Seal loses court appeal over payments
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Seal lost his bid Wednesday to overturn a British court ruling ordering the Grammy-winning singer to pay his ex-manager commissions on earnings from his first two albums.
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Sumitomo Trust &amp; Banking Co against a Tokyo High Court decision on Aug 11 lifting a ban imposed by the Tokyo District Court on UFJ including its trust bank unit in the merger talks.
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The Court of Appeal overturns a ruling that four men who said they were tortured in jails in Saudi Arabia cannot pursue damages in the UK.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A California Court of Appeal yesterday overruled a lower court decision that had blocked a consumer rights organization from proceeding with a lawsuit against cell phone giant Nextel for unfair billing practices.
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A federal appeals court upheld the conviction of E. Kirk Shelton, the former vice president of the Cendant Corporation.
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Sears Holdings Corp. said Monday it would appeal a jury verdict ordering the retailer to pay bondholders about $73.5 million in a case stemming from Sears' redemption of bonds after it sold a credit-card business.
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THE defence of Gold Fields against a hostile $8.1 billion (Â£4.3 billion) bid from Harmony Gold Mining, its smaller South African rival, was dealt a further blow last night when a US court threw out its legal challenge to the takeover.
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A controversial special damages claim that threatened to cripple the Financial Times is struck out by the High Court.
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MOSCOW  - A Russian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by the Yukos oil company seeking to overturn a freeze on the accounts of the struggling oil giant's core subsidiaries.
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A priest who financed the grooming of a child for sex loses his bid to appeal against his sentence.
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday  rejected the government's bid to force cigarette makers to pay  $280 billion in past profits, striking the toughest sanction  from the racketeering case and lifting tobacco stocks.
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A ruling that Visa and Mastercard had violated anti-trust law has been upheld by the US Supreme Court. The case stemmed from a 1998 Justice Department lawsuit challenging the credit card issuers&#39; regulations.
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Singer-songwriter Seal will have to pay his former manager commission on his earnings from his first two albums, an English High Court judge has ruled.
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A former top executive at Merrill Lynch lost a sexual discrimination suit against the global investment bank, in which she had sought more than seven million pounds (13.4 million dollars, 10 million euros) in damages before a British labor tribunal.
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Tobacco companies lost a court fight Friday to overturn new restrictions on advertising in places where cigarettes are sold in Britain.
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Richard Hatch, winner of US TV show Survivor, loses his appeal against his conviction for tax fraud.
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An appeals court on Friday ordered a lower court to revisit a ruling that gave MasterCard Inc.  a coveted sponsorship deal for World Cup soccer tournaments.