Word: countersuit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...process in the hurried head chopping. The budget cuts were recommended, not ordered, he notes, "and there has been no granting of hearings, no effort to try to keep faculty on." The A.A.U.P. has condemned the firings and retained a lawyer for the defendants, but as yet no countersuit has been filed...
...court found that Telex was far from blameless in its own business practices. In a countersuit, IBM was awarded $21.9 million for losses suffered in the theft of computer secrets by Telex, which was forbidden for the next two years to hire ex-IBM employees without court approval. Yet IBM, whose mighty stock shot down 38% points to 259½ in the two trading days following the decision's announcement, had experienced a rare defeat that might grow even more serious in months to come...
...strength, and his sledgehammer rang a merry tune. Listen to the prizes! Who can say which is the Blue Ribbon of the Vastest Common Denominator? His speculation upon the possibilities of FBI or Kennedy interests involved in her death made a hearty feast for The National Enquirer; his countersuit with one of his sources who had charged him with plagiarism found a willing niche in the news pages of the New York Times--this was no mere litery matter; The Ladies Home Journal wanted a blockbuster excerpt; the 25 million readers of that most self respecting Sunday supplement scandal sheet...
...pursuing Stans' countersuit, Lawyer Kenneth Wells Parkinson said that he served the subpoenas to learn about any libelous statements that Democrats may have made about Republicans during last year's presidential campaign. So broad was the information demanded by the subpoenas that Washington Post Executive Editor Benjamin Bradlee commented: "They've asked for everything except the lint in our pockets...
...years trying to coerce the School Committee into integrating the schools, the state was fed up. This broken promise was the last straw. The state froze $52 million in state funds to the Boston Schools. The School Committee sued to release the money and the state filed a countersuit charging Boston with not complying with...