South Korea´s financial regulator opposes the introduction of a tax on derivatives transactions that was proposed by a state-backed researcher, an official said.
Apple´s case against a Macintosh clone vendor took a new twist this week when defendant Psystar accused the company of violating anti-trust laws.
The legal battle between Immersion and Microsoft is over -- again. Back in 2002, Immersion sued Microsoft for patent infringement relating to Immersion patents for force feedback controllers. The rumble effects in Microsoft controllers for the Xbox were at the heart of the suit.
Securities regulators on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to a plan that could require thousands of U.S. companies to change from U.S. accounting standards to global accounting rules that are quickly gaining favor abroad.
Italy´s government has approved amending bankruptcy law, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, paving the way for a breakup of Alitalia SpA and a bankruptcy filing for its troubled units.
No, this isn´t the big one, but nonetheless an important precedent: A federal judge in San Jose ruled today that video-sharing site Veoh was not liable for copyrighted material uploaded to its site, dismissing an early 2006 case filed against it by Io Group, an adult video firm.
Thousands of anti-government protesters who have occupied the Thai prime minister´s office compound since Tuesday continued their defiant occupation today despite a court order instructing them to leave and arrest warrants for nine of their leaders.
Russia´s president appealed to the leaders of China and four Central Asian countries for support Thursday amid the fallout over Moscow´s invasion of Georgia and its recognition of the country´s separatist regions.
Inventor Judas Klausner filed a patent infringement suit Tuesday against nine companies, including Google Inc., Verizon Communications, and LG Electronics, alleging that they infringe on his visual voicemail technology patent.
A change to Chinese criminal law which would strengthen insider trading prohibitions was introduced before the country´s Standing Committee of the National People´s Congress (SCNPC).
US District Judge Joseph Tauro held Friday that a Massachusetts statute establishing a 35-foot buffer zone outside facilities which perform abortions does not violate protesters´ constitutional rights.
The number of US banks on a "problem list" grew to 117 in the second quarter from 90 in the first three months of the year, the banking industry regulator said Tuesday.
The Food and Drug Administration recently decided to allow producers of fresh iceberg lettuce and spinach to irradiate the vegetables in order to protect consumers from food-borne pathogens.
Already blocked from Facebook users in the United States and Canada, "Scrabulous" — the online imitation of the popular Scrabble board game — has been yanked by Facebook in all other countries except India in response to a copyright tussle over the game.
Federal immigration agents raided a major manufacturing plant in southern Mississippi on Monday, but it wasn´t immediately clear how many illegal workers were taken into custody.
Reported incidents of mortgage fraud jumped 42 percent nationwide, with Florida reporting the highest number of cases, according to industry data released Monday.
Twelve states, including New York, are suing the Environmental Protection Agency over greenhouse gas emissions from oil refineries.
North Korea has suspended all nuclear disablement because the United States violated a six-party disarmament deal, the communist country said on Tuesday.
LG Electronics Inc., South Korea´s second-largest electronics maker, and Quanta Computer Inc. agreed to stop patent disputes over technology used in personal computers, ending litigation that started eight years ago.
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank sued Morgan Stanley & Co., Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and three securities ratings services for allegedly rating too highly a structured investment vehicle that collapsed last year.
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