JURIST - Paper Chase: US law and business press review ~ Wednesday, August 11

In Wednesday's US law and business press, the Cincinnati Business Courier reports that Procter & Gamble Co.'s trial to defend itself against claims by Vidal Sassoon arising from P&G's decision to stop selling Sassoon products in the US and Europe will begin in October.... The Connecticut Law Tribune reports that a CT attorney has been suspended from practicing law for one year for threatening to expose a client to the FBI as a terrorist sympathizer after he hired another lawyer.... The New York Law Journal reports on the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals's displeasure over a NY judge's decision to release settlement information in a sex discrimination case.... The Recorder reports that the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals has denied class status to video poker players who claimed their electronic cards were marked by computer programmers.... The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that technology provider InterCept Inc. has received final court approval of its settlement of consolidated securities class action litigation filed against the company and several of its officers.... FindLaw's Writ carries Rutgers law professor Sherry F. Colb's commentary on the TX trial of a woman accused of "delivering" cocaine to her unborn child.

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