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It seemed to be all about Lilly Ledbetter at the White House yesterday — her name was enshrined in history, affixed to the first piece of legislation signed by President Obama. He presented the former Goodyear plant supervisor with a pen he used at the East Room signing ceremony and said, “This one’s for Lilly.”
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A violent prison gang member was put to death Thursday for fatally injecting a fellow prisoner with an overdose of heroin more than 11 years ago.
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LOS ANGELES - A state court jury said that the design of defendant companies’ various petroleum hydrocarbon solvent products was not a cause of a former tire plant worker’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in granting a verdict for the defense, a source told Mealey Publications (William Molina, et uxor v. Shell Oil Co., et al., No. BC367800, Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co.).
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PHILADELPHIA - A jury’s $6.25 million punitive damages award to a couple who alleged bad faith on the part of a medical malpractice insurer was unconstitutionally excessive, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Dec. 24, reducing the award to $1,996,950 (Stephen P. Jurinko and Cynthia Jurinko, h/w as assignees of Paul G. Marcincin v. The Medical Protective Co., et al., Nos. 06-3519 & 06-3666, 3rd Cir.; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 26263; See Mealeys Tort Reform Update, April 2006, Page 20).
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SAN FRANCISCO - The world’s largest beverage maker, The Coca Cola Co., is accused in a class action lawsuit filed Jan. 14 of making deceptive health claims about its Vitamin Water line of beverages (James Koh, on behalf of himself and those similarly situated v. The Coca Cola Company, et al., No. CV 09 0182, N.D. Calif.).
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NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana federal judge on Jan. 12 denied an insurer’s motion for partial summary judgment insofar as it seeks a declaration of specific periods of “responsibility” imposed by its duties to defend certain lawsuits alleging corrosion damage from an insured’s defective sealant where the damage occurred during the policy period, finding that there has been no showing of actual prejudice to the insurer caused by any delayed notice (Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Jotun Paints Inc., et al., No. 07-3114, E.D. La.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2164).
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Finkelstein Thompson LLP is currently investigating potential breaches of fiduciary duty by directors of Interwoven, Inc. ("IWOV")(Nasdaq:IWOV) arising out of Autonomy Corporation's proposed acquisition of all outstanding shares of IWOV's common stock at a price of $16.20 per share in cash. The proposed agreement contains numerous preclusive deal protection measures, including a strict "no solicitation" agreement, a $25 million termination fee and a superior bid matching guarantee.
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ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zoltek Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZOLT) today reported on developments in long-running patent litigation filed in the U. S. Court of Federal Claims by its Zoltek Corporation subsidiary against the U.S. Government. The Court recently granted Zoltek's motion for leave to amend its complaint to assert certain claims against U.S. Government contractor, Lockheed Martin Corporation, with respect to the F-22 Fighter Plane, and to transfer that portion of the lawsuit to the Federal District Court in Atlanta. The transfer results from an earlier ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals holding that the government was not liable to Zoltek for patent infringement relating the F-22. Consequently, Zoltek will amend its complaint and continue to prosecute patent claims against Lockheed in Federal District Court in Atlanta. The Claims Court's order to transfer the F-22 Fighter portion of the case is the first time that a court has permitted a patent holder to sue a U.S. Government contractor for patent infringement for work performed at the direction of the U.S. Government.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Each week for nearly 30 years, Bob Chimento and his college buddies have gathered around tables in a Mount Pleasant home to play the popular version of poker known as Texas Hold ‘em, bringing $20 and spending an evening with pizza, sodas and beer.
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The House voted yesterday to strengthen whistleblower protections for federal employees, including those working for the Transportation Security Administration and others employed in national security areas.
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