SEP
4
2012

Bruce Willis might sue Apple over iTunes

Bruce Willis is limbering up to sue Apple over their iTunes service. On the grounds that he’s built up (and paid for!) a very large music collection which he would like to bequeath to his daughters when he dies.

SEP
3
2012

SEC appeals in bid to help Stanford victims file claims

U.S. securities regulators said on Friday they would appeal a federal judge´s ruling rejecting their request for an industry-backed fund to start a court proceeding that could help compensate the victims of Allen Stanford´s $7 billion Ponzi scheme.

SEP
3
2012

Wrongly convicted husband gets apology, $500,000 judgment

For 56 years, he hasn´t been able to revisit the "tragic place" where, on a snowy mid-December day, he found his wife´s bound, gagged and brutalized body.

SEP
3
2012

Murder charges lifted on South Africa miners

South Africa´s national prosecuting authority on Sunday backed away from a controversial decision to charge 270 people for the deaths of 34 fellow mine protesters shot by police last month, after an outcry added fuel to a political firestorm.

SEP
3
2012

Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in connection with the alleged illegal use of information technology

Cambodian police on Sunday said they arrested one of the masterminds behind notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, months after he was due to begin a one-year prison sentence in his native Sweden.

SEP
3
2012

Brazil judge agrees to first war crimes trial for members of dictatorship

A Brazilian federal judge in Para on Friday agreed to conduct the first trial against members of its former dictatorship for alleged crimes during the military´s rule from 1964-1985.

SEP
3
2012

Apple adds Samsung´s flagship Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note to amended ´Galaxy Nexus´ complaint

Apple on Friday filed an amended complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, adding two versions each of the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note to its original claims of patent infringement against a number of Samsung smartphones and tablets.

SEP
3
2012

Immigrants protest loss of free health care in Spain

Hundreds of people protested in downtown Madrid Saturday against a measure that will leave undocumented immigrants without access to free health care, saying the decision by Spain´s governing Popular Party amounts to "health apartheid."

AUG
31
2012

Harvard cheating probe under way for about 125 students

About 125 Harvard University undergraduates are being investigated for cheating on a final exam earlier this year, the most widespread academic misconduct scandal known at the school, college officials said.

AUG
31
2012

Court mistakenly posts secret San Bruno settlement

A California court has mistakenly posted secret Pacific Gas & Electric Co. settlement documents showing it agreed to pay more than $2 million to a teenager burned in the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes.

AUG
31
2012

Colorado shooting suspect may have called university before rampage

Accused Colorado gunman James Holmes may have phoned his former university j ust nine minutes before last month´s shooting at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" that killed 12 people, his lawyer said on Thursday.

AUG
31
2012

Apple loses patent lawsuit against Samsung in Japan

Apple Inc. lost a patent lawsuit in Japan as a Tokyo judge ruled that Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones and a tablet computer didn´t infringe on an Apple invention for synchronizing music and video data with servers.

AUG
31
2012

Julie Taymor, ´Spider-Man´ producers reach settlement

The warring parties in the "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" lawsuits -- one-time director Julie Taymor and the show´s producers -- have reached what appears to be a tentative settlement.

AUG
31
2012

Brazil enacts affirmative action law for universities

Brazil´s government has enacted one of the Western Hemisphere´s most sweeping affirmative action laws, requiring public universities to reserve half of their admission spots for the largely poor students in the nation´s public schools.

AUG
31
2012

Pentagon may sue author of Bin Laden book No Easy Day

The Pentagon says it may sue a former US special forces member who has written a first-hand account of the May 2011 raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.

AUG
30
2012

Judge refuses to delay NY case for Google appeal

The federal judge presiding over challenges to Google Inc.´s plans to create the world´s largest digital library has refused to delay the 7-year-old case while Google appeals his decision to grant authors class certification.

AUG
30
2012

Former Motorola engineer sentenced to 4 years in trade-secret case

Punishment for Hanjuan Jin comes as economic espionage is a growing threat to U.S. companies.

AUG
30
2012

Trayvon Martin shooter wins appeal for new judge

A Florida appeals court ruled on Wednesday that George Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, should be granted a new judge in his case.

AUG
30
2012

Doc loses bid to appeal against jail sentence

A doctor jailed for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman while examining her at Royal Perth Hospital has lost a bid to appeal against his conviction, and has spoiled his chances for an early release.

AUG
30
2012

Judge refuses to relax bail so accused can attend the gym

A district judge has refused to relax bail conditions imposed on a 22-year-old man who is charged with causing the road traffic death of a 19-year-old woman last year.

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