PR Newswire: Legal Issues

Motley Rice LLC Commends Congress for Veto Override Allowing Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act to Become Law

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:39:00 EDT

(image) MT. PLEASANT, S.C., Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, JASTA, became a law that will now allow foreign sponsors of terrorist attacks in the U.S. to be held accountable in U.S. civil courts, abolishing foreign governments' immunity for...

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Artificial Intelligence Learns the Stock Market

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:02:00 EDT

(image) MIAMI, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- It was an accidental discovery. Miami based start up, Premonition, was set up to do legal analytics. They assembled the World's largest litigation database and trained an artificial intelligence system to read it. The results were unexpected....

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American Kratom Association: DEA Push To Schedule Natural Herb Kratom Will Harm Veterans, Seniors And Other Americans

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:07:00 EDT

(image) WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Kratom Association (AKA) supports the legal use of kratom by millions of Americans. The Association believes that kratom should not be classified as a Schedule 1 drug by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In the...

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Class Action Lawsuit On Behalf Of Thousands Of Patients Undergoing Fertility Treatments Allowed To Proceed In District Court Against Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Regarding Its Recalled Drug, Bravelle

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:39:00 EDT

(image) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Judge Amy St. Eve of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a 31 page ruling yesterday permitting a nationwide class action lawsuit to proceed against Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc. related to the...

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Doyle LLP: Former N.C. State Trooper Wins 'Code of Silence' Retaliation Trial

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:32:00 EDT

(image) RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- A North Carolina state superior court jury today found that the state highway patrol retaliated against former state trooper Reginald Newberne after he reported police misconduct after the chase and beating of a teenager who had fled a...

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WeissLaw LLP: Bats Global Markets Inc. Acquisition May Not Be in the Best Interests of BATS Shareholders

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:21:00 EDT

(image) NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- WeissLaw LLP is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the Board of Directors of Bats Global Markets Inc. ("BATS" or the "Company") in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by CBOE...

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WeissLaw LLP: Chemtura Corp. Acquisition May Not Be in the Best Interests of CHMT Shareholders

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:17:00 EDT

(image) NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- WeissLaw LLP is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the Board of Directors of Chemtura Corp. ("CHMT" or the "Company") in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by Lanxess AG...

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Vibra Healthcare Resolves Department of Justice Investigation

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:22:00 EDT

(image) MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Vibra Healthcare, which operates freestanding specialty acute care hospitals and inpatient medical rehabilitation hospitals in 15 states, announced today that it has entered into a voluntary civil settlement agreement with the...

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HAIN INVESTOR ALERT: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong Notifies Investors of a Class Action Involving The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. and a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of October 17, 2016

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:42:00 EDT

(image) NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the Eastern District of New York on behalf of investors who purchased The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN) securities between November...

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SPWR INVESTOR ALERT: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong Notifies Investors of a Class Action Involving SunPower Corporation and a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of October 17, 2016

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:36:00 EDT

(image) NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the Northern District of California on behalf of investors who purchased SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) securities between February...

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Taxotere Lawsuit News: JPML to Consider Centralization of Federal Taxotere Hair Loss Claims, Bernstein Liebhard LLP Reports

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:35:00 EDT

(image) NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- A panel of federal judges will soon consider a proposal to centralize all federally-filed Taxotere lawsuits (http://www.rxinjuryhelp.com/taxotere/lawsuit/) alleging permanent hair loss in a single federal court for the purposes of coordinated...

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NOG INVESTOR ALERT: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong Notifies Investors of a Class Action Involving Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. and a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of October 17, 2016

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:34:00 EDT

(image) NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the Southern District of New York on behalf of investors who purchased Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NOG) securities between March 1,...

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Mesothelioma Compensation Center Urges Oil Refinery and Oil/Gas Production Workers with Mesothelioma to Call About Game Changing Attorneys When It Comes to Compensation

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:35:00 EDT

(image) WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mesothelioma Compensation Center says, "We are urging an oil refinery or oil and gas production worker who has recently been diagnosed with mesothelioma to call us anytime at 866-714-6466 to ensure you in fact do receive the...

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RevGuard Awarded Patent on A/B testing, CLV Optimizing Software

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:30:00 EDT

(image) BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- RevGuard, LLC, the creator of A/B and multivariate customer lifetime value ("CLV")  optimization, announced today they've been granted a patent on their software system. "We've been working on this patent for more than five...

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NXT-ID, Inc. Receives Letter from NASDAQ Confirming it has Regained Listing Compliance

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:00:00 EDT

MELBOURNE, Florida, September 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- NXT-ID, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTD) ("NXT-ID" or the "Company"), a company focused on the growing mobile commerce announces that it has received a letter from NASDAQ dated September 27th confirming that it has regained compliance with the...

EIP Pharma announces issuance of multiple new patents covering VX-745, a selective p38 MAP kinase alpha inhibitor for Alzheimer's disease and ischemic stroke recovery

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:00:00 EDT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- EIP Pharma, LLC (www.eippharma.com) today announced that the U.S. Patent Office issued on August 30, 2016 the following two patents: U.S. Patent No. 9,427,438, entitled "Compositions and methods for treating Alzheimer's disease". ...

La start up française SYNC lève 2M€ auprès d'IDINVEST PARTNERS et ENTREPRENEUR VENTURE pour développer Sync2AD, sa technologie de synchronisation publicitaire sur mobile.

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:01:00 EDT

PARIS, September 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SYNC annonce également l'obtention du brevet pour cette solution innovante dont l'inventeur est le co-fondateur de SYNC, Laurant Weill, serial entrepreneur du digital.  SYNC, start-up française et internationale de création...

InterOil Provides Update on ExxonMobil Transaction

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:30:00 EDT

(image) SINGAPORE and PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- InterOil Corporation (NYSE: IOC, POMSox: IOC) today provided the following update regarding InterOil's pending transaction with Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) ("the transaction"): As previously...

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Unprecedented Sentence in One of the Worst Cases of Animal Cruelty Ever Documented

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:48:00 EDT

(image) LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Tuesday, September 27, two of three farm workers accused of horrific animal cruelty at El Escobar Farm in Murcia, Spain, were sentenced. Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160927/412582 Both men received a one year...

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New Law Puts California On Front Lines of Battle Against Opioid Addiction

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:39:00 EDT

(image) SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog and families who lost loved ones in the opioid epidemic applauded Governor Jerry Brown's signature today of a new law that will stem opioid overprescribing in California and save lives. SB 482 requires...

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