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Legal Settlement Process Successfully Completed at African Queen's Rongo Gold …MarketWatch (press release)(the "Company") is pleased to announce that the details of the legal settlement process relating to the land dispute over certain areas of the Rongo Gold Fields Project in southwest Kenya have now been successfully completed. On November 28, 2011, …and more » View [...]

TDC plans buyback after legal settlement and firm Q4ReutersTDC said it would use its share of money from settlement of a legal dispute between its associated company DPTG and Poland's TPSA for a share buyback up to 750 million crowns. DPTG's main owner, GN Store Nord said last month TPSA agreed to pay a total [...]

Loudoun supervisors again urge settlement in FOIA legal battleWashington Post (blog)(Beverly Bradford) The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors once again made its message clear at a board meeting Wednesday: It wants the ongoing legal matter between freelance journalist Beverly Bradford and the Loudoun County Board of Equalization to …and more » View full post on legal [...]

Dividend.com Starwood Profit Falls as Legal Settlement Income Isn't RepeatedBloombergStarwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., owner of the luxury St. Regis and W brands, said fourth- quarter profit fell after a payment from a lawsuit settlement boosted year-earlier earnings and demand in Europe weakened.Starwood Reports Fourth Quarter 2011 ResultsMarketWatch (press release)Starwood Hotels Q4 Profit Falls, [...]

Bellingham Herald Starwood Profit Declines as Legal Settlement Isn't RepeatedBusinessWeekBy Nadja Brandt Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) — Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., owner of the luxury St. Regis and W brands, said fourth- quarter profit dropped after a cash payment from a lawsuit settlement boosted year-earlier earnings.Starwood Profit Falls as Legal Settlement Income Isn't RepeatedBloombergStarwood [...]

Bradenton Herald Starwood Profit Falls as Legal Settlement Income Isn't RepeatedBusinessWeekBy Nadja Brandt Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) — Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., owner of the luxury St. Regis and W brands, said fourth- quarter profit dropped after a cash payment from a lawsuit settlement boosted year-earlier earnings.Starwood Reports Fourth Quarter 2011 ResultsMarketWatch (press release)Starwood [...]

Two weeks before pivotal appellate arguments over the fate of the $8.5 billion settlement she negotiated with Bank of America, Kathy Patrick of Gibbs & Bruns is showing no signs of backing down from pursuing demands that major U.S. banks repurchase mortgage-backed securities. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

WILMINGTON, Del. – A Delaware chancellor on Jan. 27 approved a settlement of a shareholder suit against a group of directors and officers and investors seeking a merger between two companies after the parties agreed to add certain disclosures to a proxy (In Re: Pinnacle Gas Resources, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, No. 5313-VCS, Del. Chanc.). View [...]

NEW YORK – A New York federal judge has refused to reconsider his dismissal of an antitrust challenge to the $ 200 billion national tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), saying Jan. 30 that newly discovered evidence was not new and in any case did not have any impact on the court’s finding that the plaintiff [...]

Christie Backs Nominee Kwon After Family's Legal SettlementSan Francisco ChronicleJan. 30 (Bloomberg) — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie defended his choice of Phillip Kwon to serve on the state Supreme Court after a liquor store run by Kwon's family forfeited almost $160000 to settle a US civil lawsuit over $2 million in cash …and more » [...]