Monday May 26th 2008, 10:55 pm
SINGAPORE - Singapore-listed food company Del Monte Pacific said on Monday that it faces a $100 million lawsuit for allegedly selling its products in territories that are covered by another company that co-owns the Del Monte brand name.
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Singapore-listed Del Monte faces $100M lawsuit (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
Dormant lawsuit over slot machines reappears (WTSP - Tampa Bay’s 10 News)
Monday May 26th 2008, 9:12 pm
The lawsuit challenges a 2004 statewide vote that gave Broward and Miami-Dade counties the right to open slot-machine casinos with local approval.
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Google: Viacom lawsuit threatens info exchange (CNN.com)
Monday May 26th 2008, 8:50 pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube's ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people exchange all kinds of information on the Internet, YouTube owner Google Inc. said.
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Dormant lawsuit over casinos with slot machines reappears (Naples Daily News)
Monday May 26th 2008, 6:25 pm
A long-running lawsuit that pits South Florida's slot machine casinos against anti-gambling forces has resurfaced in a Tallahassee court.
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Pittsburgh Soldier’s Iraq Death Prompts Lawsuit; KBR Responds (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)
Monday May 26th 2008, 5:38 pm
While the parents of Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth remember their son on Memorial Day, military contractor KBR is calling for a judge to throw out their lawsuit over his death, and U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire wants an investigation.
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Toray settles carbon fiber lawsuit (The Japan Times)
Monday May 26th 2008, 5:26 pm
Toray Industries Inc. said Monday it has agreed to pay the U.S. government $15.25 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the Tokyo-based company and other firms conspired to fix prices of carbon fiber. Still asserting that the lawsuit is unwarranted, Toray said it is opting to settle the case "taking economic rationality, including legal costs, into account," the company said. Read the ...
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BoNY Lawsuit ‘Invalid’ (St. Petersburg Times)
Monday May 26th 2008, 4:38 pm
MOSCOW — Former U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh has advised a Russian court to dismiss a $22.5 billion lawsuit that the Bank of New York Mellon is facing in Moscow.
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Viacom Files $1Bil. Lawsuit Against YouTube/Google (WCBS 880 New York)
Monday May 26th 2008, 4:24 pm
A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit over YouTube's ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people exchange all kinds of information on the Internet, owner Google Inc. said.
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Ex-NFL players’ lawsuit to continue after suicide (ESPN)
Monday May 26th 2008, 4:01 pm
A former hedge fund manager's suicide has no effect on a lawsuit filed by six former NFL players against the league and its players union over $20 million they say they lost in an investment scheme, an attorney for the plaintiffs said Monday.
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Dormant lawsuit over casinos with slot machines reappears (The News-Press)
Monday May 26th 2008, 4:00 pm
A long-running lawsuit that pits South Florida's slot machine casinos against anti-gambling forces has resurfaced in a Tallahassee court.
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