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British Reporting Rule Change Exposes Transatlantic Cultural Gap
As investors prepare to digest the latest round of company earnings figures, Britain's move to scrap the quarterly reporting requirement has revealed a divergence of opinion between the domestic and ...
Katrina Suit Recoveries Fall Short of Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Expectations
A team of plaintiffs' attorneys has spent roughly $16 million to sue the Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches that flooded most of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Joseph Bruno, one of ...
BlackBerry Files Suit Over Against iPhone Keyboard Maker
BlackBerry Ltd., the smartphone maker that withdrew plans to sell itself and go private last year, sued Ryan Seacrest's Typo Products LLC alleging it copied designs for a keyboard case. The company ...Appeals Court to Fast-Track BP’s Bid to Halt Gulf Oil Spill Payments
BP Plc's bid to block economic-loss payments tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill unless the claims can be directly linked to the disaster won fast-track consideration by an appeals court. The ...
N.J. Senator Pushes Delay to Flood Insurance Hikes
Peggy Molloy is not a millionaire. In fact, she's afraid she may soon have to stop paying the mortgage on her home at the Jersey shore and walk away from it. The Point Pleasant woman lives in an area ...
Facebook Sued For Scanning Users’ Private Messages
Facebook Inc. was sued over allegations it systematically intercepts its users private messages on the social network and profits by sharing the data with advertisers and marketers. When users ...
NYC Sues FedEx for Illegally Shipping Cigarettes to Homes
New York City has sued FedEx Corp, accusing it of illegally delivering millions of contraband cigarettes to people's homes and seeking $52 million in fines and unpaid taxes. The lawsuit, filed in ...
Judge Dismisses Katrina Flooding Lawsuits Against Feds
Dozens of lawsuits seeking damages from the federal government for Hurricane Katrina-related levee failures and flooding in the New Orleans area are over. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. has ...