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Wis. court backs $5.6M fee award against Microsoft

10 hours ago ago from Legal News

An appeals court is ordering Microsoft Corp. to pay $5.6 million to a national law firm involved in a Wisconsin antitrust case against the software giant. Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel & Mason LLP represented consumers who bought Microsoft equipment in Wisconsin. A 2007 settlement required Microsoft to give customers vouchers up to $23 plus millions in technology reimbursements for public schools. Microsoft claimed the firm should not receive ...

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Tuesday news & notes

16 hours ago ago from LA Observed

Holiday week posting will be on the light side. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced a grant of $200,000 to The Huffington Post Investigative Fund, which has a full-time staff of 11 and a budget of $2 million. A panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal said that Roman Polanski could get a sentencing hearing without being in the U.S., but denied his request for dismissal of the charges. LAT The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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IRONY OF SLOW JUSTICE

4 hours ago ago from ::News4u::

News4u-Special Feature by Sanjay Chatyurvedi- The irony of  Delayed justice made Uday Raj 33 years to be pronounced  with an imprisonment of  three months with a fine of Rs.5,000.  His mistake ? He was found preparing for a dacoity alongwith 10 other accomplices .  Some more interesting facts are yet to come. The judgement is pronounced by a FAST TRACK COURT , how fast lets not discuss. Another jolt, one of the co-accused is still awaiting a ...

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Decision Delayed in Dispensary Ban Case

14 hours ago ago from Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines

Today, the Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District continued the case of Qualified Patients Association v. City of Anaheim into the indefinite future.  The Court requested additional briefing from all parties and amici on the significance of the Medical Marijuana Program Act's exemption of collectives from state laws relating to nuisances .  In particular, the court wants the parties to address whether the legislative intent of the ...

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California's mismanagement of its finances causes further damage to Court system

13 hours ago ago from The Complex Litigator Home

The California Supreme Court has announced on the California Courts website that its Los Angeles Clerk's Office will close at the start of the new year. The Notice states: Notice EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2010 , the Los Angeles Clerk's Office of the Supreme Court of California will be closed. The Supreme Court will no longer accept filings at Court of Appeal locations. All petitions for review, writs, and legal briefs must be filed at: ...

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Italian Court Upholds Conviction in Case of Murdered British Student

14 hours ago ago from FOX News

Italian Court Upholds Conviction in Case of Murdered British Student Tuesday, December 22, 2009 Print PERUGIA, Italy An Italian appeals court on Tuesday upheld the guilty verdict for a man convicted of murdering a British student, but cut his prison sentence to 16 years. Lawyers said the eight-member jury emerged from more than four hours of deliberations and upheld the conviction on charges of murder and sexual ...

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Appeals court upholds conviction in Kercher murder

18 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Appeals court upholds conviction in Kercher murder PERUGIA, Italy (AP) -- An Italian appeals court has upheld the guilty verdict for a man convicted of murdering a British student, but has cut his prison sentence to 16 years. Lawyers said the eight-member jury emerged from more than four hours of deliberations Tuesday and upheld the conviction on charges of murder and sexual violence for Rudy Hermann Guede. Guede, who is from Ivory Coast, ...

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Sean Goldman Must Be Returned To New Jersey Father, Brazilian Court Rules

11 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's chief justice on Tuesday ruled in favor of a U.S. man who has pursued a five-year court battle to gain custody of his son. According to the court's Web site, Chief Justice Gilmar Mendes ruled David Goldman's 9-year-old son must be delivered to him by the boy's Brazilian relatives, as a federal court ordered last week. A time frame for the handover was not clear. The ruling put Goldman one step closer to finally being ...

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Court Upholds Patent Ruling Against Microsoft

15 hours ago ago from The New York Times

SEATTLE (AP) A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling on Tuesday and ordered Microsoft to stop selling its Word program in January and pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent,. But Microsoft said it expected the decision to have little impact on Word or Microsoft's Office package in the United States. Microsoft said Tuesday that new versions of the product, with the computer code in question removed, ...

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Solicitor General Kagan Holds Views Close To Her Chest : NPR

22 hours ago ago from NPR

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