MAY
31
2012

Ex-Cameron aide Coulson charged with perjury, police say

Andy Coulson, a past editor of News Corp.´s News of the World tabloid in Britain and former press chief to U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, was arrested and charged with perjury, Scottish police said.

MAY
30
2012

Jury to hear No Doubt video game case

No Doubt´s attorneys can argue to a jury that the band was misled by gaming giant Activision Publishing about how its likeness would be used in the video game "Band Hero,´´ a California judge has ruled.

MAY
30
2012

Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition

WikiLeaks founder´s lawyers given 14 days to decide whether to ask supreme court to reopen case, during which extradition will be stayed.

MAY
30
2012

FedEx buying spree continues, this time in Brazil

Today, FedEx announced it was buying Brazilian transportation and logistics company Rapidao Cometa Logistica e Transportes.

MAY
30
2012

France court: Google not liable for copyrighted materials on YouTube

A French court ruled Tuesday that Google is not liable for damages to French television company TF1 for copyrighted sports and movies that were uploaded on YouTube.

MAY
29
2012

Kim Dotcom can return to luxury mansion, New Zealand court says

Megaupload.com founder Kim Dotcom, accused of orchestrating the biggest copyright infringement conspiracy in U.S. history, can return to his leased luxury mansion after a New Zealand court relaxed bail terms.

MAY
29
2012

Syngenta pays $105m to settle herbicide lawsuits

Syngenta AG, the world´s largest crop-chemicals company, agreed to pay $105 million to settle litigation involving U.S. water utilities over the herbicide atrazine.

MAY
29
2012

No liability found for sending texts to driver just before crash

One can´t be sued for allegedly helping to cause an accident by texting a driver, a New Jersey judge held Friday in a widely watched case.

MAY
29
2012

U.S. to fine Ericsson in Panama $1.75 million over Cuba shipments

World number one mobile network equipment maker Ericsson´s subsidiary in Panama will pay a $1.75 million penalty to the U.S. Department of Commerce for violating U.S. export restrictions on Cuba, a settlement agreement obtained by Reuters showed.

MAY
29
2012

Texas honor student with two jobs jailed for missing too much school

The Texas judge who jailed an 11th-grade honor student for missing too much school unfairly punished the teen who works two jobs to support her siblings, one of her employers says.

MAY
28
2012

Federal judge strikes down provision of Defense of Marriage Act

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that California´s state pension system must afford same-sex spouses of state workers the same access to long-term care insurance as heterosexual spouses.

MAY
28
2012

Spain doctor ordered to compensate woman for unsuccessful abortion

A Spanish doctor has been ordered to pay child support for a baby who survived a botched abortion, a court in Palma de Mallorca announced on Wednesday.

MAY
28
2012

JPMorgan wins court approval for settlement on overdraft fees

A senior judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida approved a settlement agreement on Thursday between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and more than one million litigants nationwide who sued over excessive overdraft fees.

MAY
28
2012

Female officers sue US government over ban on women in combat

Two female soldiers filed suit Wednesday against the US Army and the Department of Defense to end a policy which bars women from combat units and related posts.

MAY
25
2012

General Mills buying Brazilian food company Yoki

General Mills Inc agreed to buy Brazilian food company Yoki Alimentos SA for $857 million as it seeks a greater foothold in Latin America.

MAY
25
2012

Manhattan man suing ex-fiancee because she said ´I don´t´

A Manhattan executive is dragging his ex-fiancée to court after she failed to walk down the aisle.

MAY
25
2012

Passenger thrown off plane by female pilot because of sexist remarks

A passenger was thrown off a Brazilian airline by a female pilot because he was making sexist comments about women flying planes.

MAY
25
2012

MasterCard loses court challenge over cross-border card fees

MasterCard Inc. lost a court challenge seeking to overturn a European Union decision that the company´s cross-border card fees violated antitrust rules.

MAY
24
2012

Apple: U.S. e-book lawsuit ´fundamentally flawed´

Apple Inc is rejecting charges that it conspired to fix prices of electronic books, calling the U.S. government´s antitrust lawsuit a "fundamentally flawed" endeavor that could discourage competition and harm consumers.

MAY
24
2012

Google did not infringe Oracle patents -jury

Google Inc´s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp´s patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle´s quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.

voltar para o topo