Maverick Films, rival firm settle suit
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LOS ANGELES  Â A production company co-founded by Madonna settled a lawsuit with a competing firm over plans to make a movie about prisoner abuse.
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[Business India] Los Angeles, Sep 24 : After months of wrangling, a consortium led by Sony Corp has signed a definitive deal to buy the famous Hollywood studio MGM, Xinhua reports.
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Under a definitive agreement reached Thursday by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and a consortium led by Sony Corporation of America, MGM will continue to operate as a private movie-making company
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Two companies, a door manufacturer and a dental laboratory network, have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle Business Software Alliance (BSA) claims that they had unlicensed software on their computers.TruStile Doors, a manufacturer of residential and commercial doors based in Denver, has agreed to pay $92,500 to settle BSA claims that it had unlicensed copies of Microsoft and Symantec software on its computers, the BSA said Monday.The company has developed a software license management program, according to a BSA news release.Sentage, a national network of dental laboratories and provider of other dental services, based in Minneapolis, has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle claims that it had unlicensed copies of Microsoft and Symantec software on its computers.Both companies also agreed to delete all unlicensed copies of software installed on their computers, acquire any necessary replacement licenses, and implement stronger software license management practices, the BSA said.BSA wants the settlements to &quot;remind businesses of all industries about the high price of infringement and the importance of software compliance,&quot; Jenny Blank, BSA&#39;s senior director of legal affairs, said in a statement.BSA offers rewards of up to $1 million for qualifying reports of unlicensed software, although actual awards are often much less.
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The deal marks the last chapter in the history of two of Hollywoodâs most famous names - Metro Goldwyn Mayer, once best known for its musical hits like Singing in the Rain and its subsidiary, United Artists, the studio founded in 1919 by Charlie
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KPMG, one of the Big Four accounting firms, agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit over the collapse of Belgium&#39;s Lernout &amp; Hauspie Speech Products NV, by agreeing to pay $115 million, one of the law firms representing investors said
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Jerry Lewis has reached a tentative settlement with two entertainment companies in his lawsuit over a proposed remake of his 1961 movie "The Errand Boy," court documents show.
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A production company that made the action film "Sahara" reneged on a deal to give best-selling author Clive Cussler creative control of the movie based on his book, his attorney said Friday.
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Engadget.com has resolved a dispute with the software giant over proprietary content.
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InfoWorld - Two companies, a door manufacturer and a dental laboratory network, have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle Business Software Alliance (BSA) claims that they had unlicensed software on their computers.
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Ford Motor has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused its chief executive of improperly accepting shares in the initial public offering of Goldman Sachs, which agreed to pay $13.
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Entertainment giant Walt Disney settled a case on Monday with securities regulators who alleged the firm failed to disclose its hiring of relatives of board members.
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The Russian company wins a legal skirmish.
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The subprime mortgage lender Accredited Home Lenders Holding and the private equity fund Lone Star said yesterday they had amended their merger agreement to settle a pending lawsuit between them.
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Lawyers on both sides of the CBS Corp. and Howard Stern breach of contract lawsuit said Wednesday they have settled.
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Walt Disney Co. agreed yesterday to settle federal regulators' charges that it failed to disclose benefits received by some directors and their relatives, including former directors Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold, who led a shareholder revolt this year against chief executive Michael Eisner.
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The stun gun maker delivers a lawsuit to a would-be rival.