The researchers seem positively naive when they puzzle over why stocks always seem to dip before a shareholder suit is filed.
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Tech and financial service companies are also pulling for a second "window" to allow them to dispute patents once a patent infringement suit is filed, something that would've probably aided RIM in their recent fight.
Thursday's hearing is part of a suit filed by the conservative legal group Judicial Watch.
Sirius XM Radio is facing a class action suit filed by a nationwide group of the company subscribers that alleges antitrust law infringement because the company has abused its monopoly position and increased its fees by 30%.
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Philips is asking to break Morgans' management contract in the suit, which was filed in a state court in New York and is currently in discovery.
If it is upheld the ITC has the power to stop infringing Samsung products from being imported into the US. This is part of a counter-suit that Apple filed with the ITC after Samsung issued one vs.
Within hours, three of the networks filed suit in a different court, claiming the service is a breach of copyright.
Allianz is one of seven European insurers named in a law suit, filed recently in New York by victims' heirs, seeking the proceeds of unpaid life-insurance policies.
In January, John Drake Witherspoon, age 70, married Tricianne Taylor, who is 60, according to a certificate of marriage filed with the suit.
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The initial ruling in such a case could come down to nothing more than the circuit in which the suit is filed, and the particular leanings of the judge that is assigned.
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DeLay's fund-raising tactics for the groups -- his nickname is "The Hammer" -- have prompted a racketeering suit filed by the Democrats' House campaign committee alleging that DeLay's m.o crossed the line into illegality.
Two weeks ago it pre-emptively filed a suit against the FTC, saying that prescreening of ads by the government is tantamount to prior restraint, and violates the company's First Amendment free-speech rights.
The Morgan Stanley case, filed in state court in New York, is a so-called "derivative suit" in which the lawyers are trying to place themselves in the position of the corporation to recover money shareholders allegedly lost because of bad behavior by insiders.
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What we do know is that Zander will be in court next week defending himself and Motorola against a sex discrimination suit filed by Metty.
Plaintiff lawyers seized upon news reports about Beacon and filed suit on behalf of all Facebook users, and is typical in such cases, negotiated a settlement that would reward them with millions of dollars in fees.
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