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High court rebuffs drug makers' challenge to Bay Area law
2015-05-27 04:05:45| Biotech - Topix.net
A handful of drug take-back programs in the Bay Area and elsewhere can move forward after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday chose not to hear a drug industry challenge to an Alameda County ordinance. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association, or PhRMA, the Generic Pharmaceutical Association and the Biotechnology Industry Organization asked the high court in December to hear the case.
District Court Imposes Divisibility Cap on Superfund Liability
2015-05-27 02:18:35| Railroads - Topix.net
A Wisconsin district court has ruled that NCR Corporation's liability for contamination in the Fox River is limited to NCR's share of contamination contributed to the river. In the first case to explore in depth the Superfund divisibility defense after the US Supreme Court's decision in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co.
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Missouri Supreme Court puts Kansas City lawyer Allison Bergman on probation
2015-05-26 23:09:00| Railroads - Topix.net
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday placed the law license of prominent Kansas City attorney Allison Bergman on two years of probation for violations of professional conduct while she represented Kansas City Terminal Railway. In disciplining Bergman, the court stopped short of accepting the Missouri Chief Disciplinary Counsel's recommendation of indefinite suspension of her law license with no prospect of reinstatement for at least two years.
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U.S. top court rules against Cisco Systems in patent infringement fight
2015-05-26 18:44:51| Wireless - Topix.net
On a 6-2 vote, with Justice Stephen Breyer recused, the court threw out a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in favour of Cisco. The case will now return to the appeals court for further proceedings.
State high court ruling will help New Bedford's Parker Street suit
2015-05-23 13:21:18| Semiconductors - Topix.net
In a procedural decision, the high court ruled in an appeal that the city's legal documents are exempt from disclosure under the public records law, protecting opinion and documents that public attorneys create to reflect strategy. Defendants in the case, which pitted the city against Monsanto and eight other industrial companies, had requested documents the city argued were protected.
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