BUSINESS
October 29, 1990 | From United Press International
Longs Drug Accused of Trademark Infringement: Mag Instrument Inc. of Ontario sued Longs Drug Store California Inc. of Walnut Creek, alleging that it is infringing on six patents for miniature and full-size flashlights by selling imitations. The U.S. District Court suit filed in Los Angeles seeks an injunction barring Longs from infringing on its patents or inducing others to infringe on them, a list of who Longs has distributed its flashlights to and from whom it bought them.
BUSINESS
March 27, 1998 | Stephen Gregory
Ontario-based Mag Instrument Inc., which makes Maglite flashlights, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of making illegal campaign contributions stemming from allegations that company officers, no longer with the company, used employees to funnel money to two 1992 congressional campaigns. Gary Licenberg, attorney for Mag Instrument, said the company, under a plea bargain with the U.S.
BUSINESS
March 31, 1998 | Stephen Gregory
As part of an agreement with the U.S. attorney's office, flashlight maker Mag Instrument Inc., pleaded guilty to two counts of making illegal campaign contributions by using employees to improperly funnel a combined $61,000 to two 1992 congressional candidates. The Ontario-based company also agreed to pay a combined maximum penalty of $400,250 stemming from unlawful contributions to the campaigns of then-Rep. Charles Wilson (D-Texas) and then-Rep.
NEWS
April 15, 1994 | LEE ROMNEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sobbing on the witness stand and cradling his head in his hands, flashlight magnate Anthony Maglica vowed at his palimony trial Thursday to care for Claire Maglica until the day she dies, but he insisted that he has no legal obligation to do so. "I ask this jury to believe that I will provide for Claire as long as she lives, so she will never have to work. This I feel I will do, so God help me," said Anthony Maglica, 64.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 15, 1994 | LEE ROMNEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sobbing on the witness stand and cradling his head in his hands, flashlight mogul Anthony Maglica vowed at his palimony trial Thursday to care for Claire Maglica until the day she dies, but he insisted that he has no legal obligation to do so. "I ask this jury to believe that I will provide for Claire as long as she lives, so she will never have to work. This I feel I will do, so God help me!" said Anthony Maglica, 64, of Anaheim Hills.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 13, 1994 | LEE ROMNEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
His voice hoarse and straining, flashlight mogul Anthony Maglica said Tuesday that he loved Claire Maglica and was always generous in their 23 years together as an unmarried couple, but that he never "made any commitments" to her. He asked jurors to "listen to his heart" as they judge him in the couple's palimony trial, where more than $150 million is at stake.