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Court Tosses $368.2M Patent Fine Against Apple
2014-09-17 02:38:30| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Apple was sued by VirnetX, a patent holding firm that has also gone after tech giants like Microsoft and Cisco.
TX Tosses $12.3M Asbestos Award
2014-08-07 09:45:15| Paper - Topix.net
The Texas Supreme Court has thrown out a $12.3 million jury verdict awarded to the family of a 40-year-old mesothelioma victim who had used an asbestos-containing joint compound as a teenager.
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Judge Tosses Suits Challenging Fracking Delay in New York
2014-07-16 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Poughkeepsie Journal: A state judge on Monday blocked attempts to force Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration to decide whether to authorize large-scale hydraulic fracturing. Acting Supreme Court Justice Roger McDonough of Albany County tossed a pair of lawsuits Monday afternoon, ruling that a group of upstate landowners and the bankruptcy trustee for a defunct oil-and-gas company lack the authority to bring the legal challenge. The Binghamton-based Joint Landowners Coalition of New York and Mark Wallach, the trustee...
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Judge tosses HPP-treated juice lawsuit vs Hain Celestial; says plaintiff derailed his own case
2014-07-11 20:30:32| Food - Topix.net
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Hain Celestial over the marketing of its BluePrint high-pressure-processed juices on the grounds that the plaintiff derailed his own case by submitting scientific papers to the court which contradicted his own arguments.
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Court tosses out federal rule to reduce energy use
2014-05-23 22:27:16| Energy - Topix.net
The court ruled 2-1 that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission directive encroaches on states' authority to regulate the retail power market, a position taken by utilities, which also oppose the regulation on grounds that it is too generous to major energy users.