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Technip To Pay $338 Million To Settle Foreign Bribery Charges

HOUSTON - A French engineering and construction company has agreed to pay $98 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and $240 million to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Published Tue, Jun 29 2010 2:58 PM by Dylan McGuire

Supreme Court Denies Pfizer Certiorari In Trovan Experiment Case

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 rejected Pfizer Inc.'s petition for a writ of certiorari involving the claims of Nigerians allegedly injured during a 1996 Trovan clinical trial in their country, allowing the claims to go

Published Tue, Jun 29 2010 2:04 PM by Tom Moylan

U.S. High Court Won't Review RICO Fraud Remedies In Tobacco Cases

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court declined June 28 to review an appellate decision upholding most of the remedies imposed on the tobacco industry by the federal judge who found it liable for a decades-long pattern of fraud and deception

Published Tue, Jun 29 2010 1:30 PM by Gerald C. Matics

Thoughts From The HB Litigation Conference On BP Oil Spill, Developing Legal, Insurance Issues

By John L. Watkins, Shareholder, Chorey, Taylor & Feil Last week, courtesy of my friends at LEXIS, I attended the HB Litigation Conference in Atlanta on litigation and insurance coverage issues arising from the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 8:49 PM by johnlwatkins

U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Rejection, Says No Exclusive Test For Patentability

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) In a long-anticipated ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 28 agreed with the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a method for hedging consumption risk costs is not patent-eligible and is instead an "abstract idea

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 8:04 PM by Melissa Ritti

Oregon High Court Voids $100 Million Punitive Awards, Grants New Trial On Amount

SALEM, Ore. - (Mealey's) A cigarette manufacturer that had been on the hook for a $100 million punitive damages award will get another shot at convincing a jury that it deserves a lesser penalty after the Oregon Supreme Court decided June 24 that the

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 8:02 PM by Gerald C. Matics

Jury Awards Plaintiff $8 Million In Fosamax Lawsuit

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) A jury returned an $8 million compensatory damages verdict against Merck & Co. Inc. on June 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in the retrial of the first Fosamax multidistrict litigation case to

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 8:00 PM by Tom Moylan

U.S. High Court Finds Portion Of Sarbanes-Oxley Act Unconstitutional

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The formation and oversight structure of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), an independent administrative agency created under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), violates the U.S. Constitution, a 5

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 7:57 PM by Dylan McGuire

Massachusetts Attorney General Reaches $102 Million Settlement With Morgan Stanley

BOSTON - (Mealey's) Financial giant Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. has agreed to pay $102 million to settle claims that it illegally provided funding to lenders that provided Massachusetts homeowners with subprime loans and has agreed to a number of reform

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 7:55 PM by Timothy Raub

High Court: United States Lacks Subject Matter Jurisdiction In Securities Class Action

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Ruling that Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 does not provide a cause of action "to foreign plaintiffs suing foreign and American defendants for misconduct in connection with securities traded on foreign

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 7:52 PM by Timothy Raub

Judge Grants YouTube Summary Judgment On Viacom's $1 Billion Infringement Claim

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) A "general awareness" of infringing activity on its Web site is not sufficient to find YouTube Inc. guilty of any copyright infringement claims, a New York federal judge ruled June 23, granting the online video-sharing service's

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 7:50 PM by Mark Rogers

$716 Million Settlement For WTC First Responders, Rubble Removal Workers Approved

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) U.S. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York on June 23 approved a $716 million settlement for first responders and workers who cleared the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center towers after the Sept

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 7:47 PM by Bill G Lowe

9th Circuit Panel Reinstates $280 Million Verdict In Apollo Group Investor Class Action

SAN FRANCISCO - (Mealey's) Ruling that a federal district court erred in granting Apollo Group Inc. judgment as a matter of law, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 23 reversed the district court's ruling and remanded with instructions

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 7:44 PM by Timothy Raub

Split U.S. High Court Orders Disclosure Of Referendum Petitions

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) In general, disclosing referendum petitions does not violate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 24 ( John Doe #1, et al. v. Sam Reed, et al. , No. 09-559, U.S. Sup.). "Plaintiffs

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 7:42 PM by Bajeerah LaCava

Split U.S. High Court: Collective Bargaining Dispute Belongs In Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) A dispute over the ratification date of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is for a court to decide, not an arbitrator, a split U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 24 ( Granite Rock Co. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 7:39 PM by Bajeerah LaCava