The biggest patent case to hit the modern tech world is back again. Apple and Samsung will appear before the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue why their opponent was wrong when it came to a patent case from 2012. This is the first time ...
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A senior US District Court judge for the Northern District of California has granted preliminary approval to a $15bn settlement over Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal. Judge Charles Breyer granted preliminary approval of the ...
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Anheuser-Busch (A-B) InBev has settled a lawsuit which was filed by two Miami residents in the US over deceptive Kirin beer packaging. The two residents accused the company for misleading consumers through its Kirin beer packaging that ...
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Electronics manufacturer AVX Corp. will pay $1.2 million to the owners of 42 properties in Myrtle Beach where groundwater contaminated by the toxic degreaser trichloroethylene was discovered, according to a preliminary settlement approved ...
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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer closed on his acquisition of the Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday from The Sterling Family Trust. The NBA Board of Governors previously approved the $2 billion sale, but a California court had to rule on ...
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Africa's big telecom operators have won a court battle over reducing mobile termination rates, a South African ruling that may have a ripple effect in the region. MTN and Vodacom last month sued the Independent Communications Authority of ...
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The Wall Street Journal examines the gap created by some states deciding not to expand their Medicaid programs and what that decision means for hospitals' bottom lines. Also, Republican lawmakers consider "bailouts" for hospitals after they ...
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A selection of health policy stories from New York, Washington state, California, Virginia, Idaho, Connecticut and Georgia. The Associated Press/Wall Street Journal: Feds Urge More Talks On N.Y. Medicaid Application New York has ...
After day-long testimony very similar to last October’s hearing examiner proceedings for a state ground water discharge permit, a state judgesaid Monday that he would issue an order Friday on whether to lift a temporary restraining ...
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The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) has filed the latest installment in a long-running court case relative to cloned horse registration. Some owners have used the cloning process-which was first performed on horses in 2003-to ...
Federal court records show that the Oct. 8 bankruptcy filing by the nation's largest organic peanut butter processor was sparked by Issaquah, WA-based Costco, a membership-based warehouse club, when it unilaterally terminated a deal it had ...
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The manufacturer of Sriracha hot chili sauce says there won't be any shortages of the beloved product, but diehards might want to stock up to be sure. Due to new food safety procedures ordered by the California Department of Public ...
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The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan in response to U.S. District Court Judge John Gleeson’s approval of a controversial antitrust lawsuit over ...
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Oracle's copyright case against Google's Android OS appeared to gain new life this week after a federal appeals court judge poked holes in Google's defence. A U.S. District Court judge in California ruled last year that Oracle's Java APIs ...
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Huy Fong Foods, a California-based hot sauce company, has temporarily ceased production of its sriracha Asian-style hot sauce and other chili sauce products, after the local residents complained of the factory's odor. Los Angeles Superior ...
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