Search Results

0 results for 'Mobil'

You can use to get even better search results
September 01, 2011 |

DOJ Files Suit to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger

The Justice Department on Wednesday filed suit to block the merger between AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA, alleging that the $39 billion transaction would substantially lessen competition for mobile wireless telecommunications services across the United States.
3 minute read
September 26, 2012 |

Ninth Circuit Rejects Alaskan Village's Bid for Damages Over Eroding Coastline

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Sept. 21 found that the village of Kivalina could not recover money damages from ExxonMobil Corp., BP America Inc., Chevron Corp. and other energy companies for greenhouse gas emissions the plaintiffs said threaten the destruction of their coastal homes.
3 minute read
August 07, 2012 |

Keeping the Indictment Out of the Jury Room

In their White-Collar Crime column, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer partners Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert write: For the government, issuing a detailed, apparently persuasive speaking indictment at the outset of the case may have significant public relations and tactical benefits. But such indictments also provide an unwarranted benefit to the government when the jury is provided with a copy during deliberations, thereby receiving only one side's version of the contested facts in written form.
10 minute read
October 11, 2012 |

Circuit Finds Issue Aired in U.S. Court Bars State Action

An award of fair and reasonable attorney fees in a securities class action against against Computer Associates International settled in 2003 precludes a subsequent malpractice case, the Second Circuit held yesterday.
5 minute read
November 15, 2012 |

BP to pay $4.5 billion in oil spill settlement

BP said Thursday that it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the massive 2010 oil spill and will plead guilty to felony counts related to the deaths of 11 workers and lying to Congress.
6 minute read
April 05, 2013 |

Does Private Money Taint Judicial Educational Seminars?

Seven district court and bankruptcy judges in the Third Circuit were named among those who took sponsored trips in order to attend educational seminars over the last five years in a report from the Center for Public Integrity.
6 minute read
April 10, 2013 |

Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 22, No. 69 – April 10, 2013

Daily decision alert.
12 minute read
July 18, 2006 |

Class-action law firm, partners, plead not guilty to federal charges

LOS ANGELES AP - A top class-action law firm and two of its partners pleaded not guilty to charges of secretly paying more than $11 million in kickbacks to get people to take part in shareholder lawsuits.At the second of two hearings Monday, Prosecutor Douglas Axel said there is a "significant possibility" of a future superseding indictment being filed, which may add additional claims and parties.
3 minute read
March 29, 2013 |

Study: One in 10 Federal Judges Took Trips on Other People's Dime

The Center for Public Integrity dug through disclosure forms judges filed during the past 4 1/2 years and found that 185 federal district and appeals court judges — 11 percent of federal judges — reported attending at least one seminar at which foundations or corporations paid for air fare, hotel stays and meals.
4 minute read

Resources