Earlier this week, Apple suffered a setback in its case against Amazon when a federal judge denied its request for a preliminary injunction to stop Amazon from using the name.

这周早些时候，苹果在与亚马逊的诉讼上遇到了麻烦。联邦法官驳回了苹果要求亚马逊停止使用App Store的初步禁令。

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Late last week, a federal judge in California gave preliminary approval to a settlement of the class action lawsuit regarding Facebook's Beacon program.

上周，一名加州联邦法官初步批准了一项有关Facebook Beacon(灯塔)广告计划的群体诉讼协议。

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Last weeek, a judge issued a preliminary $171bn fofeiture striping Madoff of all his personal property and $80m in assets his wife Ruth claimed was hers.

上周，一位法官发出了一份1710亿美元的预备罚金剥离麦道夫的全部个人财产，以及8000万美元他的妻子露丝声明归她所有的资产。

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Perhaps the alleged 'attacker', whether male or female, should be given the opportunity to put their case to the judge at a preliminary hearing to allow the judge to determine whether or not anonimity should be granted?

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During a Dec. 9 preliminary hearing, Judge Phyllis McMillan ruled that Kevorkian must stand trial for Youk's death and based her decision mostly on the tape of Youk's assisted suicide seen on CBS's "60 Minutes" on Nov. 23.

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The judge said a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing are scheduled for 3 p.m.

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