A judge who said burglary needed "a huge amount of courage" will be investigated after members of the public contacted the Office for Judicial Complaints to vent their anger at his remarks.
The Commerce Commission said it was pleased with the outcome after Vodafone New Zealand was fined $960,000 in the Auckland District Court for misleading advertising under the Fair Trading Act.
In a move that could reshape the publishing industry, a federal judge has approved a settlement with three of the nation´s largest book publishers over alleged collusion in the pricing of e-books.
The BBC´s chief finance officer, Zarin Patel, is suing the Daily Star for libel over two stories about the tax affairs of corporation staff.
The Journal Register Co., a publisher of daily newspapers and nondaily publications, filed for bankruptcy protection for a second time in less than four years.
Christian Louboutin Sarl won a round in its fight to uphold a trademark for red soles on women´s shoes as a federal appeals court ruled that the fashion designer has legal protection if the outer sole is that color.
A nearly $258 million judgment against health products maker Johnson & Johnson has been upheld by a state appeals court, Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced Tuesday.
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday ordered Oracle to reimburse Google about $1 million for costs incurred during the course of the companies´ recent patent litigation.
Hermès International SCA has filed a complaint against LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA accusing its bigger rival of having used insider-trading tactics to accumulate a large stake in the company, escalating a high-profile spat between the two luxury-goods purveyors.
In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a federal judge in Boston has ordered Massachusetts authorities to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation for a transgender prisoner.
The AMR Corporation’s American Airlines and United Continental Holdings must face a federal trial over negligence claims tied to the hijacking of jetliners used in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Hyundai Motor Co on Tuesday rejected fresh claims by the French government that the South Korean auto maker is dumping cars in the shrinking European car market. It underlined its point by saying it shipped fewer cars to France from South Korea in the first half of the year than French rival Renault SA, which has a plant in that country.
Like many other Western food retailers, McDonald´s Corp. has long adapted its menu to cater to local tastes and religious practices. In India, this has meant a lot more spice and very little meat.
The European Commission - EC has said it will investigate Russian energy giant Gazprom for possible anti-competitive practices in central and eastern European gas markets.
Software giant Oracle is taking rival SAP back to court for one more go-round in the ugly and long-running TomorrowNow copyright infringement case.
An Internet company that filed a European Union antitrust complaint against Google Inc. said the company should tell users when it inserts its own products into search results as part of any settlement with antitrust regulators.
Vodafone Group Plc, Telefonica SA´s O2 unit and Everything Everywhere Ltd. are set to win unconditional European Union approval for a joint venture to create a U.K. mobile-phone payment platform, according to two people familiar with the decision.
A law intended to prohibit the payment of bribes to foreign officials by United States businesses has produced more than $3 billion in settlements. But a list of the top companies making these settlements is notable in one respect: its lack of American names.
The people of the Belgian capital will have to mind their manners carefully from now on, with the city authorities ready to levy fines of up to 250 euros for insults traded on the streets.
Claims Wikileaks founder Julian Assange could face the death penalty in the US are "without foundation", Foreign Secretary William Hague has indicated.
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