The regulator said government lawyers are trying to determine if a trading blunder violated a new rule designed to protect the markets from rogue algorithmic computer trading programs.
According to EA, "The Ville," a recently released game for Facebook, "copied and misappropriated the original and distinctive expressive elements" of its title.
Mayor Patrick J. Morris says the city is saddled with "unfunded liabilities" and will produce details of those obligations within 15 days.
CIVIL RIGHTS – Glenn v. Holder
OPINION – A federal hate crimes law that provides for harsher punishments for those who harm individuals due to their sexual orientation does not violate the free-speech rights of a group of Christian pastors who publicly denounce homosexuality, the 6th Circuit has ruled. (6th Cir.)
TOBACCO – United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc.
OPINION – A federal appeals court in Washington has tossed a bid by a group of tobacco companies to invalidate an order requiring them to disclose marketing data to the government as punishment for 50 years of racketeering activity. (D.C. Cir.)
CREDITORS AND DEBTORS – Evon v. Law Offices of Sidney Mickell
OPINION – The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s prohibition on communication with third parties bars debt collectors from sending notices to debtors in “care of” the debtors’ employers, the 9th Circuit has ruled. (9th Cir.)
DEBT COLLECTION – Marx v. Gen. Revenue Corp.
PETITION FOR CERT. – Marx sued General Revenue (GR) for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and lost. GR was awarded costs. Marx argues that 15 U.S.C. 1692k(a)(3) allows for attorney fees for FDCPA actions brought in bad faith, but that there was no bad faith here, and this standard should apply to costs under Rule 54(d). (U.S.)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – Satawa v. Macomb County Road Comm’n
OPINION – A Michigan man may pursue his free-speech and equal-protection claims over a county’s denial of a permit to display a Nativity scene on a public median, but cannot maintain his Establishment Clause claims, the 6th Circuit has ruled. (6th Cir.)
The money will be paid to 73 firms that reportedly spent almost 200,000 hours litigating the antitrust action.
U.S. Judge James Zagel's ruling reopens a particularly acrimonious chapter in the exchange's battle for dominance in the lucrative U.S. futures markets.
The federal appeals court ruled that there was a "compelling government interest in security" around the Madison Square Garden convention site.
The exchange says it's cooperating with an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into problems during the $16 billion IPO.
The 2nd Circuit found that a lower court wrongly denied Finbar McGarry a chance to argue that he was forced, against his will and under threat, to work in a prison laundry.
A proposed referendum that would enshrine the right to collective bargaining in the state constitution is too complicated for the ballot, the state's top legal official said.
Kathleen Mason's attorney Rogge Dunn said the home decor retailer's attitude toward her changed after learning of her treatment for the cancer.
The proposed agreement requires court approval and would clear the way for Oracle to ask the 9th Circuit to restore a $1.3 billion jury award.
The Federal Circuit overturned an order that had blocked Watson Pharmaceuticals from selling a generic version of the blood-thinning drug Lovenox until a patent infringement trial is held.
Even though Judge Lucy Koh felt the conduct of one of Samsung's attorneys risked tainting the jury, she refused to impose sanctions.
The Brookings Institution analyzes President Barack Obama’s success rate in filling the federal bench.
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