APR
27
2011

European, German authorities assess implications of iPhone tracking

Apple´s iPhone and iPad have secretly been saving a complete, unencrypted history of location data for nearly a year now.

APR
27
2011

Blasphemy laws misused

Blasphemy laws in many countries are supposed to protect religion. But while the one religion may be protected, believers of other religions often have to suffer.

APR
27
2011

Supreme Court hears arguments on class certification, sentencing laws

The court will determine whether investor losses need to be proven by a preponderance of the evidence at the class certification stage prior to full discovery in order for the class action lawsuit to proceed.

APR
27
2011

The rise of the legal iPad

Lawyers are not known for being early adopters of personal technology. Indeed, many are still clinging to — or weeping over — their WordPerfect software.

APR
27
2011

Hungarian president signs new constitution despite human rights concerns

Hungarian President Pal Schmitt has signed the country´s controversial new constitution despite objections from human rights campaigners and opposition politicians, who say it fails to protect citizen´s rights.

APR
26
2011

AGC invests 40 bn yen in production of construction and automotive glass in Brazil

AGC announced today it is set to move into Brazil´s construction and automotive glass markets, investing 40 billion yen (about US$470m) in an industrial state-of-the-art glass complex in Sao Paulo state.

APR
26
2011

Mukhtar Mai, Pakistan gang rape victim, fearful after all but one suspect cleared

Pakistan´s Supreme Court on Thursday freed five men accused in the notorious gang-rape of a woman under orders from a village council in 2002, angering the victim and human rights groups.

APR
26
2011

Theodora Richards agrees to plea deal

Theodora Richards has agreed to complete two days of community service as part of a plea deal she made in court today.

APR
26
2011

N.F.L. in limbo as owners try to preserve lockout

A federal judge gave N.F.L. players a significant victory Monday, granting an injunction to stop the league´s six-week-long lockout.

APR
26
2011

Jimmy the chimpanzee: profile of the ´Cezanne of the Simians´

Jimmy, the chimpanzee at the centre of a court battle over his freedom in Brazil, spent his early years in a circus, performing tricks such as balancing on a wire and riding a monocycle.

APR
26
2011

An antitrust suit is filed against America´s fertility clinics

Fertility assistance is a big and profitable business in America. Those needing help to conceive—infertile couples, older women, gay men using surrogate birth mothers—may be charged steep prices by the mostly privately owned clinics.

APR
25
2011

Earthquake in Japan impacts some automakers, effects on industry as a whole considered limited

Participants in the ongoing Shanghai Auto Show 2011 believe that the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan will hamper the production and expansion plans of some transnational automakers, but that in the long run the disasters´ effects on the global market will be limited.

APR
25
2011

Why pirates like a little law and order

Off the coast of Somalia, piracy is flourishing. Brigands took nearly 1,200 people hostage in those waters last year.

APR
25
2011

Google fined $5m over Linux patent row

A judgement by a Texas jury against Google could have major implications for the search giant and the open source world said experts.

APR
25
2011

Bewildered toddler calls for his mother after accidentally shooting her dead with gun he thought was a toy

A two-year-old boy keeps calling for his mother after he is feared to have shot and killed her while playing with a loaded gun.

APR
25
2011

Oracle-Google case could be decided by November

The judge hearing Oracle´s lawsuit against Google said he´d like to get the case wrapped up quickly.

APR
25
2011

Samsung sues Apple for infringement

Samsung Electronics has shot back with a tit-for-tat lawsuit against Apple, exactly a week after the US company sued South Korea´s biggest company by sales for "slavishly" copying the iPad and iPhone.

APR
20
2011

Law firm accused of revealing reality show winners

A Wisconsin law firm and one of its lawyers are facing a lawsuit claiming they revealed the results of a reality show´s martial arts competition, compromising the show and its commercial value.

APR
20
2011

Twitter seeks to widen appeal

Twitter, trying to put recent management changes behind it and build its business, is taking steps to broaden the appeal of the well-known messaging service.

APR
20
2011

Telecom faces $12m penalty for high prices

Telecom has been hit with a $12 million penalty - the highest in New Zealand history - for breaching the Commerce Act.

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