Word: sues
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...Desk gag: "McDonald's this week sold its one billionth hamburger. Why, do you realize that if all the meat in those burgers were stacked up, it would stretch to here?" - and he raises his hand a foot from the desk top. (McDonald's threatened to sue, not realizing it was goofy to demand a retraction for a joke...
...said he was surprised that the company did not simply respond to his e-mails and work to improve the program, noting that their decision to sue instead of correcting their flaws has given them worldwide bad advertising...
...Usually you would want to sue your enemies and not your friends,” said Gary Fine, a Northwestern professor of sociology and expert on rumors. “I can’t think of an instance in which a corporation would sue its own fans. I haven’t heard anything like this...
...where Russia is," but a procedural hearing is set for this week. Yukos' lawyers say that even if the sale is a done deal, the company would seek damages against anyone helping in the sale of assets they insist are under protection of the bankruptcy court. But who to sue? Mike Lake, a spokesman for Yukos' Houston law firm Fulbright and Jaworski, said, "It's like following the bean under the walnut shell. You never know where it will wind up." - With reporting by Cathy Booth Thomas Samsung's a no-Show Mobile phones rang a merry tune this Christmas...
...Although there have been several attempts to sue American multinationals in relation to human-rights abuses overseas under the 1789 statute, the Unocal case is the first time that a defendant has concluded a settlement under which compensation will be paid. "I'm thrilled with the outcome of this case," said Katherine Redford of Washington D.C.-based law firm EarthRights International, who conceived of the suit after visiting the Thailand?Burma border a decade ago as a law student. "General counsel for corporations around the world will pay considerable attention to this settlement," says Sean Murphy, a professor of international...