Lawcore.com Legal Topics Archive: December 2005
Investors Agree To Worldcom Settlement
A number of pension funds and investors that lost out financially in the WorldCom scandal have agreed to a settlement with the banks that sold them WorldCom bonds and stocks.
Topic Added December 2nd, 2005
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Lawyers Could Lose Licenses Over Frivolous Lawsuits
Republicans are debating a bill that could result in lawyers losing their licences for a year if they are found to be filing frivolous lawsuits that could be construed as an abuse of the legal system in the United States.
Topic Added December 5th, 2005
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New York Jets Can File Lawsuit
The New York Jets are being permitted to continue with an antitrust lawsuit, which claims that the Madison Square Garden’s owner tried to sabotage the chances of the city in relation to hosting the Olympics.
Topic Added December 7th, 2005
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Part Of Walmart Lawsuit Dismissed
Part of a Walmart lawsuit against its former Vice Chairman has been dismissed by a judge, who stated that the parties had agreed that no legal action would be taken against one another over events occurring while the Vice Chairman was in position.
Topic Added December 8th, 2005
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Missouri Child Abuse Registry Rejected
Missouri’s child abuse registry has been branded unconstitutional by a judge earlier this week, after the judge ruled that suspected offenders should receive some sort of hearing before they are registered onto it.
Topic Added December 9th, 2005
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Man With AIDS Imprisoned For Unprotected Sex
A man infected with the AIDS virus has been branded a ‘violent, self-absorbed outlaw’ by a judge, and has been sent to prison after he admitted to having sex with women and girls without protection and without warning them that he was carrying the deadly AIDS virus.
Topic Added December 13th, 2005
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Man Charged After Infecting Military Computers
A man has been charged after he was found to have infected hundreds of computers operated by the military in the United States, as well as others, with viruses.
Topic Added December 14th, 2005
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$17.5 Million Award For No Seatbelts On Bus
A $17.5 million award has been made to plaintiffs who filed a suit alleging that a bus that had no seat belts was defective.
Topic Added December 15th, 2005
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Antitrust Lawsuit Settled By Bed Maker
Hillenbrand Industries, a hospital bed and casket maker, has announced an agreement to pay over $337 million as settlement for an antitrust lawsuit over discounts on special hospital beds.
Topic Added December 16th, 2005
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Bumped Passenger Gets Payout
A passenger that was bumped off an overbooked flight with Continental Airlines has been awarded over three thousand dollars by a Manhattan judge for his inconvenience and expenses.
Topic Added December 19th, 2005
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Major Record Company Settles With Attorney General
A major record company has come to a settlement with the Attorney General after being accused of making payoffs to radio programmers in order to get certain songs played on air and to manipulate playlists.
Topic Added December 20th, 2005
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NWA Can Cut Employees’ Pay
Northwest Airlines has won the right to cut the pay of its employees, and while many wages have already been cut many other changes are expected to come into force as the airline’s labor contracts are rewritten.
Topic Added December 21, 2005
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Former Attorney Gets Three To Six Years
A former Souderton attorney has been sentenced to three to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to theft and tampering with public documents.
Topic Added December 28th, 2005
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Settlements Agreed Over Deceptive Marketing
DirecTV Inc, the satellite broadcaster, has reached a settlement with twenty-two states over accusations of deceptive marketing over its offers, although the company has not admitted any wrongdoing in reaching the settlement.
Topic Added December 29th, 2005
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Poverty Lawyers To File Legal Papers Over Immigrants
Poverty lawyers have been preparing to file legal papers in court claiming the unfair treatment of battered immigrant women and children, who through faulty training and systems, are receiving no food stamps or other forms of aid.
Topic Added December 30th, 2005
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