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  • Jurors' Complaints Bring Mistrial

    Jurors' Complaints Bring Mistrial

    Recent Cases 04/18/2008

    In an extraordinary case of a jury room dispute spilling into public view, a Suffolk Superior Court jury was dismissed yesterday after a male juror was accused of sexually harassing several women on the panel during lengthy deliberations in a 2004 mu...

  • Judge says Parmalat fraud suit can proceed

    Judge says Parmalat fraud suit can proceed

    Recent Cases 04/16/2008

    A New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that a $7 billion lawsuit filed by Italian dairy giant Parmalat SpA against Citigroup could go forward on a claim that Citigroup aided and abetted former Parmalat executives in misappropriating company ...

  • Court Steps Into Utilities Case

    Court Steps Into Utilities Case

    Recent Cases 04/15/2008

    The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an environmental case in which utility companies want to revive an industry-friendly regulation put in place by the Bush administration. The dispute with environmental groups revolves around the harm compani...

  • Class Action Cites Zetia & Vytorin

    Class Action Cites Zetia & Vytorin

    Recent Cases 04/11/2008

    In a shareholder's class action that neatly summarizes complaints about Schering-Plough Corp.'s sales of its cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin, the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System claims: "Sixteen months after completion of a study showing that ...

  • Circuit Applies New Test for Declaratory Judgment

    Circuit Applies New Test for Declaratory Judgment

    Recent Cases 04/01/2008

    The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a district court’s dismissal of a declaratory judgment action, relying on the Supreme Court’s decision in MedImmune Inc. v. Genentech Inc., 127 S.Ct. 764 (2007). See Micron Technology, Inc. v. MO...

  • Supreme Court On Hall Street Assoc. v. Mattel, Inc.

    Supreme Court On Hall Street Assoc. v. Mattel, Inc.

    Recent Cases 03/31/2008

    The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U. S. C. §§9–11, provides expedited judicial review to confirm, vacate, or modify arbitration awards. Under §9, a court “must” confirm an award “unless” it is vacated, modified, or corrected “as prescribed” in §§1...

  • Icahn Plans More Legal Action Against Motorola

    Icahn Plans More Legal Action Against Motorola

    Recent Cases 03/24/2008

    Carl Icahn and his affiliates on Monday said it is filing a lawsuit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware seeking a court order requiring Motorola to make certain materials demanded by Icahn from Motorola available for inspection. The mat...

  • 2 Held in Millionaire Developer's Death

    2 Held in Millionaire Developer's Death

    Recent Cases 03/23/2008

    A chauffeur and his cousin are being charged in the 2006 stabbing death of a millionaire developer accused of real estate fraud, police said Saturday.Andrew Kissel, 46, was found tied up and stabbed to death in his Greenwich mansion just days before ...

  • Doubt Arises over Breathalyzer Source Code

    Doubt Arises over Breathalyzer Source Code

    Recent Cases 03/21/2008

    An attorney for a Minnesota man accused of drunken driving says he doesn't think the manufacturer of a breathalyzer will meet a court-imposed deadline of August 17 to turn over its source code. If that happens, his client could go free.The Minnesota ...

  • Settlement talks fail between al-Kidd, feds

    Settlement talks fail between al-Kidd, feds

    Recent Cases 03/20/2008

    Court-ordered settlement talks between a man detained in a federal case and the government have failed.Attorneys on both sides told a U.S. District judge this week that no settlement was reached. That means the lawsuit brought by Abdullah al-Kidd aga...

  • Legal battle rages over whether ankles exist

    Legal battle rages over whether ankles exist

    Recent Cases 03/19/2008

    For every foot, there's an ankle. Or not.In Texas, that all depends on a legal battle between medical doctors and podiatrists, who both claim the ankle as their turf. The debate has raged to the point that the two sides disagree in court on whether t...

  • Judges Bar Law on Violent Video Games

    Judges Bar Law on Violent Video Games

    Recent Cases 03/18/2008

    A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction against a Minnesota law that would have kept children under 17 from renting or buying violent video games.A three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Minnesota has a compelling in...

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