N.J. court spat over &#36;3.76 resolved
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It took nearly two years, three courts and five judges, but a lawyer has cleared himself of a shoplifting conviction. At the center of the dispute? $3.76.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. - A Sullivan County judge threw out a case between a preacher and three feuding sisters and warned them to leave one another alone.  All four faced assault charges that stemmed from a family scuffle and claims of being possessed by demons.
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The Robertson Stevens Investments firm agreed to pay $30 million to settled allegations it allowed &quot;excessive&quot; market timing in its mutual funds, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday.
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Michael Jackson reached a settlement  on Monday with a New Jersey financial company that brought a  $48 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against him.
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Our position is: The prosecutor acted fairly in charging players and fans involved in brawl. Charges leveled against players and fans involved in a brawl at the Nov. 19 Pacers-Pistons mark the necessary next
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Officials in the nation's capital announced the &#36;425,000 settlement of a lawsuit Monday stemming from a mass arrest that occurred not far from the White House nearly 28 months ago.
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The Illinois Appeals Court on Thursday reinstated a lawsuit by an ex-lover of Michael Jordan that says the former basketball superstar promised her &#36;5 million to hush up their affair.
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A court on Wednesday ordered three U.S.  Islamic organizations and a man accused of bankrolling the  Palestinian group Hamas to pay $156 million in damages in the  death of an American-born student gunned down in the West Bank  in 1996.
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Madison Square Garden settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed three years ago by the former captain of the Rangersâ cheerleading squad.
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Disputes have broken out between the sides in the Deion Branch-Patriots grievance case even before the arguments have been heard.
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International Business Machines Corp. has settled portions of an ongoing lawsuit related to pensions, and will take a charge of &#36;320 million in the current quarter, the technology company said on Wednesday.
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a case in which a disgruntled former client of famed defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran contends he was improperly ordered to stop picketing outside Cochran's office.
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The judge presiding over a massive pension suit against IBM, which could cost the company more than &#36;6.5 billion, agreed Friday to a short delay while settlement talks continue.
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The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to let Philip Morris USA delay paying &#36;10.5 million in damages to a former smoker in California while the tobacco company contests the amount.
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For more than three years now, the law firm of Parker & Waichman has been fighting in court with the firm Napoli Bern over settlements for the diet drug fen-phen.
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Michael Jackson reached a settlement on Monday with a New Jersey financial company that brought a $48 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against him.
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A dispute that has pitted Jew against Jew in Lithuania may be headed to the courts.