MAR
16
2011

Facebook, Google must obey EU data-protection law, Reding says

Facebook Inc., the most-visited U.S. website, Google Inc. and other U.S.-based companies would have to comply with stricter data-protection rules being planned for the European Union, the region’s justice commissioner said.

MAR
16
2011

California sued over requiring Sikh inmate to cut beard

The U.S. Justice Department is suing the state of California and Gov. Jerry Brown because prison authorities required a Sikh prison inmate to cut his beard.

MAR
16
2011

White House intensifies search for next FBI chief

The Obama administration is ramping up its search for a new Federal Bureau of Investigation director, as Robert Mueller´s term approaches its end in early September, with former Bush and Clinton administration officials and a federal judge among those being considered.

MAR
16
2011

If lawyers´ independence starts being undermined, we are in a danger zone

Changes concerning the Legal Services Board and Citizens Advice, including the closure of the LSB´s website, have brought the independence issue to the fore again.

MAR
16
2011

CIA contractor Raymond Davis released after deal to pay ´blood money´

CIA contractor, Raymond Davis, is released after families of the two Pakistanis he killed, pardoned him in exchange for compensation.

MAR
16
2011

Woman with faecal incontinence can sue

A woman whose "life was hell" and "appalling" after an operation which left her with chronic faecal incontinence has been given the go-ahead to sue her surgeon for medical negligence.

MAR
16
2011

White House wants new copyright law crackdown

The White House today proposed sweeping revisions to U.S. copyright law, including making "illegal streaming" of audio or video a federal felony and allowing FBI agents to wiretap suspected infringers.

MAR
15
2011

New York mom sues elite preschool for being "one big playroom"

A Manhattan mother is suing her 4-year-old daughter´s preschool, calling it "one big playroom" that deprived the child of the edge needed to get into an elite elementary school.

MAR
15
2011

Renault says sorry to execs over false spy claims

French carmaker Renault - RENA.PA made a public apology to three executives accused of industrial espionage after the Paris prosecutor said the trio had no case to answer.

MAR
15
2011

Ex-Taylor Bean president admits his role in $1.9 billion financial fraud

Raymond E. Bowman, the former president of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., admitted to his role in what prosecutors said was a $1.9 billion fraud that included attempting to deceive the federal bank bailout program.

MAR
15
2011

9/11 plaintiffs firm is ordered to work with conflicts counsel

The lead law firm for some 10,000 plaintiffs in the 9/11 respiratory illness litigation has been ordered to cooperate with a special counsel appointed by Southern District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein to alleviate a conflict of interest the judge said may have "seriously prejudiced" 59 plaintiffs.

MAR
15
2011

Federal court sentences convicted Somali pirates to life

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced five Somali pirates to life sentences on Monday for attacking the USS Nicholas.

MAR
15
2011

Guatemalans file class action suit over US medical experiments

Seven Guatemalans filed a class action lawsuit on Monday with the US District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that they had been the subject of non-consensual human medical experimentation by the US Public Health Service - PHS.

MAR
15
2011

FCAC marks World Consumer Rights Day

March 15 is World Consumer Rights Day and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) encourages Canadian consumers to protect themselves by fully understanding their rights and responsibilities regarding financial products and services.

MAR
15
2011

Minister commemorates World Consumer Rights Day

Minister for Consumer Affairs Michael O´Brien has used World Consumer Rights Day to remind Victorians to be aware of their rights as consumers.

MAR
15
2011

World Consumer Rights Day

Consumers Union joins consumer groups across the globe to call for stronger consumer financial protections on World Consumer Rights Day.

MAR
14
2011

UK supreme court to rule on stormtrooper copyright

Judges to decide on nature and extent of copyright in 3D objects, in this case, replica Star Wars costumes.

MAR
14
2011

Mel Gibson gets probation for domestic violence

Lethal Weapon actor sentenced to probation, fined, and given community service after striking a deal with prosecutors.

MAR
14
2011

Oklahoma House approves bill banning abortion after 20 weeks

The Oklahoma House of Representatives voted 94-2 Wednesday to approve a bill (HB 1888) that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of gestation.

MAR
14
2011

Federal court indicts 14 suspected pirates

A grand jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Thursday indicted 14 suspects for overtaking a yacht containing four Americans.

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