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Apple CEO Tim Cook ordered to testify in e-books antitrust case
A federal judge has ruled that Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook must testify in the U.S. government's e-books antitrust case against the company. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan granted the Department of Justice's request to order Cook to...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Prices, Corporate Officers, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
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Moving, slowly, toward a la carte cable
The cable company Cablevision says it's just looking out for consumers in its lawsuit against Viacom, owner of MTV and Nickelodeon, over bundled programming packages that drive monthly bills higher. And the company is correct — to a point. ------...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), MSNBC (tv network), Time Warner Cable Inc., Syfy (tv network), CNBC (tv network)
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A cable TV operator goes to bat against costly channel bundles
Consumers don't ordinarily think of cable TV companies as friends of the little guy. But Cablevision, which won an extremely pro-consumer court ruling on digital video recording in 2008, is waging another legal battle that could be a boon to pay-TV...
Tags: Media Industry, Corporate Crime, Viacom Inc., Entertainment, Consumers
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Panel hears pros and cons of American-US Airways merger
Critics and supporters of a merger of American Airlines and US Airways to form the nation's largest carrier testified for the first time Tuesday in a hearing before a congressional panel. The merger, announced Feb. 14, would cost $1.2 billion in one-...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Brookings Institution, U.S. Airways, Air Transportation Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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Cablevision sues Viacom over bundling of programming
Cablevision Systems Corp., one of the nation's biggest pay-TV distributors, has filed a lawsuit against Viacom, parent of popular cable channels such as MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. At issue is how Viacom sells its cable networks to pay-TV...
Tags: Media Industry, VH1 (tv network), The Walt Disney Co., Corporate Crime, Viacom Inc.
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Under Armour sues Nike for infringing on 'I Will' trademark
Under Armour is suing Nike, alleging that its chief competitor is illegally using a version of the Baltimore sports apparel company's new primary slogan, "I Will." The suit, which the company said it filed Thursday afternoon in U.S. District Court in...
Tags: Media Industry, Corporate Crime, Weaponry, Fashion Trends, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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New York NAACP gets in a sticky mess
You know the beverage industry is running scared when it feels driven to mount an all-out campaign against a New York City law passed last year banning the sale of super-size sodas and sugary drinks. But it's beyond shameless when that effort includes...
Tags: Small Businesses, Weight, Michael Bloomberg, Corporate Crime, Minority Groups
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Maryland seeks to dismiss ACC suit in North Carolina, asks Maryland court to throw out exit fee
As expected, Maryland vigorously defended its right to move to the Big Ten without paying a $52 million exit fee to the Atlantic Coast Conference in two legal actions filed Friday. Maryland attorney general Doug Gansler filed a complaint in Prince...
Tags: Douglas F. Gansler, Prince George's County, Corporate Crime, Atlantic Coast Conference, Maryland Terrapins
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The FTC's Google ruling: a qualified free pass
The end of the Federal Trade Commission's 19-month investigation into Google was a win for the search giant, but only a partial victory for those who want clear limits on the commission's role in policing competition. The only binding action that...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Democratic Party, Advertising, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Crime, Law and Justice
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Microsoft criticizes Google's proposed settlement with FTC
For two years, Microsoft Corp. has urged antitrust regulators to crack down on arch rival Google Inc. Now that the Federal Trade Commission is poised to allow Google to emerge from the antitrust probe without having to make major changes, Microsoft is...
Tags: Media Industry, YouTube, Corporate Crime, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Antitrust Issues
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Robert H. Bork dies at 85; pivotal figure in Supreme Court history
Robert H. Bork, the conservative legal champion whose bitter defeat for a Supreme Court seat in 1987 politicized the confirmation process and changed the court's direction for decades, died Wednesday. He was 85. The former Yale law professor and judge on...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Ronald Reagan, Joe Biden, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, University of Chicago
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Marvin Miller dies at 95; baseball union chief led push for free agency
Nothing about Marvin Miller seemed feisty or controversial at first glance; the soft-spoken economist was a smallish man with gray hair and a tidy mustache. But as a union leader, it was Miller who took on baseball's establishment in the late 1960s,...
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, U.S. Supreme Court, Don Drysdale, Oakland Athletics, Arbitration
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