MAY
3
2011

Bank margins at risk as EU probes credit-default swaps market

U.S. and European Union regulatory crackdowns on credit-default swaps threaten to erode the largest banks´ control over the $30tn market.

MAY
2
2011

The law of motherhood

Cherie Booth and Ed Miliband´s fiancee Justine Thornton have done it, but how do other female lawyers negotiate work and childcare? Four of them told us how they managed it - or didn´t

MAY
2
2011

How much privacy can William and Kate reasonably expect?

We are expected to take an interest in the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. That has legal implications for their privacy.

MAY
2
2011

Botox brain damage lawsuit results in $212m verdict

A Virginia jury has awarded $212 million to a man who alleged that side effects of Botox caused him to suffer brain damage.

MAY
2
2011
MAY
2
2011

Budget slices support for lawyers facing drug, alcohol abuse

The court system has eliminated all funding for a program that helps lawyers cope with alcohol and drug abuse problems.

MAY
2
2011

Levee blast still on track

Justice Alito declines state´s bid to halt plan to breach Mississippi River barri.

MAY
2
2011

Canada high court rules against farm workers union

The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday ruled that Ontario´s AEPA - Agricultural Employees Protection Act does not violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

APR
29
2011

Apple, Google to testify on mobile privacy, location data

US lawmakers have invited Apple and Google to attend a hearing on privacy next month following claims the iPhone and Android devices regularly track a user´s location and stores the data.

APR
29
2011

Sony PlayStation hack hits over 700,000 Australians

Sony´s PlayStation hacking incident has affected around 715,000 local consumers, in one of the largest security and privacy breaches ever to hit Australian shores.

APR
29
2011

Court hands out stiff penalty to ringtone providers

Justin Bieber has been known to get many a young lass hot and bothered, but alleged misuse of the teen idol´s starpower received a decidedly icy reception in Federal Court proceedings yesterday.

APR
29
2011

Ecuadorans in Chevron lawsuit seek Kaplan´s recusal for bias

Lawyers seeking to enforce an $18 billion environmental damages judgment against Chevron in Ecuador have asked Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to recuse himself.

APR
29
2011

Defamation suit against CBS goes to D.C. circuit

Lawyers who allege in a suit that the CBS program "60 Minutes" contained defamatory comments about a Georgia poultry farm´s alleged connection with terrorist financing want a federal appeals court in Washington to overturn the dismissal of the suit.

APR
28
2011

Lindsay Lohan gets 120-day jail sentence for violating probation

Although Lindsay Lohan hasn´t yet been criminally convicted of a misdemeanor theft charge concerning a California jeweler´s $2,500 necklace, a state court judge determined Friday that the conduct violated the actress´ probation in an earlier driving-under-the-influence case.

APR
28
2011

Apple denies tracking iPhones

Apple yesterday denied claims it was tracking the location of iPhone users but said it planned to fix "bugs" that resulted in location data being unencrypted and stored for up to a year.

APR
28
2011

Diamond Lake hedge fund founder Kim sued over $2m in compensation

Dow Kim, a former Merrill Lynch & Co. head of trading and investment banking, was sued over $2m in compensation claimed against the Diamond Lake Investment Group hedge fund venture that he started and dropped.

APR
28
2011

Beyonce backed out of video game deal, says game maker

A video game maker says Beyonce didn´t play fair in a deal for a game structured around her.

APR
28
2011

J&J to buy Synthes for $21.6bn

Johnson & Johnson is buying Synthes Inc, the Swiss maker of screws and plates to fix broken bones, for 19 billion Swiss francs ($21.67bn), boosting its orthopedic business in a major realignment of the medical device sector.

APR
28
2011

Small businesses fret over food-safety rules

When Congress revamped food-safety laws last year, small farmers and food producers won a victory when they were excluded from many of the new rules.

APR
27
2011

Brazil to donate US$20m to boost immunization in poor countries

Brazil´s Senate approved a decree on Tuesday to donate a million U.S. dollars annually in 20 years to the GAVI - Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization for vaccination campaigns in poor countries.

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