Talisman Energy Dismissed in Lawsuit
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Judge dismisses the Canadian energy company from lawsuit alleging genocide in pursuit of oil in Sudan
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California sued Mirant Corp., a bankrupt US power producer, accusing it of rigging electricity markets during the 2000-2001 energy crisis that led to rolling blackouts and a tenfold increase in consumer energy prices.
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A federal judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by former CIA officer Valerie Plame  and her husband against Vice President Cheney and other top  officials over the Bush administration's disclosure of Plame's name and covert status to the media.
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A top Thai court threw out a lawsuit by anti-privatization activists trying to delist $34 billion energy giant PTT PCL , but said on Friday it had to return its gas pipelines and some land to the government.
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A $25m (Â£13m) lawsuit filed by Marion Jones against Victor Conte, the man the FBI claims is behind the biggest doping scandal in sporting history, has been dismissed as a publicity stunt.
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The Kentucky Supreme Court gave new life Thursday to a once-dismissed lawsuit claiming the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant devalued the land of surrounding property owners.
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A federal judge in Texas yesterday threw out a lawsuit against Halliburton Co. that had been brought by survivors and the families of those killed when a fuel convoy was assaulted by insurgents outside Baghdad in April 2004.
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(InfoWorld) - A district court judge in the U.S. state of Delaware has dismissed part of Advanced Micro Devices' lawsuit against Intel. The dismissed claims relate to alleged business practices of Intel that AMD claimsÂ affected sales of its own microprocessors. Intel petitioned the court toÂ have the claims dismissedÂ because it said that while AMD is headquartered in the U.S. it manufactures its processors in Germany and assembles them in Malaysia, Singapore and China. AMD is already seeking damages through the Japanese courts, European Commission and Korea Fair Trade Commission for the same business practices that are alleged in the U.S. lawsuit. Because the alleged harm was suffered outside the U.S. and because AMD is seeking redress overseas, Intel argued that the allegations fall outside the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts, according to a memorandum opinion from the court. AMD contended that it is not seeking such "foreign commerce claims" and that the x86 microprocessor market is a global market and that Intel's conduct in overseas markets had an effect on its business in the U.S. "AMD has not demonstrated that the alleged foreign conduct of Intel has direct, substantial and foreseeable effects in the U.S. which gives rise to its claim. AMD's allegations, taken in the light of the most favorable to AMD, describe a foreign effect and a foreign harm that have had ripple effects for the domestic market, but have not had any direct, substantial or reasonable effect which would give rise to an antitrust claim within the jurisdictional reach of the Sherman Act. Accordingly, the court will dismiss AMD's claims based on alleged lost sales of AMD's microprocessors to foreign customers," U.S. District Judge Joseph Farnan wrote in his conclusion. Chuck Mulloy, an Intel spokesman, said, "We are pleased that the judge appears to have agreed with out legal argument to remove those aspects of the case outside U.S. jurisdiction." He declined further comment until a conference with the judge takes place on Wednesday. AMD could not immediately be reached for comment. AMD, the long-time No. 2 player in the microprocessor market, jolted the IT industry in June last year when it filed its broad lawsuit against rival Intel. The suit alleged Intel had managed to maintain a monopoly in the PC processor market by illegally coercing customers around the world into using its products. The 48-page court filing identified 38 companies that, AMD alleged, had been coerced into using Intel processors at the expense of competing chips from AMD. Included are almost all of the large companies in the PC and server market, such as Dell, Sony, Gateway, and IBM. Among the allegation, AMD said Fujitsu Siemens Computers was offered a "special discount" on Celeron processors in return for hiding AMD-based computers on its Web site and removing references from its retail catalog. Also, at the 2004 Super Computing Show, an annual conference devoted to high performance computing, Intel offered computer makers money to remove AMD systems from their booths.
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Saying its role was not to criticize U.S. policy towards Israel, an American federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit on Monday charging that Caterpillar bulldozers aided killing and torture in the Palestinian territories.
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A U.S. district court has dismissed a  long running anti-trust case against VNU's market research  company ACNielsen, brought by its rival Information Resources  Inc., the Dutch publisher said on Friday.
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The kingdom of Saudi Arabia, three Saudi princes and several Saudi financial institutions were dismissed Tuesday as defendants in six civil lawsuits accusing them of providing support to al-Qaida before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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THE REGION Sycamore Networks Inc. said a Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former human resources executive, Stephen Landry, who alleged the company failed to follow up on stock-options problems he raised starting in 2004. Neither a spokesman for the Chelmsford optical-networking company, nor its attorneys at Skadden Arps would describe the basis of the judge's ...
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Sports agent Tommy Tanzer dropped his lawsuit Friday against the Colorado Rockies over negotiations for a 2000 draft pick.
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A U.S. district court has dismissed a long running anti-trust case against VNU's market research company ACNielsen, brought by its rival Information Resources Inc., the Dutch publisher said on Friday.
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A Delaware judge has thrown out the last claim against Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) filed by Qualcomm Inc. in a licensing dispute between the two companies, ending the current round of litigation, TI said in a release Wednesday.
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A federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina
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An antitrust lawsuit against the guardian of the ICANN is thrown out.