Judge dismisses case against 13 KPMG defendants
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A judge dismissed the indictment against 13 of 16 former employees of accounting firm KPMG  in a tax shelter case on Monday, saying that prosecutors inappropriately interfered with their legal defense.
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A federal judge on Monday threw out one count in the terror indictment against alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla and his co-defendants, concluding that it repeated other charges in the same indictment.
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A federal judge in Delaware has dismissed portions of a class-action suit that accused Intel of violating antitrust laws.
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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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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 federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by newspaper publisher Hollinger International Inc. seeking $1.25 billion from ex-CEO Conrad Black and other former company executives, but left the door open for key charges to be refiled.
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The judge overseeing a faltering criminal tax shelter case indicated that he might not dismiss charges against indicted defendants from the accounting firm KPMG.
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A U.S. judge dismissed criminal charges against 13 of 16 former employees of accounting firm KPMG in a tax-shelter case on Monday, saying that prosecutors inappropriately interfered with their defense.
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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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A judge dismissed a lawsuit against two officers of the Oracle Corporation that accused them of insider trading before the company announced an earnings shortfall in 2001.
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A federal judge Thursday dismissed charges against one of three people on trial in a human smuggling attempt that left 19 illegal immigrants dead.
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A federal judge dismissed Hollinger International Inc.&#39;s $1.25 billion racketeering suit accusing former Chief Executive Conrad Black and businesses he controls of looting more than $380 million from the company.
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A U.S. judge dismissed criminal charges against 13 of 16 former employees of accounting firm KPMG  in a tax-shelter case on Monday, saying that prosecutors inappropriately interfered with their defense.
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A judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit against Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison and Chairman Jeffrey Henley that accused them of insider trading before the company announced an earnings shortfall in 2001.
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For the second time, a judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a military contractor that whistleblowers accuse of scamming the U.S. government out of tens of millions of dollars in the first months of the Iraq war.
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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 judge dismissed charges Wednesday against five British soldiers accused of mistreating Iraqi civilian detainees but said the court-martial would continue against two other servicemen.