The European Commission is preparing to take Germany to court to force it to change a new law that would allow the state to block a takeover of Europe´s biggest car maker Volkswagen, an EU spokesman said Tuesday.
The European Union´s highest court rejected damage claims from two Italian companies that paid higher import duties under a U.S. measure that aimed to counter failures by the EU to follow international-trade rules.
Altria Group Inc., the biggest U.S. cigarette maker, and other U.S. tobacco companies won a court ruling that might help them defend thousands of individual lawsuits in Florida.
A French judge on Monday ordered the Spiritual Association of the Church of Scientology (ASES - Celebrity Centre) to appear before the Paris Magistrates Court to face criminal charges.
The Moscow Prosecutor General´s Office filed a motion Monday to ban the US animated series South Park, alleging it violates children´s rights under international law.
To boost up the vaccination drive statewide against flu, Gov. David Paterson signed legislation allowing pharmacists to give flu and pneumonia shots.
A conservative advocacy group plans to test a U.S. legal prohibition on clergy endorsing candidates from the pulpit, The Washington Post reported Monday.
African Minerals Ltd., a company exploring for metals and diamonds in West Africa, fell the most in two years in London trading after it was accused by London Mining Plc of trespassing on an iron ore project.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan´s government must respect constitutional law requiring the separation of mosque and state, Supreme Court Chief Hasan Gerceker said today.
A former fund manager at Moore Capital Management LLC, the $15 billion hedge-fund firm run by Louis Bacon, was fined by the U.K. financial markets regulator for market abuse.
Georgia asked the International Court of Justice to order Russia to abide by international human rights laws, fearing more ethnic Georgians may be killed or driven from their homes in the South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Gori regions.
Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper called for elections on October 14. In doing so, he dissolved parliament, ending his two and a half year old minority government.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is holding hearings this week in a border dispute between Romania and Ukraine over resource rights to the Black Sea.
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a district court´s grant of summary judgment to retailer Costco in a copyright infringement action brought by watch manufacturer Omega.
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday ruled on a suit brought by several Kentucky environmental groups, including a chapter of the Sierra Club, against Stephen L. Johnson in his official capacity as Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
GMAC Financial Services and its Residential Capital subsidiary plan to close all 200 GMAC mortgage retail offices nationwide and cut the ResCap work force by 5,000 employees, or 60 percent.
A newly passed law sniffed out smokers from patios and decks of restaurants and bars.
A unanimous Florida Supreme Court took much of the controversy out of the 2008 election Wednesday, scuttling three constitutional amendments the Tax and Budget Reform Commission proposed.
New Zealand´s securities regulator is urging companies to be more transparent with investors about how they are valuing assets and borrowing risks they face.
Thai Premier Samak Sundaravej on Thursday refused to resign or call snap elections, and instead launched a verbal offensive against protesters who have besieged his offices for 10 days.
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