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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A federal judge called it a “disaster” and a “prosecutor’s dream” Tuesday that former Waterbury Mayor Philip Giordano took the stand during his trial on charges of sexually abusing two girls.
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CINCINNATI, Nov. 25, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The class action Cincinnati law firm of Statman, Harris & Eyrich, LLC announces it is investigating Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. ("Company") (NYSE:HIG) for potential violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") relating to the Hartford Investment and Savings Plan ("Plan").
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Finkelstein Thompson LLP is investigating potential shareholder claims arising from the proposed acquisition of Alpharma, Inc. (NYSE:ALO) by King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:KG).
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - An application claiming a genus of compounds lacks the required written description support if it discloses only one species that “cannot be said to be representative” of the genus, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Oct. 30 (In Re Kenneth Alonso, No. 2008-1079, Fed. Cir.).
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SAN FRANCISCO - California’s unfair competition law (UCL) can apply to nonresidents who allegedly were not paid overtime for work done in the state but does not apply to nonresidents for alleged violation of federal law outside the state, a federal appeals court held Nov. 6 (Donald Sullivan; Deanna Evich, Richard Burkow v. Oracle Corp., Oracle University, No. 06-56649, 9th Cir.).
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ST. LOUIS - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Nov. 6 agreed to pay $100.5 million to policyholders of General American Life Insurance in liquidation to settle a $3 billion lawsuit alleging that the investment bank gave bad advice to the insurer (Douglas M. Ommen v. Goldman Sachs & Co., No. 07-2145, Mo. Cir., St. Louis; See October 2007, Page 14).
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - U.S. Judge H. Russell Holland of the District of Alaska said Nov. 10 he does not have jurisdiction over the punitive damages award in the Exxon Valdez spill litigation because the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has not lifted a stay over a mandate to award $507 million in punitive damages to punitive class members pending a determination on interest (In re: Exxon Valdez, No. 89-95, D. Alaska.; See 11/4/08, Page 4).
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CHICAGO - An Illinois state court jury on Nov. 18 awarded $16.56 million to the family of a woman who allegedly died from an overdose from a defective Duragesic fentanyl pain patch (John DiCosolo v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, et al., No. 2004-L-005351, Ill. Cir., Cook Co.).
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NAPLES, Fla., Nov. 25, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The investor rights' legal team headed by former Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Thomas F. Shine and investor rights' attorney Christopher T. Vernon filed claims on behalf of
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HOUSTON, Nov. 25, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) (the Company) announced today that the Supreme Court of Texas has requested the parties to the pending appeal of the decision by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the Company's true up application to submit briefs on the merits.
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