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Fukushima workers sue Tepco over unpaid hazard wages

03/09/2014(0)
Workers decommissioning Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have sued its operator Tokyo Electric (Tepco) over unpaid hazard wages. The four men are demanding about 65m yen (£375,000; $620,000) in ... Read More
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Ford, IBM win dismissal of 12-year lawsuit over apartheid abuses

29/08/2014(0)
A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed a 12-year-old lawsuit accusing Ford Motor Co (F.N) and IBM Corp (IBM.N) of encouraging human rights abuses in apartheid-era South Africa, reluctantly concluding ... Read More
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U.S. loses bid to dismiss ex-AIG CEO’s $25 billion lawsuit over bailout

27/08/2014(0)
A federal judge has rejected the United States’ bid to dismiss a more than $25 billion lawsuit filed by Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International ... Read More
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Chicago and 2 California Counties Sue Over Marketing of Painkillers

25/08/2014(0)
The City of Chicago and two California counties are challenging the drug industry’s way of doing business, contending in two separate lawsuits that “aggressive marketing” by five companies has ... Read More
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Billionaire Named in Suit Against Anti-Iran Group

19/08/2014(0)
A billionaire Wall Street commodities investor has been drawn into a court fight against one of the nation’s most influential anti-Iran advocacy groups. The fight stems from a defamation ... Read More
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IRS Tried, Failed to Repair Lois Lerner Hard Drive

12/08/2014(0)
U.S. Internal Revenue Service told a judge its technicians made repeated futile efforts to save data on a malfunctioning computer hard drive used by Lois Lerner, the former official ... Read More
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Pfizer faces lawsuits over Lipitor

08/08/2014(0)
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is facing a large amount of lawsuits from women who claim that the firm was aware that its anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor was causing possible serious side ... Read More
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25,000 join Europe class action lawsuit against Facebook

07/08/2014(0)
An Austrian waging a battle against Facebook’s privacy policies said that 25,000 users of the social networking giant have signed on to his class action lawsuit. The suit, filed ... Read More
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AIG settles bailout-era lawsuit for $960m

05/08/2014(0)
AIG agreed to pay $960m to resolve a shareholder lawsuit that had demanded compensation for the collapse in the insurance group’s value when it was bailed out by the ... Read More
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Deutsche Bank, Fitschen Try to Avoid Ackermann Juggling

30/07/2014(0)
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) Co-Chief Executive Officer Juergen Fitschen is seeking to keep prosecutors from filing charges against him. If he fails, he may have to juggle his duties ... Read More
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