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  • BeBevCo Has New Legal Counsel

    BeBevCo Has New Legal Counsel

    Business Law 04/09/2010

    BeBevCo announced today they have hired a new legal team: McMullen Associates LLC from Charlotte, North Carolina. McMullen Associates LLC is a Securities and Corporate Law Firm that specializes in Securities Regulation, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acq...

  • Daimler bribes: a blown chance to clean up its act

    Daimler bribes: a blown chance to clean up its act

    Business Law 04/01/2010

    At a 1999 meeting in Germany, board members at Daimler, one of the world's largest vehicle manufacturers, took a step that could have saved the company the trouble it will face in a U.S. courtroom on Thursday.Before a federal judge, Justice Departmen...

  • Philly news lenders appeal auction bid rules

    Philly news lenders appeal auction bid rules

    Business Law 03/31/2010

    Creditors trying to win control of Philadelphia's two major newspapers have asked a U.S. appeals court to reconsider a key ruling involving the upcoming bankruptcy auction.Secured creditors are owed about $300 million by owners of The Philadelphia In...

  • US judge orders firms to defend municipals suit

    US judge orders firms to defend municipals suit

    Business Law 03/26/2010

    About a dozen banks and financial firms must defend allegations of bid rigging, limited competition and price fixing in the municipal derivatives market, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday.U.S. District Judge Victor Morrero's written order said the defen...

  • Court lifts ban on media ownership restrictions

    Court lifts ban on media ownership restrictions

    Business Law 03/24/2010

    A federal court has at least temporarily lifted government rules that blocked media companies from owning a newspaper and a broadcast TV station in the same market.The decision Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit lifts the Fede...

  • Goldman Sachs group to appeal Shaw-Canwest deal

    Goldman Sachs group to appeal Shaw-Canwest deal

    Business Law 03/10/2010

    Goldman Sachs Group Inc will ask a Canadian court on Wednesday to hear its appeal of a lower court decision allowing Shaw Communications Inc to buy the broadcast arm of bankrupt Canwest Global Communications Corp.An Ontario Superior Court judge ruled...

  • Nokia says U.S. court case claims have no merit

    Nokia says U.S. court case claims have no merit

    Business Law 02/08/2010

    Nokia said on Monday it would defend itself vigorously against a class action complaint filed in the United States that claims the firm and its top executives hid some product delays from investors in 2008."Nokia has reviewed the allegations containe...

  • Google Book Settlement Falls Short For Justice Dept.

    Google Book Settlement Falls Short For Justice Dept.

    Business Law 02/05/2010

    Google's latest effort to settle the copyright lawsuit brought against it by The Authors Guild and several publishers in 2005 suffered a setback on Thursday when the U.S. Department of Justice said that copyright and antitrust issues arising from the...

  • Ex-Lawyer: Toyota Willfully Deceptive

    Ex-Lawyer: Toyota Willfully Deceptive

    Business Law 02/04/2010

    Toyota's public relations nightmare appears far from over. The beleaguered automaker is facing renewed allegations that it systematically withheld information and ignored safety issues that could have prevented fatal accidents. Dmitrios Biller, a for...

  • SEC alleges fraud by Austin investment firm

    SEC alleges fraud by Austin investment firm

    Business Law 12/30/2009

    An Austin businessman and two of his companies are accused in an alleged scam using former NFL players to attract investors.The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday filed securities fraud charges in federal court in Austin naming Kurt B. Bar...

  • Prosecutors: LA man cheated investors out of $10M

    Prosecutors: LA man cheated investors out of $10M

    Business Law 12/15/2009

    A Los Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that cheated about 50 investors in a NASCAR merchandise wholesale business out of at least $10 million.Federal prosecutors say 63-year-old Eliott Dresher was arraigned and ordered hel...

  • Court rejects new appeal of Chrysler sale

    Court rejects new appeal of Chrysler sale

    Business Law 12/14/2009

    The Supreme Court has declined to take another look at Chrysler's bankruptcy.The justices on Monday turned down an appeal from the state of Indiana pension funds that earlier challenged the automaker's bankruptcy proceedings. The bulk of Chrysler LLC...

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