Providence Says Clear Channel Lawsuit "Baseless"
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Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners said on Sunday a lawsuit brought by radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc. to force it to complete a $1.2 billion deal was "baseless."  Marking the latest deal to turn nasty amid the credit cru...
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(PROVIDENCE, RI) - A conviction for criminal contempt could land a Rhode Island TV reporter in jail for six months. The reporter refuses to name a source who gave him an FBI videotape showing a Providence city official taking a bribe.
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Nortel Networks Corp., the Canadian maker of telecom equipment, filed a lawsuit on Friday against Vonage Â claiming that it violated nine patents related to Internet phone services and related features such as 911 and 411 calling and click to call.
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By JEFFREY KELLEY  Cavalier Telephone has cut a few legal corners that cable companies must take to sell its television service, city officials say.  Cavalier, however, disagrees with a city lawsuit that claims the company is breaking federal and state law.
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New lawsuits include one against a Web hosting company that called itself "bulletproof."
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New lawsuit wants a court to order that cable, satellite and media companies allow subscribers to pick channels individually--an idea they have fiercely resisted in the past.
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BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion  has sued Motorola , over what the Canadian company says are patent infringements and "exorbitant" licensing fees, according to court documents.
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Lark Voorhies, who played Lisa Turtle in TV&#039;s &quot;Saved By the Bell,&quot; has sued The National Enquirer for libel over an article that included claims she had a drug problem.
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A U.S. District Court Judge in California has denied three motions by Microsoft to invalidate patents related to AutoPlay in a lawsuit brought by TV Interactive Data (TVI). Judge Jeffrey White rulred that Microsoft did not offer sufficient evidence of prior art and the case will go to trial. TVI filed suit in 2002 claiming that Microsoft's AutoPlay technology -- found in all versions of Windows -- infringes on TVI patents. Microsoft has been swamped by patent cases, and continues to battle Eolas in a dispute over Internet Explorer.
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Motorola's latest move against its rival is a lawsuit.
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Advisers to Refco may be sued for professional negligence for their alleged role in its collapse, a legal expert says.
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Lawyers for Martha Stewart told a federal appeals court that she suffered a &quot;fundamentally unfair&quot; trial at the hands of prosecutors who incorrectly suggested she was accused of insider trading.
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A $70 million lawsuit filed by Dan Rather alleges CBS and its former parent company intentionally botched the aftermath of a discredited story about President Bush's military service to curry favor with the administration.
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Judgment calls for company accused of sending unsolicited messages to Verizon customers to pay more than $200,000 in damages.
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Microsoft Corp.  Chief  Executive Steve Ballmer on Friday said a complaint lodged by  Google Inc.  was "baseless" as the software company was  complying with a 2002 antitrust settlement.
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A lawyer sued the producers of the television show "Law &amp; Order" for &#36;15 million Friday, claiming they defamed him by portraying him as a crooked attorney in one "ripped from the headlines" episode.
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Does Rhode Island have the answer to a major problem facing the Internet phone industry?