Under the agreement, Samsung will acquire all of Sony's shares of S-LCD Corporation ("S-LCD"), the two companies' LCD panel manufacturing joint venture, making S-LCD a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung.

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"No other venue offers immediate access to the evidence of liability that will come from the defendants in this case, " Transocean said in court papers filed Tuesday with the Joint Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in Washington D.

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Meanwhile, the joint review panel is pushing ahead with public hearings.

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