Three prominent U.S. senators have in a federal court filing questioned the claim of the National Security Agency that its bulk collection of phone records is required for intelligence purposes. The brief argues that after extensive ...
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SAP has been slapped with a lawsuit by California’s state controller over a payroll software implementation that cost taxpayers vast sums, but has never worked correctly. The suit, filed Thursday in Sacramento County District ...
A jury has ordered Samsung to pay US$290 million to Apple for infringement of several of its patents in multiple Samsung smartphones and tablets. The verdict, reached on the third day of deliberation by the eight-person jury, is less ...
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Medical device giant Johnson & Johnson has reportedly negotiated a settlement that will bring an end to over 7,500 lawsuits from patients who received the company’s all-metal hip implants. For many of these patients, complications ...
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New information has surfaced in the West, Texas, explosion case that could alter the course of the ongoing investigation into what caused the disaster. As it turns out, West Fertilizer Co., which used to be known as Texas Grain Storage ...
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The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has imposed a monetary penalty of $100,000 on Republic Mortgage Insurance Corporation (RMIC) for allegedly paying illegal kickbacks to mortgage lenders in exchange for business. In a ...
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The battle between Apple and Samsung over smartphone design returns to a Silicon Valley courtroom next week as the companies fight over how much Samsung should pay for infringement of five Apple patents in 13 of its smartphones. It was ...
Severstal North America announced that the US District Court in Delaware found in summary judgment that ArcelorMittal's reissue patent for aluminum coated steel sheet for hot stamping was not infringed by Severstal Dearborn, LLC and the ...
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AK Steel announced Tuesday that the United States District Court for the District of Delaware again confirmed that the company's ULTRALUME? advanced high-strength steel product does not infringe upon an ArcelorMittal patent.? The Court ...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) filed a lawsuit against three companies reportedly involved in the former Everglade Iron and Steel Company site in Hempfield, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...
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Arch Coal, Inc. announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Guffy property from Patriot Coal Corporation for $16 million in cash. The Guffy reserves are owned in-fee, are contiguous to Arch's Tygart Valley ...
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InSite Vision Incorporated (INSV) has reported that the US District Court for the District of New Jersey upheld all four of the patents protecting AzaSite, an azithromycin 1% ophthalmic solution, in a patent infringement lawsuit against ...
The Düsseldorf District Court in Germany's ruling of Taiwan package manufacturer Everlight's infringement of Japanese LED packager Nichia YAG patents on Sept. 3, 2013 will have limited impact on Everlight, according to a recent J.P. ...
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 ...
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled in favor of Everlight today (September 13th) over patent infringement lawsuits filed against Nichia Corp regarding U.S. patent no. 6,653,215 LED metallization ...
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