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Nokia files second patent lawsuit against Apple (San Jose Mercury News)
Thursday December 31st 2009, 6:32 pm

WILMINGTON, Del. — Nokia continues to lob salvos at Apple in a patent infringement dispute. The Finnish phone maker filed a federal lawsuit in Delaware this week claiming Apple is infringing on seven Nokia patents in products from the iPhone to computers. [News Source]

Boxer Manny Pacquiao’s defamation lawsuit vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. on doping is no laughing matter (New York Daily News)
Thursday December 31st 2009, 6:26 pm

Cynics might say it's all merely elaborate prefight trash-talk, but the defamation lawsuit Manny Pacquiao filed Wednesday against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his supporters is a bit more serious than the customary name-calling and bombast. [News Source]

Martinez day care at center of negligence lawsuit has had prior problems with sexual activity between children (Contra Costa Times)
Thursday December 31st 2009, 6:21 pm

n Allegation of molestation in Martinez is at center of lawsuit against nonprofit group [News Source]

Nokia files second lawsuit against Apple (San Francisco Chronicle)
Thursday December 31st 2009, 6:16 pm

Nokia Corp. continues to lob salvos at Apple Inc. in a patent infringement dispute. The Finnish phone maker filed a federal lawsuit in Delaware this week claiming Apple is infringing on seven Nokia patents in products from the iPhone to computers. Nokia made... iPhone - Apple - Nokia - Patent infringement - Nokia and Apple [News Source]

Pasco firefighters file civil rights lawsuit (The Tampa Tribune)
Thursday December 31st 2009, 5:35 pm

Two Pasco firefighters have filed a civil rights lawsuit against Pasco County and the local firefighters union, alleging racial and religious discrimination. [News Source]

Chances of Mixon family lawsuit appear dim (Contra Costa Times)
Thursday December 31st 2009, 4:05 pm

An Oakland attorney who filed a claim against the city on behalf of cop-killer Lovelle Mixon's sister said in statement this week he filed the claim to preserve girl's "future legal rights" but that he "did not offer or agree to represent the young woman, or her family, in a lawsuit." [News Source]

Bias lawsuit against Carpentersville tossed in case of injured infant (Daily Herald)
Thursday December 31st 2009, 3:56 pm

A federal judge has dismissed a $30 million lawsuit against the village of Carpentersville and two of its paramedics that claimed a four-month-old boy was left brain damaged after he was refused transportation to a hospital because he is Hispanic. [News Source]

Judges orders ‘mock trial’ in DuPont lawsuit (San Francisco Chronicle)
Thursday December 31st 2009, 3:45 pm

A "mock trial" behind closed doors is planned in a lawsuit filed by the DuPont Co. against privately held Invista, which bought much of DuPont's textiles and interiors business several years ago. DuPont claims Invista broke an agreement to provide DuPont with... DuPont - Invista - Privately held company - Lawsuit - Mock trial [News Source]

Judges orders ‘mock trial’ in DuPont lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thursday December 31st 2009, 3:05 pm

A "mock trial" behind closed doors is planned in a lawsuit filed by the DuPont Co. against privately held Invista, which bought much of DuPont's textiles and interiors business several years ago. [News Source]

Class-action lawsuit against NY seeks to end violence in juvenile detention (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Thursday December 31st 2009, 2:39 pm

ALBANY, N.Y. - A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of 500 juveniles in New York state detention seeks to ban violent physical restraint and to require better mental health treatment. [News Source]