According to a statement from the office of Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, Encana Corp has agreed to pay $5 million and submit a no contest plea to the charge that it conspired with Chesapeake Energy Corp to drive down prices in a May 2010 oil and gas auction.
A patent litigation expert said that it was not usual for a jury foreman, who is a veteran in the Silicon Valley, to lead the jury in the Samsung-Apple patent infringement case to deliver a "mixed bag" verdict, Bloomberg reported.
Several organizers of known industry events in Hollywood have pulled out their scheduled affairs at the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Hotel Bel-Air in the wake of the new Islamic Sharia law that United Nations said violates the rights of gays and lesbians, Bloomberg reported.