North Carolina judge rules against Wal-Mart
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A North Carolina state judge ruled against Wal-Mart Stores Inc  in a tax shelter case where the retailer paid itself rent and later counted that amount as a tax deduction.
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PANAMA CITY -- An appeals court has refused to reinstate class-action status for a lawsuit that sought to represent 230,000 Wal-Mart employees across Florida over allegations the company forced many of them to work without pay during breaks and after hours
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West Palm Beach, FloridaâA landmark lawsuit challenging the safety of the controversial Atkins Diet will go forward thanks to the decision issued by Judge Susan Lubitz in Palm Beach County Court.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  fired three executives and four managers from its Bentonville, Arkansas headquarters for violating company rules, the company said on Wednesday.
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JUNCTION CITY, Kan. - Paula Alvarez and Dale Thompson knew their friends and fellow employees at Wal-Mart might not be able to attend their wedding because of work. "We decided to bring the wedding to them," Alvarez said.  So Wednesday night, the Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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A federal judge has ruled that Wal-Mart Stores cannot be held liable under U.S law for labor conditions at some of its overseas suppliers.
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A US judge temporarily blocked the Commerce Department from imposing emergency restrictions on imports from China in a move that backs clothing retailers and opposes the wishes of domestic textile producers.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. A federal judge says that sentencing guidelines that apply to the fraud case of a convicted Rite Aid Corp. executive are unconstitutional.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is being sued in  a federal court by a job applicant who says it discriminates  against black employees seeking work as truck drivers,  according to court documents filed on Wednesday.
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A federal judge ruled on Monday a California law to label violent video games and bar their sale to minors was unconstitutional, prompting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to say he would appeal the ruling.
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U.S. District Judge Kollar-Kotelly, the same judge who threw out the Microsoft break-up ruling, and backed the feds in the Gitmo case, issued a 157-page ruling today which rejects 15 of the 19 federal rules implementing the two year old US campaign finance law. While the ruling does not affect the law's key prohibition against large donations to political parties (known as "soft money") it does seem to create some uncertainty for political fund-raising, with only six weeks to go until the elections.
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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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By Jen DeGregorio  Maryland's top court on Thursday blocked Baltimore City from using "quick-take" condemnation to seize the Magnet Bar on North Charles Street, upholding an earlier decision by the city circuit court.
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A U.S. federal judge has ruled that  Northwest Airlines Corp.  flight attendants may not  strike or take other job actions, pending a decision on the  matter by the bankruptcy court.
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A federal judge Thursday ruled against the government's ban on so-called partial birth abortions, saying the measure signed into law last year by President Bush was unconstitutional.
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A judge on Friday threw out Fisk University's $30 million proposal to share an art collection with a museum founded by a Wal-Mart heiress in Arkansas.
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NEW YORK, September 23  - A Mississippi resident has flied a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores (WMT.NYS) alleging that the retail giant discriminates against African-Americans seeking jobs as truck drivers with the company.