U.S. judge names lead plaintiffs in Facebook litigation Dec 7th, 2012 - 00:50h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of investors including state pension funds in North Carolina and Arkansas will be the lead plaintiffs in securities lawsuits arising out of Facebook Inc's $16 billion initial public offering, a U.S. judge ruled on Th... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : judge, names, lead, plaintiffs, facebook, litigation, Top Keywords

Plaintiffs seek $17.4 million in NYC vs China, Baidu lawsuit Apr 26th, 2012 - 02:20h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Eight New York residents who accused the Chinese government and Baidu.com Inc of censoring their pro-democracy writings on Wednesday asked a U.S. judge for a $17.44 million default judgment. The plaintiffs had contended in a lawsuit filed... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : plaintiffs, seek, $174, million, china, baidu, lawsuit, Top Keywords

BP, private plaintiffs settle over Gulf oil spill Apr 18th, 2012 - 17:10h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Wednesday it reached definitive agreements with well over 100,000 private plaintiffs to resolve claims for economic, property and medical damages resulting from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The London-based oil compan... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : private, plaintiffs, settle, gulf, spill, baidu, lawsuit, Top Keywords

Analysis: Patent plaintiffs target Facebook as IPO approaches Jan 31st, 2012 - 21:50h (CET +01.00) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As it prepares for one of the biggest IPOs ever, Facebook is coming under the same fierce attacks being waged against other big technology companies: patent lawsuits. Last year, Facebook was named as a defendant in 22 lawsui... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : analysis, patent, plaintiffs, target, facebook, approaches, lawsuit, Top Keywords

Five of the six named plaintiffs in the Dukes v Wal-Mart case, ... Mar 29th, 2011 - 23:10h (CET +01.00) (AFP/Getty Images) - Five of the six named plaintiffs in the Dukes v Wal-Mart case, (L-R) Stephanie Odle, Betty Dukes, Christine Kwapnoski, Deborah Gunter, and Edith Arana, pose for photographers in front of the US Supreme Court. The Supreme Court be... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : named, plaintiffs, dukes, walmart, case, approaches, lawsuit, Top Keywords

Plaintiffs Sandy Stier, left, and Kris Perry speak in their ... Jun 17th, 2010 - 04:10h (CET +01.00) (Canadian Press) - Plaintiffs Sandy Stier, left, and Kris Perry speak in their attorneys’ offices Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in San Francisco. They were involved in the landmark federal trial over the constitutionality of California’s gay ma... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : plaintiffs, sandy, stier, kris, perry, speak, lawsuit, Top Keywords