In yesterday's ruling, the judge, Ben Tennille, dismissed SunTrust's claim that a $780 million breakup provision in the First Union-Wachovia agreement would improperly influence shareholders to vote in favor of the First Union deal.
As part of the agreement, Petraeus admitted that he improperly removed and retained highly sensitive information in eight personal notebooks that he gave to Broadwell.
Concerned the lawyers were improperly interpreting their agreement and claiming more than $66 million in fees, Santa Monica sued Baron & Budd, as well as Fred Baron and Summy.
If so, this may simplify the property division process; however, an agreement may be invalid if improperly created.
Without admitting or denying wrongdoing, the bank settled accusations that it had improperly entered secret agreements with bidding agents that gave it a "last look" at bids submitted by its competitors.
Specifically, paragraph 5 responds to the Court's finding that Microsoft's agreements with ICPs, ISPs and OLSs improperly traded promotion on the Windows desktop for third parties' agreement to limit their distribution of competing Web browsing software-another central issue in this case.
In the ruling on Thursday in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, the judge, Shirley Kornreich, agreeing that the project had been improperly approved, annulled the agreement.
District Judge Kenneth A. Marra was blunt, ruling that prosecutors had acted improperly in reaching the agreement with Epstein — which stopped federal action in exchange for him pleading guilty to a state charge — without telling the victims.
A judge declared a mistrial on an additional five corruption charges after a jury failed to reach an agreement on whether the former candidate improperly used campaign funds to cover-up his extra-marital affair with Rielle Hunter, who gave birth to Edwards' child in 2008.
