The Anapol Schwartz personal injury law firm has announced that a $2.5bn proposed settlement was submitted for the DePuy Orthopaedics Articular surface replacement (ASR) hip implant litigation in a Toledo, Ohio federal court. The ...
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A group of scientists and experts requested by Congress to assess the total damage caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 have said the government's current methods of putting a price tag on the most sweeping ...
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It was considered the largest oil-related natural disaster in the history of the world, so it only follows that the fine would be historic too. Gargantuan oil company BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history for ...
The National Retail Federation asked a federal judge to “right or reject” a proposed settlement of an antitrust lawsuit over credit card swipe fees, saying the measure needs to be rewritten to do more to bring the soaring fees ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s P&C and life/health reinsurance arm General Re’s $72m settlement with AIG’s investors has won a final approval by a US federal judge, which charged the firm for involvement in a fraudulent transaction ...
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This is the second suit that Microsoft has won against Motorola. A federal jury in Seattle has ordered Google's Motorola Mobility to pay $14.5m in damages to Microsoft after failing to license its patents at a reasonable rate. Microsoft ...
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The individual owners of Michigan-based glove manufacturer Glove Coaters Inc. deny that their gloves had anything to do with the glass accident involving a Houston glass employee last year, and are asking a federal judge to deny him any ...
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Computerworld - A federal judge in Wisconsin has ordered a suspect in a child porn investigation to either provide prosecutors with the passwords to several encrypted storage devices of his that are thought to contain incriminating evidence ...
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The National Retail Federation and a broad cross-section of retailers asked a federal judge to reject a proposed settlement of an antitrust lawsuit over credit card swipe fees that drive up prices for consumers by $30 billion a year, ...
SOUTH Korea's Samsung Electronics said its latest flagship Galaxy S4 handset had become its fastest selling phone, passing the 10-million sales mark following its April 26 launch. It's predecessor, the S3, took 50 days to reach the same ...
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Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray. Four other publishers accused of price-fixing with Apple settled earlier with the 33 states and territories and the U.S. ...
It's no secret that Samsung is up against Apple in many ways, in products, sales and innovation. However, even in the face of Apple's patent infringement lawsuits, Samsung is still climbing the charts. The electronics giant sold ...
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A US judge has ordered Apple's chief executive Tim Cook to testify in a case brought by the government accusing the tech giant of conspiring to raise e-book prices. US Federal Judge Denise Cote issued the order after a teleconference ...
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A Texas federal judge denied Apple's move to reduce last year's $368 million jury verdict in a patent infringement case it lost, and ordered the Cupertino, Calif., company to pay more than $363,000 daily in interest and damages until a ...
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A US federal judge has blocked an Apple shareholder vote in response to Greenlight Capital's push aimed at unlocking the computer giant's cash stockpile. The ruling was a win for hedge fund Greenlight Capital, which has been pressing ...