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20 06, 2016

Supreme Court Upholds Quick Patent Cancellation Process in Speedometer Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against Cuozzo Speed Technologies Corp. in its challenge to a federal agency’s procedures for canceling patents in a case involving a vehicle speedometer that tells drivers when they are speeding. The justices’ 8-0 …

20 06, 2016

Supreme Court Dismisses South Africans’ Apartheid Claims Against IBM, Ford

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a group of black South Africans seeking to revive human rights litigation aiming to hold Ford Motor Co. and IBM Corp. liable for allegedly conducting business that helped perpetuate racial …

20 06, 2016

Court Affirms Corruption Conviction of Connecticut Ex-Gov. Rowland

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A federal appeals court has upheld the political corruption conviction of former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City on Friday rejected Rowland’s appeal. Rowland, 59, a former …

16 06, 2016

How Much Teen Drivers Add to Parents’ Auto Insurance Bill by State

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Teenagers are risky drivers who are very expensive to insure but rates for insuring teens have come down, according to a report from online auto insurance site insuranceQuotes. The study found that U.S. families who add a young driver to …

16 06, 2016

RLI’s Dunn Named Carolina Casualty CEO

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W. R. Berkley Corp. has appointed David A. Dunn as president and chief executive officer of its trucking insurance specialist, Carolina Casualty. Dunn has 40 years of experience in the property/casualty insurance industry, principally in the specialty transportation segment. Most …

17 06, 2016

Video-Sharing Site Vimeo Wins Appeal of Copyright Infringement Claim

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Video-sharing website Vimeo LLC cannot be held liable for copyright infringement for unknowingly hosting older music uploaded by its users, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday, dealing a blow to record labels seeking broader protections. In a victory for …

16 06, 2016

AIG CEO Hancock Finds Common Ground, Transparency with Activist Directors

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Activist investors Carl Icahn and John Paulson are making American International Group (AIG) more transparent through their representation on its board, the U.S. insurer’s president and chief executive Peter Hancock said on Wednesday. Hedge fund manager Paulson and Samuel Merksamer, …

16 06, 2016

Zeppelin’s Page Testifies He Never Heard Song with Contested ‘Stairway’ Riff

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Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page said a 1968 instrumental he’s accused of ripping off for the band’s iconic “Stairway to Heaven” was alien to him when he first heard it a few years ago. Page testified Wednesday in a trial …

16 06, 2016

As On-Demand Economy Grows, Professor Sees New Kind of Capitalism Emerging

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It goes by many names: the “sharing economy,” the “gig economy,” the “on-demand economy.” Arun Sundararajan, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business who has been studying the phenomenon for several years, favors “crowd-based capitalism.” But he …

16 06, 2016

Citigroup Sues AT&T, Says It Owns Trademark to ‘Thank You’

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Citigroup Inc. sued AT&T Inc. on Friday, saying the phone company’s use of “thanks” and “AT&T thanks” in a new customer loyalty program infringed its trademark rights to the phrase “thankyou.” The lawsuit may threaten the business relationship between two …