angeles, Wednesday announced that it has secured up to $800,000 in off-balance-sheet financing, including $600,000 from the Auburn Farms Vindication Partners LLC, for the purpose of paying the legal fees and expenses of Vitafort's trial counsel in Vitafort's pending litigation against...
- Research articles 1998-12-23
- Update forced to refile Rentrak suit. (Delaware court refuses to hear Video Update's suit against Rentrak Corp)
- Video Update was dealt a setback in its lawsuit against Rentrak Corp. when a Delaware court refused to hear the case. At the same time, revenue-sharing distributor Rentrak filed a counter-suit against the chain. Last week, a U.S. District Court in Delaware dismissed...
- Research articles 1998-08-24
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