Ex-HarperCollins Publisher Settles Defamation Suit
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Judith Regan the publisher who was fired from HarperCollins in late 2006,  has settled her $100 million defamation lawsuit against News Corporation, Harperâs parent.
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Hewlett-Packard has settled a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation regardingÂ the resignation of Tom Perkins from its board.
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A former Dow Jones board member will pay $8.1m to settle insider trading charges related the firm's takeover.
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It looks like another case of Microsoft paying off to save legal hassles and possible bigger punishments in the future. Microsoft has reached a settlement worth USD 536 Million with the much in news corporation Novell.
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An author sued by a film company after her novel about life as a truck-stop prostitute was exposed as a hoax was found liable for fraud on Friday in a case involving tales of the author's multiple personalities.
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Publisher Judith Regan, whose book  by O.J. Simpson on how he would have killed his ex-wife was  scrapped, intends to sue HarperCollins for firing her and then  launching a "smear campaign" painting her as an anti-Semite,  her attorney said on Tuesday.
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The estate of Rick James has settled a lawsuit claiming that a music publishing company collected money from licensing his songs without permission.
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James Frey, who acknowledged that major sections of his best-selling memoir "A Million Little Pieces" were fabricated, has reached an agreement in principle with Random House over lawsuits filed by readers who said they were defrauded, according to a published report.
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Reporters who sued HP over the spying scandal have settled; money will go to charities of the plaintiffs' choice.
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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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Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Thursday it reached a civil settlement with the California attorney general's office related to its board-leak investigation that ultimately led to the departure of its former chairman.
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A lawyer for a New York Times reporter and three BusinessWeek reporters who were spied on as part of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s boardroom surveillance scheme says the four have settled claims against the company.
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Incisive Media, a British provider of business news, said that it would pay about $630 million to buy the publisher of The American Lawyer and other publications in North America.
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Corrects headline and story to show that settlement has been reached; adds dropped word "million" in paragraph 2
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A prominent Washington lawyer yesterday settled civil charges that he misappropriated secret information to buy Vastera stock in advance of a merger.
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CHICAGO -- After a decade-long court fight, printing giant RR Donnelley &amp; Sons Co. has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by black workers at a now-closed plant.
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The former chief executive of Biopure Corp. has agreed to pay $120,000 to settle federal claims that he defrauded investors by concealing problems with the Cambridge company's experimental drug in 2003 .