DEC
9
2010

Tourist arrested in Nelson after drink spiking

A 29-year-old Swedish tourist has been arrested in connection with a drink spiking incident at a Napier bar which saw four people hospitalised at the weekend.

DEC
9
2010

PepsiCo loses court battle over recipe

A Chinese soft drinks maker has won a lawsuit against the local unit of PepsiCo over claims it had illegally used its recipes and business secrets, state media said today.

DEC
9
2010

Facebook founder to give his money away

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is among 17 US billionaires taking the pledge to donate the majority of their wealth to charity.

DEC
9
2010

Prosecutors plan to charge striking air traffic controllers with sedition

Attorney General says strikers committed "very serious" offense.

DEC
9
2010

Woman confirmed to lead top N.H. court

New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Linda Dalianis became the first female to head the state´s highest court with her confirmation yesterday by the Executive Council as chief justice.

DEC
9
2010

Health law fix to save Children´s from added costs

The Senate voted last night to fix an error in the federal health care law that could cost Children´s Hospital Boston and others like it millions of dollars in added drug costs to treat children with rare diseases.

DEC
8
2010

Companies begin distancing themselves after WikiLeaks founder´s arrest

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested, as Visa and MasterCard joined companies that are distancing themselves from the online publisher of classified documents to avoid increased scrutiny and political pressure.

DEC
8
2010

Most N.Y. law schools see lower pass rate for July Bar exam

Twelve of New York´s 15 law schools reported lower pass rates among first-time candidates for the July 2010 bar examination -- seven schools by substantial margins, ranging from five to 17 percentage points.

DEC
8
2010

Chile prison fire ´kills dozens of inmates´

A fire in a prison in the Chilean capital Santiago has left at least 81 inmates dead, officials say.

DEC
8
2010

Killer whales´ habitat not adequately protected

The federal government has failed to adequately protect the habitat of endangered and threatened killer whales, a Federal Court judge ruled Tuesday.

DEC
8
2010

Supreme Court to review Walmart gender-bias class action

A group of women employees is suing Walmart for discrimination, charging the nation´s biggest retailer with underpaying female workers and denying them equal opportunities for promotion.

DEC
8
2010

Government cannot sue for benefit overpayments, court rules

Department of Work and Pensions cannot take legal action to recover money paid as a result of its own error.

DEC
8
2010

Kraft sues Starbucks over $500-million-a-year distribution deal

Twelve years ago, Starbucks and Kraft entered into an agreement whereby Kraft would distribute Starbucks´s packaged coffees to grocery stores and other retailers.

DEC
8
2010

Allen Stanford too drugged in prison for trial, lawyer says in bail bid

Jailed financier R. Allen Stanford is too heavily medicated to prepare for or testify at his January trial on charges he led a $7 billion investment fraud, his lawyer claimed in a bid for bail.

DEC
8
2010

Trading sex for good assignments

Wish you could work in a law firm that´s run like a frat house or the Playboy mansion? Well, you might consider packing up your bags for the metropolis of Pittsburgh.

DEC
8
2010

Legal challenge to the death penalty begins in Texas

The death penalty went on trial Monday in Texas, a state where more prisoners are executed every year than in any other and where exonerations of people on death row occur with surprising regularity.

DEC
7
2010

Airspace reopens as minister says strikers must "face justice"

Blanco intent on punishing those responsible for wildcat stoppage chaos as PP demands minister´s head.

DEC
7
2010

Class action lawsuit filed over YouPorn history sniffing

Calling all YouPorn watchers! Two California men, David Pitner and Jared Reagan, have filed a class-action lawsuit over the site´s practice of "history sniffing," or checking out other porn websites that visitors have been to through exploiting a Javascript security flaw.

DEC
7
2010

Allowing TV cameras in court would greatly help to restore public faith in criminal proceedings

Last week saw the first of a series of cases involving six parliamentarians accused of dishonesty relating to their expenses.

DEC
7
2010

High court judge to rule if coalition´s budget is biased against women

High court judge to rule if coalition´s budget is biased against women Ruling expected on Fawcett Society´s claim that government´s planned cuts will affect females disproportionately.

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