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Dennis Kucinich sues over olive in sandwich

Representative Dennis Kucinich sued the House of Representative's cafeteria for selling him a defective sandwich wrap that caused him years of dental damage. The culprit was a defective olive.

Companies should deliver on ad promises or risk lawsuits

Companies better be sure they are selling the exact product they advertised to lure in customers, or be slapped with a lawsuit like Taco Bell. A California woman has brought about a false-advertising lawsuit against the fast food chain, stating that Taco Bell's beef products actually contain very little meat.

Toyota settles Lexus crash lawsuit for $10 mln

World's No.1 automaker Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay $10 million to a family of four people who were killed in a runaway Lexus crash near San Diego last year that prompted a string of recalls of millions of Toyota vehicles.
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US top court upholds anti-bias law protections

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a federal law barring retaliation against a worker for complaints about on-the-job discrimination also protected the employee's relative from unlawful dismissal.

Ex-baseball star Clemens seeks dismissal of case

Lawyers for former baseball pitching star Roger Clemens asked a federal judge on Friday to throw out charges that he lied and obstructed a congressional probe into whether he used performance-enhancing drugs.
Former HP CEO Mark Hurd speaks to the audience at Oracle Open World in San Francisco

HP To Launch Another Probe Into Hurd's Departure

PC giant Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ) is preparing to launch another probe into the circumstances that led to the departure of former Chief Executive Mark Hurd, according to a recent court filing.
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PS3 Hacker Fights Sony Court Order

The hacker who published a jailbreak for the Sony PS3 is fighting back with his own lawyer's objections to the restraining order Sony is seeking.
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Seven hospitals settle overbilling allegations for $6.3 mln

Seven hospitals located throughout the southern part of United States have agreed to pay a total of $6.3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they were overcharging for osteoporosis procedures, said Department of Justice (DOJ).
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SAP software sales jump outshines lawsuit drag

SAP said software sales jumped by about a third in the fourth quarter, boosting operating margins and sending its shares higher despite uncertainty over U.S. litigation. Europe's biggest software maker said on Thursday it expected operating income of more than 3.9 billion euros ($1.98 billion) for 2010, which would push its operating margin to 31.5 percent from 27.4 percent in 2009, when not usin...

U.S. may challenge Google's ITA deal: source

U.S. regulators are putting together a possible antitrust challenge to Google Inc's planned $700 million acquisition of airline ticketing software company ITA Software, sources knowledgeable about the deal said on Thursday.

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