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Women Can Sue Pfizer for Defective Birth-Control Pills

In the wake of Pfizer's announcement – that the company is retiring a series defective birth control pills – experts are weighing in on the decision, saying that women who experience, or will experience, unwanted pregnancies as a result of using these medications can and should sue the company. The...

2 February 2012
11:01 GMT

Even Alcohol-Free Energy Drinks Are Dangerous

According to a new public health study carried out in the United States, it would appear that energy drinks containing no alcohol, but massive amounts of caffeine, pose the same health risks for the individual and the general population as their alcoholic counterparts.Therefore, it cannot be argued that these drinks ...

27 January 2011
16:01 GMT

Facebook Takes Survey Scammers to Court

Facebook is determined to make a stand against the scammers plaguing the social network in recent months and has filed lawsuits against three of them, for a start.The complaints were filed against two individuals named Steven Richter and Jason Swan, both of Long Island, New York, and a Canadian company called Max Bou...

21 October 2010
09:57 GMT

Electronic Arts Sued for Copyright Infringement for the Active Name

Electronic Arts has been sued by The Active Network, an online workout network accusing the company of copyright infringement. The trademark in question is EA Sports Active, the publisher/developer's highly successful fitness game. The plaintiff claims that it has the rights to use the word ‘Active’ ...

7 June 2010
17:21 GMT

The Google Books Settlement Hearing Gets Postponed

The Google Books saga is getting dragged on for a few more days as the deadline for presenting a revised settlement deal was pushed back until Friday. Google and the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, the two parties involved in the five-year-old lawsuit, said they would have a new settlement i...

10 November 2009
05:10 GMT

Decision in Flesh-Eating Bacteria Case Upheld

In November 2008, a federal judge awarded Jean Phillips, the ex-wife of an Air Force captain stationed at the Scott Air Force Base, more than $8.5 in damages, following her misdiagnosed condition. When she came to the base last year and sought the advice of physician Dr. Dan MacAlpine about a rash she had on her arm,...

26 March 2009
07:49 GMT

Toshiba Slams Italian Firm With DVD-Related Lawsuit

Over the past few years patents (or their infringement) have become the favorite lawsuit subject between various technology manufacturers, especially since these legal actions are generally associated with huge amounts of money in damages and possibly even the injunction of certain products on certain markets. And th...

28 December 2007
13:26 GMT

SanDisk Sues Everyone and Their Mother!

The Flash memory module market is a very crowded and busy one and there are quite a lot of companies out there that claim they're the original inventors, or "parents" of the Flash storage memory modules. One of these companies is SanDisk, who has decided to take some measures against its competitors and filed th...

25 October 2007
14:16 GMT


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