This potential dispute relates to two contracts MITIE has held with the council - one covering repairs to council houses between 2006 and 2011, and a second ongoing contract over the maintenance of council-owned buildings, including schools, according to a leaked document seen by BBC political reporter Elizabeth Glinka.
Here, Textron clearly prepared the relevant materials with an eye towards a potential tax dispute with the IRS. Prudent companies such as Textron routinely anticipate such controversies and begin legal preparation well in advance of the time an appeal or litigation is formally commenced.
Microsoft certainly has its basket full with peace disturbance complaints and even a potential doubleshot casing dispute with Apple -- perhaps distracting it from properly integrating Zune TV show uploads with Media Center.
European leaders have yet to resolve their dispute over potential candidates.
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The potential outcome of the dispute, the inability for investors to band together to participate in class action lawsuits, could be a disaster for small investors across the country.
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Both Ars Technica and The Verge hear from unverified sources that German retailer Metro AG might waving its legal guns and forcing Microsoft to quiet down over a potential (if questionable) trademark dispute.
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The trust said Mr Halsall had been seconded to the NHS Confederation, in a move which "avoided the potential for a long drawn-out dispute, that would have been both expensive and time consuming".
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This first ruling is a potential thunderbolt that could ignite a damaging trade dispute between America and Europe at a time when both economies need to present a united front on trade, to prevent a slide towards protectionism.
The analyst, who carried an "overweight" rating on Qualcomm shares, said the company's patent dispute with Nokia has "the potential to become ugly" by April 2007, but that its royalty structure shouldn't be disrupted much in the near term.
He also revealed that the judiciary is looking at the potential for greater use of mediation, or alternative dispute resolution, in appropriate civil cases.
The dispute has flared in recent months as the region's potential energy reserves begin to draw growing attention.
Its potential as an energy transit corridor to Europe was again made obvious during January's gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine.
The analyst, who carried an "overweight" rating on Qualcomm shares, said the company's patent dispute with Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ) has "the potential to become ugly" by April 2007, but that its royalty structure shouldn't be disrupted much in the near term.
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