* High Court examining disputed 2010 tax settlement * Court hears tax boss agreed deal to avoid embarrassment * Corporate tax avoidance a hot issue in Britain By Estelle Shirbon LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) ...

Bankrupt Lehman Brothers (LEHMQ) sued Intel (INTC), accusing it of seizing $1B in collateral in breach of a swap agreement, a court filing showed, reports Reuters.

Bankrupt Lehman Brothers (LEHMQ) sued Intel (INTC), accusing it of seizing $1B in collateral in breach of a swap agreement, a court filing showed, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Emkay Global's Request Rejected

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Liquidators of one of Australian coal magnate Nathan Tinkler's companies have launched a lawsuit against the struggling tycoon and fellow directors for insolvent trading, one of his ...

Nathan Tinkler was accused in a lawsuit of insolvent trading after the former mining billionaire failed to complete a share purchase in Blackwood Corp.

* Tinkler denies allegations of insolvent trading * Blackwood seeks to recover A$28 million * Whitehaven shares hit four-year low (Adds Mulsanne directors' comment,) MELBOURNE, May 2 (Reuters) - Liquidators ...

(Reuters) - Bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers has sued Intel Corp, accusing the chip maker of seizing $1 billion in collateral in breach of a swap agreement, a court filing showed. Under the swap ...

May 2 (Reuters) - Bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers has sued Intel Corp, accusing the chip maker of seizing $1 billion in collateral in breach of a swap agreement, a court filing showed. Under the ...

Former Dewey Head's Payments Could Be Little

An attempt by Ecuadorian villagers to have a Canadian court enforce a $19 billion judgment against multinational oil giant Chevron Corp has been dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court. Justice David Brown ...

Presentations in Hooters? Wining and dining doctors at more than $1K per person? The feds accuse Big Pharma Novartis of major kickback violations.

Bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. sued Intel Corp., alleging the world’s largest semiconductor maker breached a $1 billion swap agreement.

May 1 (Reuters) - A Toronto judge halted on Wednesday an effort to enforce a $19 billion Ecuadorean judgment against U.S. oil company Chevron Corp in Canada, finding that his Ontario provincial court was ...

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS withdrew a lawsuit against MTN Group Ltd. over bribes MTN allegedly paid to get an Iranian mobile-phone license, citing a Supreme Court decision that bars such cases in ...

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - The HMRC faces a court challenge on Thursday over a deal with Goldman Sachs worth an estimated 10 million pounds to the U.S. bank, a case aimed at pressuring the government ...

Britain's tax authority faces a court challenge on Thursday over a deal with Goldman Sachs worth an estimated 10 million pounds to the U.S. bank, a case aimed at pressuring the government into tougher ...

A claim by a group of Ecuadorean villagers seeking to seize Chevron Corp.’s Canadian assets was stayed by a judge in Ontario at Chevron’s request.

A New York technology development company said it sued Microsoft Corp. over allegations the software maker’s web-conferencing service, Skype, infringed encryption-related patents.

Ally Financial Inc., the auto lender seeking to dislodge a money-losing mortgage unit in a bankruptcy proceeding, said a group of bondholders has withdrawn its support for the plan.

WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - Turkish telecom company Turkcell dismissed its multibillion-dollar U.S. lawsuit against rival African mobile phone group MTN, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ...

Kodak Files Plan to Exit Bankruptcy Protection

Marriott International Inc. can be sued in the U.S. over claims it failed to provide adequate security at an Islamabad hotel where a terrorist attack in 2008 killed 56 people, an appeals court ruled.

Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s charters exempt them from paying real-estate transfer taxes, a federal judge in Greenbelt, Maryland, ruled, dismissing a claim by the state’s Montgomery County.

Sony Music Entertainment has settled a lawsuit filed by a Connecticut lawyer who said record company executives retaliated against him for winning higher pay for gospel music artists. Stamford-based attorney ...

SAP Inc., the world’s biggest maker of business-management software, lost a bid to overturn a $345 million jury verdict won by Versata Software Inc. over ways to customize pricing.

Yes that's right all you patent troll haters—he called it patent monetization.

Safeway Inc. and a California coffee drinker have agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming Safeway committed fraud by selling coffee labeled as a Kona blend even though it didn't include much Kona coffee. Court ...

CopyTele (COPY) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Secure Web Conference Corporation, filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York against ...

As of now, it is unclear exactly how Apple plans to use these patents, but it certainly equips their litigation team with some much needed ammo in the patent lawsuit wars...

By Nick Brown May 1 (Reuters) - As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp, lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit ...

TIMIKA/JAKARTA, May 1 (Reuters) - The Indonesian unit of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc said on Wednesday that some of its contract workers were striking over wages, bringing to a head pay negotiations ...

Microsoft's Skype Integration And VirnetX's Technology

Eastman Kodak Co., the bankrupt photography pioneer, offered to swap $2.7 billion of unsecured debt for shares in a new company in a reorganization plan.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Liquidators of Nathan Tinkler's Mulsanne Resources were given the go-ahead by the court to sue the struggling Australian tycoon for allegedly letting Mulsanne trade while insolvent, ...

By Terry Baynes April 30 (Reuters) - Monster Beverage Corp has sued San Francisco's city attorney over an investigation the city launched last year into the safety and marketing of Monster energy drinks. ...

PokerStars' Atlantic City Deal Expires

April 30 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines George Osborne warns Bank of England ...

Raytheon Co , one of the largest U.S. weapons makers, has agreed to pay $8 million in civil penalties to resolve hundreds of alleged violations of U.S. export control laws over the past decade, the U.S. ...

* State Dept review showed "recurring corporate-wide weakness" * Raytheon says working with govt to achieve full compliance By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - Raytheon Co, ...

Insider-Trading Probe Trains Lens on Boards

Raytheon Co, one of the largest U.S. weapons makers, has agreed to pay $8 million in civil penalties to resolve hundreds of alleged violations of U.S. export control laws, the U.S. State Department said ...

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - Raytheon Co, one of the largest U.S. weapons makers, has agreed to pay $8 million in civil penalties to resolve hundreds of alleged violations of U.S. export control laws, ...

Gerson Lehrman Group, the country's largest expert network firm, has hired a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney to serve as its chief compliance counsel, the company confirmed on Tuesday. ...

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market will have greater latitude to increase revenue from the sale of market data, under a U.S. appeals ...

Credit reporting bureaus have gotten better at updating their records in part because of developments related to a class-action lawsuit.

Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay $105 million to settle a lawsuit by Medical Capital Holdings Inc. noteholders who alleged the bank, as a trustee, failed to protect their investment.

Citigroup Inc., the third-biggest U.S. bank, was sued over $1.08 billion in securities allegedly backed by low-quality mortgages.