The suit cited the case of a 13-year-old New York City boy who said he ate at McDonald's three to four times a week and is now 5 foot 4 and 278 pounds.
Three years after the Lloyd suit, the case settled.
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In any case, throwing out the suit helps remove the worst-case scenario for Pfizer, and makes it more likely that the Lipitor patent expiry could actually lead to an upside earnings surprise at the end of the year, as detailed here.
Although CDC eventually settled its case, dozens of other companies filed suit and the antitrust case dragged on until the Reagan administration.
But because of the potential benefit to Madoff victims, he says, the trustee favors having a "limited window" to settle the case before the suit is unsealed.
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Under the law, the government can intervene in Landis's suit, essentially pursuing the case on its own behalf.
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At the same time, the Scottish Trades Union Congress warned against the two sides of the independence debate "spinning" the figures to suit their own case, when tackling inequality was the most pressing issue.
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But unlike the Pigford case, the Keepseagle suit has languished in the courts for nearly eight years.
California courts hearing the Williamson case determined that the tort suit was preempted and tossed it out of court.
The suit, now a class-action case, is seeking to reform the tactic, which is legal under a 1968 Supreme Court decision.
The antitrust suit is a companion piece to a separate securities case in the same court against the same investment banks, plus some 300 individual stock issuers over inflated postoffering prices.
In the MBIA case, the judge has ruled that the suit can proceed even though BAC has denied responsibility.
The MPAA's argument is mirrored in several other cases concerning digital copyright issues, including the case against Napster and this week's suit by the entertainment industry against Scour.com, a movie-swapping Website.
But the government intends to assert the state secrets privilege in this case too and that could kill the suit.
If the SEC finds wrongdoing in the investigation, it can choose to bring a civil suit against parties involved, issue fines or refer the case to the United States Department of Justice for possible criminal charges.
Instead, the court dismissed the case because the petitioners had waited too long to file their suit.
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The suit is similar to one filed in 1997 by black farmers, called the Pigford case, which resulted in a record civil-rights settlement just two years later.
But why not file a national suit as well, if this is really the case?
Meanwhile, the law suit has been winding its way through the courts, with Kleiner attempting to send the case to arbitration.
In the second case, involving a client Phillips successfully represented in a whistleblower suit against General Electric, the client sued him in California State Court, alleging secret financial ties between the taxpayer group and Phillips' firm.
Moreover, the Jones case may mark the advent of a new kind of politically flavoured civil suit.
But in the early Christian centuries, there were furious arguments between Christians and Jews over the precise wording of Hebrew texts, with each side accusing the other of doctoring manuscripts to suit its own case.
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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In one ongoing case, the SEC alleged in a civil suit in an Albuquerque, N.
In 2001, Virgina-based patent holding company NTP filed suit against RIM, alleging patent infringement, and since then, the case has plugged along through various courts and appeals.
For the extra dough, however, the Voodoo Envy 133 packs plenty of extras: a carbon-fiber case, ambient sensors that adjust the display to suit the environment and a customizable finish.
They usually don't, but rather file suit hoping accused infringers will settle to avoid the high cost of fighting the case in court.
After the verdict Lloyd's of London filed a suit in New York seeking to limit coverage for companies caught in the Rhode Island case.
Some judicial circuits have their own tests and case law that would affect the outcome differently depending on where a suit was filed.
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If he were advising Kercher's parents, Dershowitz said, he would recommend that they file a civil suit to claim the money Knox has received as an advance for a book about the case that is scheduled for publication next month.
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