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  • October 4, 2007

    Sites Targeted Over Web-Shopping Patent

    Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and a slew of other companies were hit with a patent suit Wednesday by a data management company that says the companies' shopping sites use its technology for searching product catalogs online.

  • October 2, 2007

    Glaxo Hit With Wrongful Death Suit Over Avandia

    Fresh from surviving regulatory scrutiny over its controversial diabetes medication, British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is now battling claims by a Texas widow that the drug killed her husband.

  • October 1, 2007

    EEOC Sues Blockbuster, Alleging Harassment

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit alleging that female Hispanic employees at a Maryland warehouse of video rental giant Blockbuster Inc. were subjected to sexual harassment and were fired for complaining about the treatment.

  • October 1, 2007

    Ex-Dynegy Execs Settle With SEC

    Five years after energy company Dynegy Inc. admitted to manipulating balance sheet transactions to hide losses, three of the company's former executives have settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • October 1, 2007

    Dell Accountants Hit With Insider Trading Suit

    A new suit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleges three Dell Inc. accountants put their insider knowledge to lucrative and illegal use when they bought put options just before a public announcement of poor earnings made the company's stock plummet.

  • September 28, 2007

    Petroleum Refiner Settles Clear Air Act Suit

    The Hunt Refining Co. has agreed to pay a $400,000 fine and install new pollution controls worth more than $48.5 million to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.

  • September 27, 2007

    JP Morgan Faces Suit By Call Center Operators

    Call center operators at JP Morgan Chase & Co. hit the bank Wednesday with a collective action for unpaid overtime.

  • September 27, 2007

    Toyota Sued Over RFID Patent

    An Iowa-based inventor has targeted Toyota Motor Corp. in an infringement lawsuit asserting a single patent related to the use of radio frequency identification technology to start a motor vehicle's engine.

  • September 27, 2007

    EDS Settles With SEC Over Accounting Practices

    Electronic Data Systems Corp. has agreed to hand over nearly $500,000 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve an investigation into alleged improper accounting practices.

  • September 26, 2007

    Pilgrim's Pride Accuses Firm Of Foul Play In FLSA Suit

    Pilgrim's Pride Corp. has accused one law firm representing several plaintiffs in wage-and-hour litigation against the poultry-packing giant of actively recruiting Pilgrim's Pride employees to join the putative class, thereby violating various states' Rules of Professional Conduct.

  • September 26, 2007

    Draka-Comteq Sues Furukawa Units Over Fiber Optics

    Optical fiber and cabling company Draka-Comteq Americas Inc. is accusing two subsidiaries of its rival The Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. of infringing eight patents through their manufacture, use and sale of optical fibers and fiber-optical cables.

  • September 25, 2007

    Korean Co. Hit With Suits Over Money-Sorting Patent

    An Illinois-based money-sorting technology company has filed two suits against a Korean-based rival and its U.S. distributor for allegedly infringing patented technology used to process currency.

  • September 21, 2007

    Retailer Bombay Company Files For Ch. 11

    Furniture and homegoods retailer the Bombay Company Inc. and five of its U.S. subsidiaries have filed for bankruptcy, a move the financially troubled company hopes will save its international brand.

  • September 20, 2007

    Software Co. Sues Fanuc, GE Over Robot Patents

    A Washington-based software provider has rounded up Fanuc Ltd. and several GE subsidiaries in a patent infringement suit over integrated technology for robotic machines.

  • September 18, 2007

    Acacia Unit Files Suit Over Fraud Protection Patent

    A unit of patent-holding company Acacia Research Corp. has filed a patent infringment suit against 11 U.S. retailers over a system meant to protect financial transactions from fraud.

  • September 18, 2007

    Silicon Labs Hits Back At Rival With Patent Suit

    Silicon Laboratories Inc. has sued rival integrated circuit maker Analog Devices Inc. for allegedly infringing its patent through the sale of Blackfin processors.

  • September 19, 2007

    Former Distributors Lose Appeal Against Hearst

    Six former distributors of the Houston Chronicle have lost their wrongful termination and antitrust suit after an appeals court affirmed a ruling in favor of Hearst Corp., which owns the daily newspaper.

  • September 17, 2007

    SEC Drills Energy Co. Over $19M Investment Scheme

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against a Tennessee-based energy company and its owner for allegedly targeting senior citizens in a $19 million fraudulent scheme.

  • September 14, 2007

    Pacific Lumber Seeks To Bar Whistleblower Claims

    Pacific Lumber Co. has asked a bankruptcy court to prohibit plaintiffs from seeking $1 billion in two qui tam suits against the bankrupt logging company over alleged federal and state violations of the False Claims Act.

  • September 13, 2007

    Westar, Terax Exec Accused Of Widespread Fraud

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused “convicted felon and disbarred lawyer” Mark Roy Anderson of fraudulent behavior surrounding the securities of Westar Oil Inc. and Terax Energy Inc.