News Archive

• Authorities Pull Out Hazardous Baby Floats, Cribs
  • The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall on children’s products including four million inflatable baby floats and more than 400,000 cribs which may cause serious injuries and death.
• Abbot to Appeal Court Ruling over Patent Lawsuit
  • Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said on Tuesday it will appeal the court ruling that asked the company to pay its rival Johnson & Johnson with $1.67 million damages over patent infringement lawsuit.
• Court Orders Abbott to Pay $1.67 Settlement for Patent Infringement
  • A federal court ordered drugmaker Abbott Laboratories to pay $1.67 billion in settlement for infringing Johnson & Johnson’s patented rheumatoid arthritis drugs.
• Gifford, NBC Scores in Preliminary
  • A judge granted the motion filed by singer/actress Kathie Lee Gifford and NBC finding the suit against them to have insufficient details.
• Nestle Recalls Cookie Dough over E. Coli Scare
  • Multinational food company Nestle announced a recall on its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that these could be linked in 65 cases of E. coli contamination in 29 states.
• Court Postpones Patent Lawsuit between Motorola and RIM
  • A federal court postponed Motorola’s patent infringement lawsuit against Blackberry maker Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) to allow the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to examine the dispute between the two companies.
• CPSC Recalls Robes Easily Catch by Fire
  • After six people died for wearing full-length robes which can easily catch fire, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a second recall of Blair LLC robes made of chenille fabric.
• Prosecutors Say Dad Will Not Face Charges in Son's Death
  • A man who accidentally left his 4-month-old son inside his car for a whole day will not face any charge after prosecutors decided that the death of the infant is a tragic accident and involved no real intention of killing him.
• DOJ Probes Google Online Books
  • In line with the government’s effort to protect copyrighted materials, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday sent demand letters which asked publishers about their agreement with Google Inc. that allowed the Internet giant to scan millions of books and provide digital version of these to users.
• Restaurant Owners Ask Supreme Court to Abolish Mandatory Health Care Program
  • Restaurant owners asked the Supreme Court to abolish the city regulation that requires employers to pay their workers’ health care insurance, saying that this financial burden is forcing restaurateurs to close down their businesses.
• Dock Clerks in California and Employers Strike a Deal
  • The dock clerks of the United States' biggest port complex came to a tentative agreement with their employers regarding a new employment contract on Thursday.
• Chicago pays $2 million compensation for cop-shooting victims
  • The Chicago City Government recompenses $2 million to settle the remaining claims of victims shot by police on the West Side in the 1998 Chicago Bulls’ championship win.
• Web-Dating Firm’s Shareholders Requests Court to Bar Hookup
  • Vertrue’s shareholders asked the Judge of a Delaware court to bar its top executives from getting hooked up to private equity partners intending to buyout Vertrue.
• Former Ernst and young partners charged with tax fraud conspiracy
  • Four present and ex of Ernst and Young, the massive accounting firm in New York City, were charged with crimes involving tax fraud conspiracy and tax shelters.
• Program on TBI and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Governor Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois and Director Tammy Duckworth of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs (IDVA) announced a pioneering program that would benefit National Guard members
• Two CN Freight Trains collide in CN Yazoo Subdivision Anding Mississippi
  • Two CN freight trains collided head on in the CN Yazoo Subdivision, Anding Mississippi. This is the site where the train’s central operations are located.
• Egypt: Mass Arrests, Torture Follow Taba Bombing
  • The Egyptian authorities have identified only nine suspects as responsible for the Taba attack, but the ministry of interior continues to hold an estimated 2,400 detainees. The government has not released information on the whereabouts of these detainees either to their families or lawyers representing them, and has not indicated if any have been charged with crimes.
• Latest Data Continue to Suggest Slight Acceleration in Wage Gains
  • The preliminary WTI reading of 99.14 for the first quarter of 2005 is up from the final reading of 98.93 for the fourth quarter of 2004 (second quarter 1976 = 100). The WTI has risen for three consecutive quarters, the first time that has happened since 1998, when the index was finishing a string of nine consecutive quarterly increases.
• ACLU and Human Rights First Sue Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Over U.S. Torture Policies
  • Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld bears direct responsibility for the torture and abuse of detainees in U.S. military custody, the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights First charged today in the first federal court lawsuit to name a top U.S. official in the ongoing torture scandal in Iraq and Afghanistan that has tarnished America’s reputation.
• SEC Charges Google and Its General Counsel David C. Drummond With Failure To Register Over $80 Million in Employee Stock Options Prior To IPO
  • SEC Charges Google and Its General Counsel David C. Drummond With Failure To Register Over $80 Million in Employee Stock Options Prior To IPO. Company and Drummond Agree to Cease and Desist From Violating Registration and Related Financial Disclosure Requirements.
• LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Introduces Law Firm Diversity Profiles on martindale.com
  • LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell is active in promoting law firm diversity initiatives, including a close association with the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), the only privately funded national organization exclusively dedicated to diversity management issues in the legal profession. The company worked side-by-side with the MCCA to create the new Diversity Profiles product as a vehicle for law firms to spotlight their commitment to workforce diversity with in-depth descriptions of tactics and goals to recruit, retain and promote minorities.