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Vodafone wins India tax case
2015-10-09 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Bombay court rules in favour of telco in 1.2 billion tax dispute.
Harvard Students Appeal Fossil Fuel Divestment Case
2015-10-08 20:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Students continued their legal fight to compel Harvard University to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies this week, filing an appeals brief for their landmark lawsuit in the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Their latest effort has garnered high-profile support in the form of amicus briefs from prominent climate scientist James Hansen and from the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF). The students also have support from the City of Cambridge, where Harvard is located. We're back in court, filing...
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Canadian Pacific ready to drop appeal in Lac-Megantic case for legal protection
2015-10-07 20:09:15| Railroads - Topix.net
Canadian Pacific Railway is reportedly willing to drop its motion to appeal the $450-million settlement fund for victims of the Lac-Megantic tragedy if it is granted certain legal protections. Lawyers for Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway, the now-defunct railroad company responsible for the derailment that killed 47 people on July 6, 2013, tabled a motion earlier this week to modify conditions of the settlement fund for victims.
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A Case to Watch: Highway Contractor Appeals $663M False Claims Act Judgment
2015-10-07 12:44:43| Railroads - Topix.net
On August 31, 2015, highway contractors Trinity Industries, Inc. and Trinity Highway Products, LLC appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit a $663,360,750 final judgment entered against them under the federal False Claims Act . At the conclusion of a six-day trial that commenced on October 13, 2014, the jury rendered a unanimous verdict, finding Trinity "knowingly made, used, or caused to be made or used, a false record of statement material to a false or fraudulent claim" in violation of the FCA.
VIDEO: VW owners 'may have case for compensation'
2015-10-07 10:31:45| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Volkswagen owners whose vehicles are to be recalled in the wake of the emissions scandal "could have a case" for compensation, according to motoring journalist James Batchelor
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