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Sex-Bias Plaintiffs Can Sue Rutgers' Law Firm Over Its Handling of Suit
A federal appeals court says a law firm can be sued over its work in a sexual harassment case against a Rutgers University professor, even though it didn't represent the plaintiffs.Let's Do the Time Warp Again: Motorola Sues TiVo for Infringing DVR Patents
In at least two ways, Motorola Mobility's new East Texas federal district court patent infringement suit against TiVo is deja vu all over again.KB Home's CEO and Top Legal Officer Leave due to Option Backdating Problems
Top homebuilder KB Home announced Sunday that an options backdating problem had prompted the resignations of chairman and CEO Bruce Karatz and executive VP and chief legal officer Richard B. Hirst, as well as the company's firing of its human resources head. Karatz, who started at precursor Kaufman & Broad as an associate legal counsel, agreed to repay $13 million, according to KB Home. An internal report found that only Karatz and the former HR head had selected grant dates for the stock options.Law Firm Suing Malpractice Carrier for Charging Defense Costs Against Deductible
A law firm is pressing on with its claim that its malpractice carrier violated state law by charging defense costs against the policy's deductible, though a federal judge has ruled against treating the suit as a class action.
What Is the Propriety of Service Of Process on Foreign Central Banks?
Stephen M. Harnik, a partner at Harnik Wilker & Finkelstein, and Christian Votava, an associate at the firm, whether characterized as the state itself or an "agency or instrumentality" of the foreign state, service of process on a foreign central bank regardless of the existence or designation of its U.S. presence should have to be made exclusively under �1608(a). Until such time as the FSIA may be so amended, they conclude, foreign central banks with offices in the United States may be advised to seek to acquire consular status.Ex-Black Panther sues over claims she was FBI snitch
It's been nearly 40 years since J. Edgar Hoover set undercover FBI operatives and informants on the trail of the Black Panther Party. That was the group founded in Oakland, Calif., by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to combat police aggression and social injustice in the black community, boasting as many as 50,000 members nationally before splintering in the early 1970s and finally dissolving in 1977.
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