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A U.S. House committee chairman said the Internal Revenue Service official who refused to answer his panel’s questions today about her involvement in scrutinizing small-government groups may have waived her right to avoid testimony and might have to return.
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Nintendo Co., maker of the Wii video- gaming system, won a U.S. appeals court ruling that makes it harder for patent-licensing companies to seek an import ban on products as a way to demand royalties.
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The Justice Department suit against Standard & Poor’s has entered a phase where lawyers spend months arguing over procedure, and progress is slim. Tony West, who’s overseeing the case. knows the feeling: His nomination to become the agency’s No. 3 official has been blocked for half a year.
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Federal securities class actions decreased in the first half of 2012 compared with last year largely because of a decline in Chinese reverse mergers and the lowest number of mergers and acquisitions since the third quarter of 2009, according to a study.
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Shareholders filed fewer U.S. lawsuits challenging mergers and acquisitions last year, the second year in which the number of such investor suits has declined, according to a study.
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White & Case LLP hired five Linklaters LLP capital markets lawyers in Paris, all of whom join the firm as partners. Philippe Herbelin, Cenzi Gargaro and Séverin Robillard were partners at Linklaters. Gilles Endréo, formerly a partner at Linklaters, though now a consultant according to White & Case, and Thomas Le Vert, an associate, also join White & Case as partners.
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The number of securities fraud class-action cases filed last year fell 19 percent as litigation over mergers and acquisitions and the credit crisis decreased, according to a report.
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The number of securities class- action settlements fell to a 14-year low in 2012 while their average dollar value rose to an all-time high, a research study found.
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Medina County Sheriff Tom Miller says he understands why some people in northeastern Ohio may be wary about having his department’s drone overhead.
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Gay-marriage advocates probably won’t get everything they want from the U.S. Supreme Court. They still might get a lot.
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