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Pentagon, CIA sued over alleged meetings with filmmaker

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A government watchdog group is suing the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency, claiming the agencies are refusing to release details of their alleged meetings and communications with director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal.
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Starbuck wins audience prize at Palm Springs fest

The Canadian comedy Starbuck, about a class-action lawsuit against a prolific sperm donor by 142 of the children he fathered, has won the Palm Springs International Film Festival's audience award for the festival's best narrative feature, PSIFF announced at an awards luncheon on Sunday.
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Indian Hackers Offer Help to an American Suing Symantec

A group of Indian hackers has offered support to an American man who filed a lawsuit against Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) by publishing source code from a 2006 version of Norton Utilities, a software program at the heart of the legal dispute.
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Indian Hackers Offer Help to American Suing Symantec Corp.

A group of Indian hackers has offered support to an American man who filed a lawsuit against the Symantec Corp. by publishing source code from a 2006 version of Norton Utilities, a software program at the heart of the legal dispute.
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GE ordered to defend lawsuit tied to 2008 crisis

A federal judge refused on Thursday to throw out a lawsuit accusing General Electric Co and its chief executive of misleading investors about the conglomerate's financial health and exposure to risky debt during the 2008 financial crisis.
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Class-Action Suit Against American Honda Thrown Out

American Honda Motor Co won a legal victory as a divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday said a nationwide lawsuit over a brake system used in some Acura RL vehicles should not have been certified as a class-action.
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Bengals Cheerleader Sarah Jones Fights TheDirty.com for Online Sex Rumors

Sarah Jones had her life intact – she was a successful professional NFL cheerleader for the Cincinnati Bengals, a beloved high school teacher and in a loving relationship with her high school sweetheart. Everything was perfect until her world turned upside down after an anonymous post on the gossip site, TheDirty.com. Jones’ will soon face those who trampled her reputation in court.
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Kodak Shares Jump as Company Files Lawsuit Against Apple, HTC

The Rochester-based company's complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission argues that some of Apple's iPhones, iPads and iPods, along with some of HTC's smartphones and tablets infringe on Kodak patents involving technology for transmitting images.
Eastman Kodak black and white film, negatives, film development reels and black and white photographic prints are shown in this studio illustration in Washington

Struggling Kodak Film Group Split up; Shares Soar

Eastman Kodak Co announced a new business structure on Tuesday that divides its film group into its two other business units as the once-iconic photography company tries to refocus as a digital company to help fend off financial difficulties.
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Silvercorp Amends Suit against Critics

Silvercorp Metals Inc., whose shares plummeted after reports of accounting and resource statement fraud, has amended its lawsuit against those it sees as responsible for the allegedly defamatory reports.
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Olympus Sues Top Execs, Will Purge Board; Stock Soars

Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp is suing 19 current and former executives, including its current president, for up to almost $50 million in compensation, as it struggles to recover from one of the nation's worst accounting scandals.
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Olympus Suing Current, Former Executives

Olympus Corp said on Tuesday it was suing 19 current and former executives including President Shuichi Takayama for up to 3.6 billion yen ($46.84 million) in compensation and that all current board members subject to the lawsuit would resign in March or April, as the firm struggles to recover from one of Japan's worst accounting scandals.

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