Looks like the dust up by shareholders over Hewlett Packard’s $40 million severance package to disgraced former CEO Mark Hurd may finally be dead. The
Month: October 2012
More Belt-Tightening at California Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court cancelled its June 2013 oral argument calendar in Los Angeles to save on travel costs. The arguments will be held instead
Circuit Overturns a California Death Sentence
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the death sentence of Douglas R. Stankewitz Monday, ruling that his defense lawyer failed to adequately investigate or tell
Federal Judge Questions Drug War
Judge Mark W. Bennett, a federal judge in the Northern District of Iowa has sentenced more drug offenders in a single year than the average
Chevron’s Global ‘Fishing Expedition’
Here’s a judge hoping for to a “Hail Mary” pass to resolve a sticky discovery dispute. Don’t expect much. Lawyers for Ecuadoreans won an $18.2
Spooky Winchester Mystery House Loses Trademark Dispute
Just in time for Halloween, a trademark dispute pits the Winchester Mystery House against a moviemaker that released a film called “Haunting of Winchester House.”