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Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 John Churchill	Unclean Hands H&R Block Financial Advisors recently lost an appeal to stop three departing brokers from soliciting or contacting their clients. For reps around the country, the ruling means that moving your book could get a lot easier.
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InternetNews February 11, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Windows: Generic or Trademark? A U.S. District Court in Seattle has issued a ruling seemingly in favor of Lindows.com and against Microsoft.
InternetNews September 11, 2009	Appeals Court Saves Microsoft $358 Million A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a $358 million damage award against Microsoft in a patent lawsuit is exorbitant, but still found that the software giant had still infringed a patent held by Alcatel-Lucent.
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InternetNews October 28, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Google, Microsoft Case Over Lee Stalls in Calif. Microsoft is granted a stay in Google's countersuit over the hiring of Microsoft's former China executive.
InternetNews December 14, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Rules RIM Infringed A federal appeals court ruled today that a district court properly determined that Research in Motion infringed on the patents on NTP, but still sent the case back to the district court for further review of damages.
Managed Care February 2005	Class-Action Suit By 600,000 Docs Heading To Court Discusses a lawsuit filed by about 600,000 physicians against some of the biggest health plans in the country: Humana, PacifiCare, UnitedHealthcare, WellPoint, Anthem, and Health Net. Aetna and Cigna were named but settled out of court.
Home Theater March 18, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Court Broadens Cable Program Access A federal appeals court has forbidden cable operators to maintain exclusive access to programming from networks they own.
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InternetNews November 21, 2006 Roy Mark	California Upholds Online Free Speech The state's Supreme Court says neither ISPs nor individual users are liable for republishing comments from third parties. The ruling is a major victory for online free speech advocates.
InternetNews April 6, 2010	Court Voids FCC's Comcast Net Neutrality Order Federal appeals court strikes down FCC's order rebuking Comcast for blocking traffic on its network, issuing a landmark ruling that casts a long shadow over the commission's role in broadband policy.
Information Today April 8, 2010	Appeals Court Decision Serves as Setback for Net Neutrality Initiatives The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all internet traffic flowing over their networks.
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Home Theater May 15, 2007	Cox Kills VOD Fast Forward The country's third-largest cable system has disabled the fast forward control for two video-on-demand (VOD) channels owned by Disney forcing viewers to watch the commercials.
InternetNews March 21, 2007 Roy Mark	VoIP Still on FCC's Open Road A federal appeals court upheld a 2004 FCC ruling that Voice over IP services are interstate in nature and not subject to state public utility regulation. The ruling gives the FCC the responsibility and obligation to decide which regulations apply to Internet telephony.
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