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ExxonMobil Announces Retirement of Jack Balagia and Expected Election of Randall Ebner as Vice President and General Counsel
Oct 13, 2016Jack Balagia, vice president and general counsel, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), has announced his intention to retire effective Nov. 1, 2016, after more than 18 years of service. It is anticipated that the board of directors will ...
Tags: Jack Balagia, vice president and general counsel, Randall Ebner
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Bacardi Advances Havana Club Trademark Case In US District Court
Mar 22, 2016In an ongoing effort to defend its rights and ownership of the Havana Club rum brand and trademark in the US, Bacardi has filed an amended complaint with the US District Court for the District of Columbia. This filing amends the original ...
Tags: Havana Club, Bacardi, US District Court
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DownVM Doesn't Infringe Upon Patented Aspect of Navico Holdings AS's Downscan Technology
Jul 7, 2015Garmin International Inc.'s DownVM scanning sonar technology does not infringe upon any patented aspect of Navico Holdings AS’s downscan technology, according to an initial determination made by an administrative law judge (ALJ) at ...
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PMI and Tobacco Sues The UK Government Over Plain Packaging Regulations for Cigarettes
May 26, 2015Philip Morris International (PMI) and British American Tobacco have sued the UK Government over plain packaging regulations for cigarettes. In their lawsuits filed in the English High Court, the twocompanies claim that the new ...
Tags: Plain Packaging, Tobacco Packaging
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Management Changes
Feb 2, 2015DSW Inc. promoted Carrie McDermott, currently executive vice president, sales and operations, to executive vice president and chief operating officer as part of the promotion of several key executives. The changes will be effective on ...
Tags: key executives, Sporting Goods
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Kind Healthy Snacks and Garden of Life Have Reached a Settlement
Sep 25, 2014Kind Healthy Snacks, a natural foods company based in New York, and Garden of Life have reached a settlement related to a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by the former in response to Garden of Life's launch of the Kind Organics line ...
Tags: Kind Healthy Snacks, Garden of Life, Food
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Retailers Filed an Appeal of a Antitrust Lawsuit Settlement Covering Credit Card Swipe Fee
Jan 6, 2014The National Retail Federation formally filed an appeal of a controversial antitrust lawsuit settlement covering credit card swipe fees, asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court’s ruling. NRF Senior ...
Tags: card industry, Textile
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US Court Approval of a Controversial Antitrust Lawsuit Over Credit Card Swipe Fees
Dec 16, 2013The 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 ...
Tags: Credit Card, US Court Decision
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The NRF Asked a Federal Judge to Right or Reject Card Swipe Plan
Sep 17, 2013The 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 ...
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The National Retail Federation Issued The Following Statement From Senior Vice President
Aug 2, 2013The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan on U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s decision that found that the Federal Reserve misapplied Congress’ ...
Tags: Swipe Fees, Textile
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US Supreme Court Declined Monday to Hear an Appeal From Refiners and Other Groups
Jun 26, 2013The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from refiners and other groups to overturn a lower-court decision denying its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's partial approval of the ethanol/gasoline blend E15. ...
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Nvidia Is to Start Licensing Its Graphics Cores More Widely in a Bid to Cash
Jun 18, 2013Nvidia is to start licensing its graphics cores more widely in a bid to cash in on the need for powerful graphics in smartphones, tablets and other devices. Nvidia will start by licensing graphics cores based on the Kepler architecture, ...
Tags: Nvidia, Graphics Cores
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Pfizer Has Reached a $2.15bn Settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries
Jun 14, 2013Pfizer has reached a $2.15bn settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries, and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries over Protonix patent-infringement lawsuit in the US. Following 10-years of litigation over the intellectual property for ...
Tags: Pfizer, Sun Pharma
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FCC Should Cap The Participation of Carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless
May 30, 2013The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should cap the participation of carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless in upcoming spectrum auctions to ensure mobile competition going forward, representatives of consumer groups and smaller carriers ...
Tags: FCC, Spectrum Auctions
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NRF Asked a Federal Judge to Reject a Proposed Settlement of an Antitrust Lawsuit
May 29, 2013The 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, ...