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Cain accuser has faced financial, legal troublesRigrodsky & Long, PA Announces a Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Has ...Google chairman: Online piracy bills before Congress take wrong approach, are ...What is Cash's Fate? Healdsburg Animal Lovers in Anguish, Legal BattleRigrodsky & Long, P.A. Announces a Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Has ...Chicago for sale: residents and visitors have mixed reactions to advertising...McPier work-rule changes become lawAdobe Buys Efficient Frontier to Expand in Web Marketing2 RI men plead not guilty to $25M investment fraudThe Great Khali Misleading WWE '12 FansTargetSpot Signs 3 New Music PartnersTrademarking Colors a Tricky Business, But It Can Be DoneInfomercial guru must reimburse $37.6 million for misleading consumersLaw Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Investigation of Abbott LaboratoriesMany Thanks to Our Advertisers

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Business InsiderNovember 1, 2011

Void where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, local and municipal laws and regulations. ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: One sweeps winner will receive an Amazon Kindle Fire pre-loaded with Business Insider's ...more »

The Law Firm of Weiss & Lurie Investigates Interclick, Inc.
SunHerald.comNovember 2, 2011

NEW YORK -- Weiss & Lurie, a national class action and shareholder rights law firm with offices in New York City and Los Angeles, is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the Board of Directors of Interclick, ...more »

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Cain accuser has faced financial, legal troubles
Atlanta Journal ConstitutionNovember 30, 2011

At one point, White also lost a libel lawsuit claiming that she spread career-damaging lies during an acrimonious breakup with her business partner, Kimberly Vay. They both worked as managers and coaches at No Limit Cycling, which operated inside a ...more »

Rigrodsky & Long, PA Announces a Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Has ...
StockhouseNovember 30, 2011

The Complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements that concealed known quality control problems and process defects at the Company's new overseas contact lens manufacturing facilities. ...more »

Google chairman: Online piracy bills before Congress take wrong approach, are ...
Washington PostNovember 30, 2011

MINNEAPOLIS — Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Wednesday that it would be a mistake for Congress to approve Hollywood-backed legislation meant to combat online piracy because it would be ineffective and could fundamentally alter the way the ...more »

What is Cash's Fate? Healdsburg Animal Lovers in Anguish, Legal Battle
Patch.comNovember 30, 2011

Cyrus restaurant's Douglas Keane files lawsuit against Healdsburg Animal Shelter; Shelter Exec Julie Seal has no plans to euthanize Cash, she says. A dog named Cash is at the center of a major dispute involving high profile Healdsburg restaurateur ...more »

Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. Announces a Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Has ...
MarketWatch (press release)November 30, 2011

The Complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements that concealed known quality control problems and process defects at the Company's new overseas contact lens manufacturing facilities. ...more »

Chicago for sale: residents and visitors have mixed reactions to advertising...
Medill Reports: ChicagoNovember 30, 2011

The Emanuel administration recently put out a call for marketing firms to help the city identify other opportunities for advertising and to negotiate contracts on the behalf of the city. The goal of the proposal, according to a city website, ...more »

McPier work-rule changes become law
Chicago TribuneNovember 30, 2011

Those pacts, brokered by Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, ended a 17-month labor-management battle that had stalled efforts to book business into the convention center. "Over the last few months, we brought everyone to the table, including our ...more »

Adobe Buys Efficient Frontier to Expand in Web Marketing
BusinessWeekNovember 30, 2011

30 (Bloomberg) -- Adobe Systems Inc. said it would buy online-advertising company Efficient Frontier to gain software that lets marketers place ads on Google Inc.'s and Facebook Inc.'s websites. The deal would expand Adobe's palette of tools for online ...more »

2 RI men plead not guilty to $25M investment fraud
The Associated PressNovember 30, 2011

... terminally ill and elderly people, including some they met by advertising offers for a $2000 charitable gift in a Catholic newspaper. Attorney and certified public accountant Joseph A. Caramadre, 49, and his former staffer, Raymour Radhakrishnan, ...more »

The Great Khali Misleading WWE '12 Fans
Just Push StartNovember 30, 2011

This could mean he's actually misleading some WWE fans. Whether or not it's misleading or false advertising, the fact of the matter is that The Great Khali is promoting a video game he's not even featured in. THQ has mentioned before The Great Khali is ...more »

TargetSpot Signs 3 New Music Partners
Mediapost.comNovember 30, 2011

TargetSpot, which operates a large digital audio advertising network, has signed three new distribution partners. The new partners -- Musicovery, Digitally Imported, and Aupeo -- are all in the pure-play online audio ...more »

Trademarking Colors a Tricky Business, But It Can Be Done
Corporate CounselNovember 30, 2011

This applies to federally registered trademarks, but § 43(a) of the act also applies to unregistered marks. Since we do not live in a black-and-white world, color has always been a part of branding and advertising. For some products and services, ...more »

Infomercial guru must reimburse $37.6 million for misleading consumers
WisBarNovember 30, 2011

At that time, the coral calcium infomercial was the latest in a line of other infomercials that sparked lawsuits by the FTC, starting in 1998, for deceptive practices and false advertising. In 2009, the FTC sued Trudeau based on infomercial appearances ...more »

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Investigation of Abbott Laboratories
Business Wire (press release)November 30, 2011

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott” or the “Company”) (NYSE:ABT) and its Board of Directors concerning possible breaches of fiduciary duties by the ...more »

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Above the LawNovember 30, 2011

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