APR
13
2012

UK: Jailhouse rock man has diamond ring in court to propose to his attacker

Gregory Todd proposes to Tiffany Baillie in court after asking judge to free her for stabbing him, but she gets three years.

APR
13
2012

Dramatic rescue of stolen masterpiece

Police from Serbia and Switzerland have recovered a Paul Cezanne masterpiece that was stolen from a Swiss museum in 2008 and captured four men as they were trying to sell it.

APR
13
2012

US judge fines drug giant $1.1bn

An Arkansas judge fined Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary more than US $1.1bn after a jury found that the companies downplayed and hid risks associated with taking the antipsychotic drug Risperdal.

APR
13
2012

Court restricts U.S. in Goldman programmer ruling

A federal appeals court set back government efforts to prosecute corporate espionage with an opinion that explained its recent decision to throw out the conviction of a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc computer programmer.

APR
12
2012

Shooter of black Florida teen Trayvon Martin appears in court

George Zimmerman made his first courtroom appearance since he was charged with the fatal shooting more than six weeks ago of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, as a judge agreed to seal some records in the highly-charged case.

APR
12
2012

Tech patents soar in value

The technology patent arms race is heating up-again. Microsoft Corp.´s agreement to spend nearly $1.1bn buying and licensing about 1,100 patents covering some of the Internet´s basic plumbing from AOL Inc. spotlights the ongoing boom in spending among tech titans for what amounts to the Internet era´s nuclear deterrence.

APR
12
2012

U.S. alleges e-book scheme

Lawsuit says Apple, publishers colluded to raise prices; three will settle.

APR
11
2012

US: Woman charged with stalking Alec Baldwin

A 40-year-old Canadian actress has been arrested on charges of stalking 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin.

APR
11
2012

Dotcom arrest costs taxpayer $70,000 - so far

Taxpayers spent about $70,000 on the operation to arrest Kim Dotcom and seize his luxury cars and art.

APR
11
2012

No excuse for lawyer´s chronic lateness

A defense attorney who showed up to a trial 30 minutes late has been slapped with sanctions by a Brooklyn judge who said she´s fed up with his "pattern of practice to delay trials."

APR
11
2012

Brazil´s Rousseff talks trade and training in US visit

Brazil´s President Dilma Rousseff has stressed the growing importance of relations with the US after meeting President Obama at the White House.

APR
11
2012

Swiss Court rejects disclosure of Credit Suisse client´s data

Credit Suisse Group AG can´t disclose a client´s account data to U.S. tax authorities because a request for assistance last year addressed only tax evasion, which isn´t covered by a 1996 treaty, a Swiss court ruled.

APR
10
2012

AOL strikes $1.1bn patent deal with Microsoft

AOL agreed on Monday to sell a portfolio of over 800 patents, and license about 300 more, to Microsoft for $1.056 billion, amid an arms race within the technology industry over intellectual property.

APR
10
2012

Brazil, U.S. move to boost cachaca, Tennessee whiskey trade

The U.S. and Brazil plan to boost trade in cachaca, the South American nation´s distilled sugar cane liquor used to make caipirinha cocktails, and Tennessee whiskey.

APR
10
2012

US: Facebook buys Instagram for $1bn

Facebook is not waiting for its initial public offering to make its first big purchase.

APR
9
2012

American universities infected by foreign spies detected by FBI

Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon contacted the Central Intelligence Agency in late 2009 with an urgent question.

APR
9
2012

US: Obama signs bill banning insider trading by lawmakers

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed the STOCK - Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, which prohibits members and employees of Congress, the president and thousands of other federal officials from using non-public knowledge in making investment decisions.

APR
9
2012

US: Federal appeals court reinstates Viacom copyright infringement case against YouTube

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday overturned an order dismissing a $1 bn copyright infringement suit against Google, by Viacom, for Google´s YouTube service.

APR
5
2012

Hosepipe bans enforced in drought areas

Hosepipe bans affecting about 20 million customers have been introduced by seven water authorities in parts of southern and eastern England.

APR
5
2012

JPMorgan pays $20m to settle CFTC case over Lehman

JPMorgan Chase & Co., the largest U.S. bank, will pay $20 million to resolve a U.S. regulator´s claims that the firm mishandled customer funds from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. from 2006 to 2008.

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