JUN
17
2009

Supreme Court takes student loan bankruptcy case

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa, the Court will decide on the requirements for discharging student loan debt via bankruptcy proceedings.

JUN
17
2009

Microsoft Sues 3 in Landmark ‘Click Fraud’ Web Ad Enforcement Case

In a lawsuit that reportedly may be the first of its kind, Microsoft has sued three individuals in the same family alleging that they fraudulently boosted the rankings of their auto insurance and World of Warcraft-related websites on the computer goliath´s search engine.

JUN
17
2009

Obama to OK benefits for same-sex partners of federal workers

President Obama will sign a memorandum Wednesday granting health care and other benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees.

JUN
16
2009

Apple still wants to get Psystar into court

Apple is not giving up on its desire to get Psystar into a courtoom.

JUN
16
2009

India´s ´Not for Sale´ Legal Market Draws U.S., U.K. Law Firms

Two weeks before Clifford Chance LLP said it would fire as many as 100 lawyers in London and New York, the world’s largest law firm by revenue announced an alliance with India´s AZB & Partners to expand operations there.

JUN
16
2009

10,000 UK Lawyers Could Lose Jobs Within 2 Years

In another signpost of the sea change that seems to be occurring in the legal profession, a major United Kingdom newspaper is predicting that more than 10,000 lawyers there could lose their jobs over the next two years.

JUN
16
2009

China Orders Patches to Planned Web Filter

A designer of censorship software that the Chinese government requires to be preinstalled on computers sold in China has been ordered to fix potential security breaches in the software, the newspaper China Daily reported Monday.

JUN
16
2009

Virgin Media, Universal to offer unlimited music

British cable TV operator Virgin Media is to launch an unlimited music download subscription service through a partnership with the world´s largest music company, Universal.

JUN
15
2009

Amazon settles long-standing dispute with Toys R Us

Amazon.com will pay Toys R Us $51 million to settle a five-year-old lawsuit, the Seattle-based Internet retailer disclosed in a regulatory filing this afternoon.

JUN
15
2009

Cheltenham borough council loses £1m lawsuit over former boss´s illness

High court rejects claim Christine Laird fraudulently withheld medical history in what is thought to be first legal action of its kind.

JUN
15
2009

Names of judges found guilty of misconduct to stay secret

The government and the judiciary can continue to conceal the names of more than 170 misbehaving judges, a freedom of information tribunal has ruled.

JUN
10
2009

Fiat Buys Chrysler, Forms Sixth-Largest Carmaker

Fiat SpA bought a stake in most of Chrysler LLC’s assets, creating the world’s sixth-largest carmaker in Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne’s plan to survive the recession by setting up a global alliance.

JUN
10
2009

Supreme Court allows Chrysler sale to proceed

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday night released an order allowing the sale of Chrysler Group assets to Italian automaker Fiat to proceed.

JUN
8
2009

City lawyer Nicola Dandridge named as chief executive to steer university vice-chancellors´ lobby group

University leaders have appointed a former City lawyer as chief executive of their umbrella group, Universities UK, to steer them through what are expected to be turbulent times for higher education.

JUN
8
2009

High court set to rule on appeal over Chrysler sale

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is expected to decide whether a group of shareholders could continue attempts to block Chrysler LLC´s sale of top assets to Italian automaker Fiat.

JUN
8
2009

Airlines wait for Airbus A330 directive after crash

Several airlines using Airbus A330-200 planes, the model that crashed in the Atlantic last week, said on Monday they would wait for a directive from plane maker Airbus before making any equipment changes.

JUN
8
2009

DOJ lawyers sought to limit interrogation tactics but agreed on legality: NYT

Several senior officials working in the US Department of Justice in the Bush administration sought to limit uses of so-called enhanced interrogation tactics but broadly agreed on the legality of the tactics, according to internal DOJ emails made public by the New York Times on Saturday.

JUN
5
2009

Another minister quits UK govt, tells Brown to go

A third senior minister quit the British government on Thursday, calling on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to quit to improve his party´s chances at a general election due within a year.

JUN
5
2009

UBS, HSBC Have Duty to Madoff Investors

UBS AG, HSBC Holdings Plc and other custodian banks for Luxembourg-based mutual funds have "clear" obligations to compensate investors for losses tied to Bernard Madoff, Treasury Minister Luc Frieden said.

JUN
5
2009

Sotomayor App Shows White House Called Days Before Souter Announced Retirement

A fast-track approach to the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to a seat on the nation´s highest court continued today, as the White House provided a large compilation of documents, opinions and financial disclosures to the Senate Judiciary Committee "bragging that it was delivering the information ... faster than [for] any nominee had in recent history," reports the Washington Post.

voltar para o topo