MAR
28
2012

Ireland: Referendum on EU pact to be held on 31 May

The Republic of Ireland will hold a referendum on the European fiscal treaty on 31 May, Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore has said.

MAR
28
2012

AU: Apple to offer iPad disclaimer, refunds

Apple Inc.´s fight to retain the "4G" branding on its latest iPad tablet computer in Australia—a designation the country´s consumer watchdog says is misleading—will return to court in early May.

MAR
28
2012

Japan: Court orders Google to remove search terms in privacy case

The Tokyo District Court has ordered Google Inc. to remove certain search terms that a Japanese man has claimed violate his privacy.

MAR
27
2012

NYC airports to penalize passengers who cause flight delays

In an effort to recoup costs resulting from flights delayed by passengers — and to discourage certain behaviors that cause these delays — the operators of the three major NYC-area airports plan to begin fining travelers who cause planes to stack up on the tarmac.

MAR
27
2012

US: Lawsuit claims McDonald´s filled toddler´s cup with hot, spillable coffee

A woman in the Chicago area is suing McDonald´s over hot coffee — something they´re not unfamiliar with — claiming that her four-year old granddaughter was burned after an employee gave her a refill of the liquid that is only supposed to be served to adults.

MAR
27
2012

US: 83-year-old customer + Apple Store door = broken nose + $1 million lawsuit

For one 83-year-old grandma, the most confusing piece of technology at an Apple Store wasn´t an iPad or iPhone — it was the front door.

MAR
27
2012

US: Google´s new privacy policy leads to at least four class-action lawsuits

Google´s new privacy policies, which allow the company to combine user data across all its various products (Google, Gmail, YouTube, Google+), have only been in effect for a few weeks, but they have already resulted in at least four class-action suits from consumers.

MAR
26
2012

EU: Regulators probe Universal´s EMI bid

Competition commission to investigate deal that would create music company twice the size of its nearest rival.

MAR
26
2012

US compensation for Afghanistan shooting spree

Authorities have paid $50,000 for each Afghan killed and $11,000 for each person wounded, say tribal leaders.

MAR
26
2012

US: Health care reform -- now it´s up to the Supreme Court to diagnose

Two years and three days after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, the Supreme Court is poised to offer the final word on the constitutionality of health care reform efforts.

MAR
23
2012

US: Protesters see Tweets used against them

When Jeff Rae was arrested last October with hundreds of other Occupy Wall Street protesters during a march on the Brooklyn Bridge, he decided to fight the charges, believing he had been entrapped.

MAR
23
2012

US: Facebook buys 750 patents from IBM

Facebook has acquired hundreds of patents from International Business Machines Corp as the social networking company attempts to bolster its intellectual property portfolio in the wake of a lawsuit filed by Yahoo.

MAR
22
2012

US: ´Million Hoodie´ march takes Union Square in protest of fatal shooting

The demonstrators burst into a chant of "Justice for Trayvon!" as slain Florida teen´s parents joined protest.

MAR
22
2012

Greece names new finance minister

Greek Deputy Finance Minister Philippos Sachinidis will be the country´s new finance minister, replacing Evangelos Venizelos, the prime minister´s office said Wednesday.

MAR
22
2012

Zynga acquires OMGPOP, maker of ´Draw Something´

Social gaming company Zynga announced today that it has acquired OMGPOP.

MAR
22
2012

US: Sambreel files antitrust lawsuit against Facebook

Kotchen & Low LLP announced that it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of its client Sambreel Holdings LLC against Facebook, Inc. for alleged violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and California state laws prohibiting unfair competition and interference with contract.

MAR
21
2012

Italy: Government plans major labor overhaul in bid to help youth

Prime Minister Mario Monti´s government outlined plans for a major overhaul of Italian labor laws, a domestically controversial effort that anchors the economic revival Italy promised the European Central Bank last year as it was pulled into the Continent´s debt crisis.

MAR
21
2012

US: Do juvenile killers deserve life behind bars?

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in two homicide cases testing whether it is unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a 14-year-old to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

MAR
21
2012

US: Class action lawyers look abroad

On the face of it, Thembekile Mankayi´s case against his South African employer didn´t look like much.

MAR
20
2012

US - EU: Google in new privacy probes

Regulators in the U.S. and European Union are investigating Google Inc. for bypassing the privacy settings of millions of users of Apple Inc.´s Safari Web browser, according to people familiar with the investigations.

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