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November 30, 2011 |

Bahrain Firm Seeks $1 Billion in Damages for Alleged Alcoa Bribes

In a complaint filed Monday in Pittsburgh federal court, Aluminum Bahrain BSC alleges that it overpaid $420 million for raw materials from 1997 to 2009 because companies affiliated with Alcoa and controlled by a billionaire businessman paid millions in bribes to company executives and Bahrain officials.
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March 14, 2003 |

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August 17, 2007 |

Multiple Lawsuits Allege Laxative Causes Kidney Failure

A popular over-the-counter laxative used to flush out patients' bowels before procedures such as colonoscopies has caused serious kidney damage and even death, a series of lawsuits filed across the country alleges. The lawsuits target Fleet Phospho-soda, made by C.B. Fleet Co. Inc. of Lynchburg, Va. More than 50 have already been filed in at least 20 states, Stephen Foley, one of the lawyers involved in the litigation, said Thursday. Nine of them were filed this week in federal court in Minnesota.
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November 03, 2011 |

Trio helps unsecured creditors get nearly $2 million settlement

Plaintiff lawyers Jeffrey P. Bast, Dana R. Quick and Brett Amron argued that Advanced Blast Protection directors failed to implement a business plan that would generate profits.
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June 05, 2006 |

High Court to Hear Public School Affirmative Action Cases

Three years after the Supreme Court upheld race-conscious admission policies in higher education in the Grutter v. Bollinger decision, two new cases will test whether that precedent carries over into the different setting of public elementary and high schools.
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April 14, 2000 |

Court Finds Use of Paid Informants Did Not Violate Law

Federal prosecutors do not violate the federal anti-gratuity statute by using paid informants to gather information and then calling them as witnesses at trial, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Although the statute bars "whoever" from giving "anything of value to any person" for his testimony, the court found that Congress did not mean to include the United States in that definition.
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March 22, 2012 |

Instead of Same-Sex Marriage, We Need a Better Civil Union Law

There is an urgent need to adopt new legislation, regulating "civil unions similar to marriage."
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September 01, 2008 |

Power Up

Small firms: Don't be afraid of servers.
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December 08, 2009 |

The matter of Tiger Woods

The jokes and banter hit my e-mail last week on news of Tiger Woods' early-morning car crash and subsequent confession of "transgressions" and "personal failings." I was stunned by the news on Woods, who has maintained a clean image-for the most part-ever since he turned professional 13 years ago.
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November 05, 2004 |

Indenture Trustee Liable for Erosion of Value of Collateral

Like many capital-intensive businesses, airlines finance their operations by issuing debt secured by their assets, which debts chiefly consist of aircraft and aircraft parts. When an airline encounters financial turbulence, the value of its creditors' collateral is at risk.
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