Judge dismisses case against 13 ex-KPMG partners
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A U.S. judge dismissed criminal charges on Monday against 13 of 16 former employees of accounting firm KPMG in a tax-shelter case, saying prosecutors inappropriately interfered with their defense.
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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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A New York state judge dismissed most of a lawsuit accusing H&R Block of charging excessive fees on individual retirement accounts.
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A European court on Thursday dismissed a legal action brought by the EU Commission accusing the British government of breaking its worker health and safety rules.
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A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust complaint against an Internet oversight group brought by a company that controls directories for Internet users worldwide.
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A judge dismissed on Monday the murder case against one of two men charged in the fatal shooting of the half-sister of Venus and Serena Williams.
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NEW YORK -- The judge overseeing a criminal tax fraud case against 16 former KPMG LLP executives said he won't dismiss charges until he learns how the defendants were allegedly harmed by illegal government conduct.
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A judge found that the evidence did not support the conviction of a former N.Y.S.E. supervisor who once oversaw trading in General Electric stock.
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The federal court judge overseeing a criminal tax fraud case against 16 former executives at KPMG said he will not dismiss charges until he learns how the defendants were allegedly harmed by illegal government conduct.
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A federal judge yesterday upheld some of the main charges against former brokers at the Boston office of Prudential Securities who securities regulators said hid thousands of improper trades that defrauded dozens of mutual fund companies.
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A British panel on Wednesday dismissed a high-profile sexual discrimination suit filed by a former executive against Merrill Lynch, but ruled that the woman who made the
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A court dropped its case against Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann and five others over a 2000 takeover battle, ending a legal saga that had weighed on the future of Germany's most prominent banker.
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The accounting firm KPMG has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit claiming the company failed in its audit of a software company which later collapsed.
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A U.S. judge may be laying the  groundwork for a plea agreement or possible dismissal of a case  against 16 former KPMG  partners accused of creating  and marketing fraudulent tax shelters, legal experts said.
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A federal judge in Alexandria, Va., dismissed a crucial claim yesterday in the trademark infringement suit brought against Google by Geico, the auto insurance company owned by Berkshire Hathaway.
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A Nigerian judge rejects the inclusion of more cases in a $7bn Nigerian lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
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CHICAGO _ Citing technical legal issues, a Chicago federal court judge threw out Hollinger International $1.25 billion lawsuit against ousted Chief Executive Conrad Black _ but said many of the claims can be refiled in a state court.