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...made into a 2000 film starring Julia Roberts; of complications from diabetes; in Los Angeles. Nearly bankrupted by his defense of 648 residents of Hinkley, California, who said PG&E tanks caused high incidences of cancer and other illnesses, Masry's work led to a landmark $333 million settlement and a lasting friendship with his similarly brassy aide. "No one has called me more names than Erin Brockovich and I've called her everything in the book," he said. "But we love each other." DIED. DEVAN NAIR, 82, former President of Singapore who later became a critic of the city...
...facilities, as well as new acquisitions and renovations. The costly process of planning Harvard’s expansion across the river into Allston helped drive up expenses for services purchased by the University by 21 percent to $274 million.The University also incurred “certain legal settlement costs,” the report said. Harvard’s balance sheet for fiscal 2005 includes a $26.5 million payment to the U.S. government to settle a breach of contract suit.The settlement stemmed from a civil fraud complaint brought against the University, economist Andrei Shleifer ’82, and former...
...declined further comment on the issue.Both the Daily Pennsylvanian and the website collegehumor.com have published one of the photos, which clearly shows the nude backside of one individual and the leg of another against a large, open window (please see photo, page 1).The university offered the student a settlement in October, said Andrew B. Geier, the third-year psychology graduate student who advised the student during the disciplinary process.The proposed deal included three punishments: disciplinary probation until graduation, writing an essay “discussing what was wrong with the conduct you were involved...
...retail outlet became the newest occupant of a site that has seen a tumultuous history. Currently owned by the Foundation for Civic Leadership, a Cambridge-based nonprofit, the space was previously occupied by Pi Eta, an all-male social club that folded shortly after a 1991 out-of-court settlement with a woman who alleged that she had been raped at the club. In the years before it closed, Pi Eta had become a regular object of controversy on campus. In 1979, a student was paralyzed from the neck down after falling during an initiation ceremony. In the early 1980s...
...which now observes on its page that the use of its service to trade copyrighted material was, as “unanimously confirmed” by the Court, illegal. Grokster wasn’t shut down, per se, but it has voluntarily closed its doors as part of a settlement until it can launch a service that meets industry approval. MGM v. Grokster was handed down on June 27 and substantially shook up our understanding of what is and isn’t legal in the world of internet file swapping. A brief history lesson is in order:Surely everyone...