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Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it won a ruling in a Seattle court effectively preventing phone company Motorola Mobility from immediately obtaining an injunction in Germany that could stop Microsoft from selling its Xbox and other software products there, due to a patent disagreement

William Bryan Jennings, the Morgan Stanley investment banker accused of a hate crime in the stabbing of an Egyptian-born taxi driver over a fare, was due back in a Connecticut court on Thursday.

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has elected Hamburg based, Johannes Conradi, as the new global practice group leader (PGL) for the firm’s real estate practice. Johannes, who will assume the role from 1 May 2012, succeeds London based partner Chris Morris as he completes a second term in the role.