Nov 25, 2009
Settlement hearing.Via the Andrews Delaware Corporate Litigation Reporter: "The lead plaintiff, the Key West Police & Fire Pension Fund, says the deal will unfairly enrich Liberty Media Chairman John Malone, who also is a director at DirecTV.L...
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Nov 25, 2009
Settlement hearing."iberNet Telecom Group Inc. agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit challenging the company's buyout by Zayo Group LLC by providing more information about the deal. FiberNet shareholder Louis Masucci accused the company in a June...
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Nov 20, 2009
Hearing on motion to dismiss. Via the North Carolina Business Litigation Report: "...alleged mismanagement of $55 million securities investment by BB&T, which BB&T claims was to be reallocated into less risky investments if the value fell ...
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Netologic v. Goldman Sachs
Nov 19, 2009
Hearing on motion to dismiss.Netologic has filed suit charging conspiracy, fraud, deceit, and corporate espionage by Goldman Sachs for using a joint venture partnership to use proprietary knowledge about Netologic's Investars analyst-ranking softw...
Nov 18, 2009
Testicular mesothelioma jury trial based on occupational asbestos exposure.The plaintiff was born in 1930. Starting in 1954, he spent 33 years working for the Lindmore Irrigation District maintaining pipes, including replacing concrete pipes with...
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Nov 16, 2009
Plaintiff allegedly bit a Wendy's cheeseburger containing a metal object -- possibly a nail or a staple -- which caused mouth injuries, including dislocation of the temporomandibular joints (TMJ), requiring bilateral surgery. The defendant claime...
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Nov 16, 2009
3 day trial.Via DealLawyers.com: "In Amirsaleh v. Board of Trade of The City of New York, the Delaware Chancery Court addressed claims by a member of the target that the parties to a merger agreement did not act in good faith in implementing the p...
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iBasis v. Koninklije KPN NV
Nov 13, 2009
Two-day expedited hearing on motion for preliminary injunction. From an iBasis news release (Via PR Newswire): "iBasis, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBAS - News) today announced that on August 14, 2009 the Delaware Court of Chancery rejected Royal KPN N.V.'s (AM...
Nov 12, 2009
6 day bench trial. Via Speech Technology Magazine: "In court papers made public this week, Vianix, has filed suit against Nuance Communications, seeking up to $30 million in unpaid licensing fees related to the use of its Managed Audio Sound Compr...
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Nov 6, 2009
Hearing on defendant's motion to vacate $1.26 billion default judgment entered on September 30, 2009. In the underlying suit, Charles Joyce and James Voigt alleged that Pepsi stole their idea to sell bottled water. Pepsico claimed that it was un...
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Nov 4, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO: Oral arguments in litigation to overturn Proposition 8 (state referendum on gay marriage) - specifically the district court's denial of California Campaign for Family's motion to intervene.
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