JUL
18
2011

Spanish police find $35m in drug raid

Spanish police have found €25m ($35m) in Madrid that belongs to a drug gang based in Miami, according to the Associated Press.

JUL
18
2011

John Yates quits Met Police amid phone-hacking scandal

Met Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates has quit after growing pressure amid the phone-hacking scandal.

JUL
18
2011

Grandmother porn lawsuit: 70-year-old woman sued for allegedly downloading adult entertainment

There´s something fishy about the lawsuit against tens of thousands of Internet users who allegedly downloaded copyrighted files.

JUL
18
2011

Rebekah Brooks released after being arrested in phone-hacking scandal

UK police investigating phone hacking and bribery have released former News International executive Rebekah Brooks hours after her arrest.

JUL
18
2011

News Corp´s Les Hinton resigns amid phone-hack scandal

Les Hinton, one of the top executives of Rupert Murdoch´s embattled News Corporation media empire, has quit.

JUL
18
2011

Sir Paul Stephenson resigns as Metropolitan Police Commissioner over phone hacking scandal

Sir Paul Stephenson last night resigned as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, putting more pressure on David Cameron over his personal links to the phone hacking scandal.

JUL
15
2011

Groupon´s coupon expiration examined by Connecticut AG Jepsen

Groupon Inc.´s practice of selling group-discount coupons with expiration dates is being reviewed by Connecticut attorney general George Jepsen for possible state law violations.

JUL
15
2011

Man who mailed 81,000 ecstasy pills has sentence increased

A man who mailed 81,000 ecstasy pills from England to Australia had more than three years added to his jail sentence because he failed to honour an agreement to give evidence against other gang members.

JUL
15
2011

Man indicted for putting semen into yogurt sample

A new Mexico grocery store worker who misled a shopper into tasting a yogurt sample tainted with semen was due in court today for a detention hearing, according to KRQE.

JUL
15
2011

Man loses appeal in Potter plagiarism case

A man who claims that one of JK Rowling´s Harry Potter books was lifted from another work has lost his appeal against an order that he should pay £1.5m (NZD$2.87m) into court as security for costs in his forthcoming copyright action.

JUL
14
2011

Girl with no name for two years

A court has been forced to step in and choose the name of a two-year-old girl because her parents couldn´t agree.

JUL
14
2011

Bill banning tobacco displays in shops passes

Tobacco products and advertisements will have to be kept out of sight in shops, under a legal change passed by Parliament today.

JUL
14
2011

US sisters sue over mom´s burial in wrong plot

Two New York City sisters have filed a lawsuit claiming their mother was buried in a different grave from the plot they had been visiting for 20 years.

JUL
14
2011

Julian Assange extradition appeal: QCs clash over ´conceptions of consent´

High court judges adjourn case to consider Swedish prosecution authority´s case against WikiLeaks founder.

JUL
14
2011

Pact on adoptions ends a U.S.-Russian dispute

More than a year after an adopted-child abandonment scandal led Russian officials to threaten a ban on adoptions of Russian children by Americans, the United States and Russia have reached an agreement that will allow such adoptions to proceed under heightened scrutiny.

JUL
13
2011

A new U.S. law-enforcement tool: Facebook searches

U.S. law-enforcement agencies are increasingly obtaining warrants to search Facebook, often gaining detailed access to users´ accounts without their knowledge.

JUL
13
2011

Eva Joly to run for French presidency

Fraud prosecutor and green crusader beats favourite Nicolas Hulot in Greens-Europe-Ecology primary race.

JUL
13
2011

Apple chief patent lawyer leaving

Apple Inc´s chief patent counsel will soon leave the company, at a time when the iPhone maker is fighting numerous legal battles around the world, according to sources familiar with the situation.

JUL
13
2011

eBay ´may be liable´ for sale of fake goods, court says

Websites such as eBay may be liable for trademark infringements if they play an "active role" in promoting fake goods, the European Court of Justice has said.

JUL
13
2011

Law firm´s iPhone app helps employers calculate unfair dismissal costs

A Scottish law firm is providing its human resources clients with an iPhone app to help answer questions about employment law.

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