Neelie Kroes, the EU´s telecom commissioner, warns the industry of increased pressure in 2011. National telecom regulators, as in Italy, have not kept up the pressure on former state monopolies.
Germany´s highest court has ruled that investigations into tax evasion are legal even if they´re based on illegally procured information. The authorities can now use controversial stolen CDs that list alleged evaders.
Ho ho ho ! Santa Claus took the road and filled his sleigh like never happened before.
Under pressure from federal lawmakers, Amazon.com on Wednesday booted WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing Web site, from its computer servers, three days after the group released a trove of embarrassing State Department cables and documents.
EU regulators opened a formal investigation into Google Inc. Tuesday, putting pressure on the world´s top Internet search engine to offer concessions to settle antitrust complaints and avert a lengthy battle like that sustained by Microsoft Corp.
Few doubt the prison conditions across California are disturbing and long-standing: A system housing twice as many inmates as the current facilities were designed for.
The Senate passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation´s food safety system on Tuesday, after tainted eggs, peanut butter and spinach sickened thousands of people in the last few years and led major food makers to join consumer advocates in demanding stronger government oversight.
Asia Bibi, a Christian, has been sentenced to death after falling foul of the country´s blasphemy law.
The US has strongly criticised the release by the website Wikileaks of thousands of extracts from US diplomatic messages.
Thailand´s ruling Democrat Party, the country´s oldest, is facing possible dissolution and political bans for up to 31 of its executives if it is found guilty of misusing state funds.
A majority of Swiss voted to back the automatic expulsion of foreigners convicted of serious crimes on Sunday, in the latest sign of growing hostility to immigration in the country.
There is no such thing as "pure chocolate," the EU high court ruled yesterday, ending an EU-Italy food fight over chocolate labels.
Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, say they now have total control of the Vila Cruzeiro shanty town, as they continue a crackdown on violent drug gangs.
It is that time of year -- life without baseball and with rain gutters brimming full of leaves. At least the political attack commercials are finally in respite until spring primary season. Many of us have Thanksgiving on our minds, and for some lawyers, the pending holiday brings moaning and groaning instead of the intended counting of blessings and giving of thanks.
Getting off to a good start in a new work environment is as important to your success as choosing the right job. While some responsibility for integration falls to the hiring firm, a wise attorney will be proactive. The process begins during the interviewing and negotiation phases of the search and continues throughout your first several months, or more, on the job.
A porn star who locked herself in the bathroom last month in the midst of a drunken rampage by actor Charlie Sheen at New York´s Plaza Hotel said on Monday she will file civil charges against the actor for assault.
This fall, France saw street riots as a result of proposals to increase the retirement age from 65 to 67 for full retirement and 60 to 62 for early retirement.
Defendants with limited English-language skills have a constitutional right to court interpreters in criminal trials, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled Monday.
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