A Norwegian court has found that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is sane and sentenced him to 21 years in jail.
UBS AG decried a proposal from Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. to make up losses for firms damaged in the Facebook Inc. stock-market debut, joining a growing chorus of Wall Street players that are calling on regulators to reject the exchange operator´s plan.
A South Korean court has ruled that Apple and Samsung both infringed each other´s patents on mobile devices. The court ordered Apple to pay 40m won in damages to its South Korean rival, while Samsung was told to pay Apple 25m won.
Russia´s entry into the World Trade Organization - WTO will provide an important boost to European companies, the EU has said.
Germany´s justice ministry circulated draft legislation to grant homosexual couples in civil unions many of the same rights as married heterosexuals, adding fuel to a dispute within Chancellor Angela Merkel´s ruling coalition over gay rights.
South Korea´s Supreme Court on Monday recommended new penalties on certain politically related speech, including the spread of false information in online forums and social media, as the country heads toward its presidential election in December.
Several subsidiaries of Travelers Companies Inc sued the National Football League and a host of other insurers, seeking to avoid paying to defend the league against a wave of brain injury-related claims by thousands of former players and their families.
A New Jersey teenager left brain-damaged after being struck by a line drive while playing in a youth baseball game will receive $14.5 million to settle his lawsuit against the bat manufacturer, a sporting goods chain and Little League Baseball.
A Chicago woman was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for bilking an Atlanta payroll company of more than $9 million.
A Madison County, Ill., judge could decide Tuesday whether to reinstate the controversial $10.1 billion verdict delivered nine years ago in a lawsuit against Philip Morris over allegedly deceptive advertising of "light" cigarettes.
After two decades of negotiations, Russia will finally join the World Trade Organization on Wednesday. The lower trade barriers that come along with membership will open up new opportunities for foreign companies to do business in Russia.
Altria Group Inc. Philip Morris unit won´t have to face a group lawsuit by New Hampshire smokers who claim the company misled them on the safety of so-called light cigarettes, the state´s highest court said.
A couple who each lost a leg when their motorcycle was struck by a teenager who was driving and texting have settled their lawsuit against him for $500,000, their lawyer says.
Barry Diller´s IAC/Interactivecorp submitted an offer in excess of $300 million to buy the About.com information website from the New York Times Co, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
Singapore state investment company Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd. sold its 1.4% stake in Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd. to Dutch brewer Heineken NV, which is looking to gain control of the maker of Tiger Beer, one of Asia´s most profitable beer businesses, two people familiar with the situation said Tuesday.
A U.S. judge rejected Facebook Inc´s proposed legal settlement to resolve allegations that the social networking company violated its members´ rights through the its ´Sponsored Stories´ advertising feature.
"Like many 6-year-olds, Pankaj Disht clams up when speaking to a stranger," Gayatri Rangachari Shah wrote in The International Herald Tribune. "But since switching to a private school, he has become more open and says he enjoys school and has many friends."
Apple Inc. was sued by Wayne Goodrich, who says he was a confidant, sounding board and close adviser to company co-founder Steve Jobs and was fired for no legitimate reason despite Jobs´s promise of job security.
Johnson & Johnson, which faces about 8,000 lawsuits over hip implants it recalled in 2010, has agreed to pay about $600,000 to resolve three cases in the first settlements of the litigation, people familiar with the accords said.
The Vatican won a major victory Monday in an Oregon federal courtroom, where a judge ruled that the Holy See is not the employer of molester priests.
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