JUN
4
2009

NFL Players Sued by Yahoo Over Control of Statistics

The National Football League Players Association was sued by Yahoo! Inc. over control of the players’ names, pictures and voices that Yahoo uses in its fantasy football game.

JUN
4
2009

Judge Tosses Suits Claiming Illegal Wiretaps by Telecoms

A federal judge has upheld a law immunizing telecommunications companies from liability for participating in the government’s warrantless wiretapping program and dismissed dozens of lawsuits seeking damages.

JUN
4
2009

Ex-Bouncer Is Found Guilty in 2006 Murder

A former bouncer at a SoHo bar was convicted of murder on Wednesday for sexually abusing and killing a graduate student, then dumping her body in a desolate corner of Brooklyn — a crime that shocked the city and led to greater scrutiny of the nightclub industry.

JUN
4
2009

Convicted US federal judge submits resignation effective in one year

Convicted US district court judge Samuel Kent on Tuesday submitted his letter of resignation to President Barack Obama effective June 2010, after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice charges in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of his secretary and former case manager.

JUN
4
2009

Housing should be classed as ´an enforceable right´ across UK as in Scotland, recommends Geneva committee

A pioneering Scottish law on homelessness that makes housing "an enforceable right" should be adopted throughout the UK, a United Nations report on social issues has urged.

JUN
3
2009

India´s parliament elects first woman speaker

India´s lower house of parliament elected a woman as its speaker Wednesday, a first in the male-dominated chamber´s history.

JUN
3
2009

Work Visa Bill Threatens Indian Outsourcers

A controversial "50/50" provision in the Durbin-Grassley visa reform bill could hurt Indian outsourcing firms. Advocates say it will save American jobs.

JUN
3
2009

Gucci, Richemont Seek $4 Million Sanction Against Bank of China

Gucci America Inc., the luxury company that is owned by Paris-based PPR SA, asked a U.S. judge to hold Bank of China Ltd. in contempt for failing to turn over documents and to order it to pay $4 million.

JUN
3
2009

Second UK cabinet minister quits over expenses scandal

A second British cabinet minister announced she was resigning Wednesday, undermining Prime Minister Gordon Brown´s authority and his future as leader of the increasingly out-of-favor Labor Party.

JUN
2
2009

Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology from editing

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia blocks church´s IP addresses, and prohibits list of individuals from editing Scientology articles.

JUN
2
2009

Brazilian court rules for New Jersey dad in custody case

A New Jersey man whose efforts to gain custody of his son in Brazil attracted international attention may have finally gotten his wish.

JUN
2
2009

Judge reprimanded for friending lawyer and googling litigant

A North Carolina judge has been reprimanded for "friending" a lawyer in a pending case, posting and reading messages about the litigation, and accessing the website of the opposing party.

JUN
1
2009

Angry Dealers Fight Closings

If Colleen McDonald was trying to make a dramatic point in Judge Arthur Gonzalez´ Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan on May 29, she succeeded.

JUN
1
2009

Jacqui Smith sued over shock jock accusations

Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, is being sued for defamation by a US "shock jock" barred from entering Britain.

JUN
1
2009

GM Begins Bankruptcy Process With Filing for Affiliate

General Motors Corp., the world’s largest automaker for 77 years, began filing for bankruptcy by putting a New York affiliate into Chapter 11, a landmark for an industry that defined American economic might.

JUN
1
2009

Air France plane crashes into Atlantic with 228 aboard

An Air France plane with 228 people on board was presumed to have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after hitting heavy turbulence during a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

JUN
1
2009

Treasury chief to meet with Chinese leaders

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is set to meet with several high-ranking members of the Chinese leadership this week, marking the Obama administration´s first major overture to the powerhouse nation.

MAY
29
2009

Forest-CO2 scheme will draw organized crime: Interpol

Organized crime syndicates are eyeing the nascent forest carbon credit industry as a potentially lucrative new opportunity for fraud, an Interpol environmental crime official said on Friday.

MAY
28
2009

US high court to decide if Vioxx lawsuits allowed

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether shareholders can sue international pharmaceutical maker Merck & Co. because of the failure of its former blockbuster painkiller Vioxx.

MAY
28
2009

Inquiry Into Oil Company May Hurt Brazil’s Fiscal Plan

Brazil’s national oil company, Petrobras, has come under scrutiny in an investigation that threatens to complicate government efforts to wring more revenue from the deepwater oil fields that are expected to transform the country into a global energy power.

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